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Scottish football suffered major embarrassment again as the supporters of “rangers 2 once more expressed their hatred of all things and all people Catholic.<\/p>\n

Before they even got there, there was a report of passengers terrified by the singing of their old favourite “We hate catholics ” on a flight from Manchester to Lisbon, which kind of dispelled the myth of the ninety minute bigot.<\/p>\n

PLANE SHAME\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rangers in Braga: Shock moment Gers fans sing \u2018we hate Catholics\u2019 on flight to Portugal ahead of Europa League clash<\/h1>\n

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In footage recorded on the flight, fans can be heard chanting “We hate Catholics, everybody hates Roman Catholics”.<\/em><\/p>\n

Others cheer and clap along in the 30-second clip as they touch down at the Portuguese airport.<\/em><\/p>\n

In another shock video they chant the Follow Follow song including\u00a0 “Dundee, Hamilton… f*** the pope and the Vatican”.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

One passenger, who did not want to be named, said she feared for her safety during the flight because she is Catholic.<\/em><\/p>\n

The terrified English woman, travelling with her boyfriend, said she even hid her crucifix under her T-shirt so the group wouldn’t see it.<\/em><\/p>\n

She recorded the chants to highlight the hateful lyrics, but was too scared to film those involved.<\/em><\/p>\n

She told the Scottish Sun Online: “They hit me on my head and kept punching the back of my chair.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I wanted to stand up to confront them, but my boyfriend told me it wasn’t worth it.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

“Then they started singing the anti-Catholic songs. I couldn’t believe it. I went to a Catholic school.<\/em><\/p>\n

“It was awful. I was so shocked. They were even chanting about the IRA at one point.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I was genuinely scared. I wear a crucifix around my neck, and had to hide it under my t-shirt.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The woman had first thought the group, all wearing blue tops, were a rowdy stag party until her partner clocked the Rangers badges.<\/em><\/p>\n

She claims the bad behaviour started “almost straight after take off” with two and a half hours of punching seats, chanting and banging into other passengers.<\/em><\/p>\n

The furious 24-year-old has now placed an official complaint with Ryanair – claiming airline staff did nothing to keep the rowdy group under control.<\/em><\/p>\n

And she blasted flight attendants for continuing to serve them booze.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

She said: “Ryanair did nothing to make me feel safe. They didn’t seem to care about the impact it could have had on other passengers.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Before take off they made an announcement saying if there was any bad behaviour they would divert the plane.<\/em><\/p>\n

“But they did absolutely nothing, apart from continuing to ply them with alcohol the entire flight.<\/em><\/p>\n

“They spilled drink all over one woman’s dress.<\/em><\/p>\n

“There’s normally a ‘dad’ type in these groups to tell them to calm down, but not this time. 50-year-old men chanting like they were 18.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

“I thought there would be a marshall or something on the plane since police watched us all before boarding but there was nothing.”<\/em><\/p>\n

( The Sun )\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Shock ?<\/p>\n

The flight was from Manchester, and their behaviour there no doubt was a crucial factor in the local police deciding to just get them on the plane and out of town.<\/p>\n

And when they got to the other end, a catholic town in a catholic city, on a catholic holy day, they continued their abhorrent behaviour.<\/p>\n

During the game, which “rangers ” won 1-0, reaching the last 16 of a European tournament for the first time in the new club\/company’s short history, the chants continued, condoned by the tv company BT Sports, which was broadcasting the bile live into peoples homes all over the country.<\/p>\n

The Scottish Football Association will, of course, remain silent, as they do when these chants are heard on a week to week basis wherever they follow follow their club throughout Scotland.<\/p>\n

And “rangers ” ?<\/p>\n

Maybe a token message about the clubs good name, but they need the bigot pound, and so therefore they’ll have their fingers crossed while they type this particular statement.<\/p>\n

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The Ibrox club are clearly not interested in curbing this sort of behaviour, and there’s a catalogue of incidents that quite possibly could mean that there will be further sanctions against them when the referees report hits the desk in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

In 2006, the old club, who left the new club their support in its last will and testament, were charged with the same offence…<\/p>\n

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Astonishingly, the club contested the charge….<\/p>\n

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Tolerated ? UEFA fought back…<\/p>\n

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Then the club fell on its next line of defence-getting the Scottish legal system to look at it, which would normally be a safe bet…<\/p>\n

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That seemed to wind UEFA up a bit…<\/p>\n

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Exceptional treatment…a telling phrase in itself…the report included…<\/p>\n

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Two witnesses with differing views…<\/p>\n

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A non violent way of maintaining sectarianism ? Ah, thats okay then. that would no doubt have re-assured the lass on the plane had she known that..<\/p>\n

Another witness….<\/p>\n

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UEFA concluded….<\/p>\n

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Will “rangers ” attempt to defend the indefensible by claiming that the Portuguese locals couldn;t have been ofended as they wouldn’t have understood the lyrics ?<\/p>\n

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Rangers were then given instructions to help a recurrence…<\/p>\n

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by the way, it’s the song that is banned, as Linfield are well aware…<\/p>\n

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“We hate catholics ” needs no such inquiry as into any possible double meanings behind the lyrics, as indeed could be said about “fuck the Pope and the Vatican.”<\/p>\n

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The SFA could refuse to grant a licence to the club\/company to play in Europe.<\/p>\n

BT Sport could refuse to cover their games.<\/p>\n

The papers could condemn it.<\/p>\n

They won’t.<\/p>\n

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More importantly, the club\/company itself could simply refuse to take away tickets for these fixtures.<\/p>\n

They could be more active in closing sections of their ground, as education clearly isn’t working.<\/p>\n

Of course, they won’t.<\/p>\n

They need the money, and that’s all it all about.<\/p>\n

The money.<\/p>\n

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