Facing the Music
Former Rangers player - Billy Dodds - wrote a searingly honest article in the Sunday Herald at the weekend.
Without pulling any punches - he told the Rangers 'fans' behind the sectarian singing at football games - that if they really care about the club - their behaviour has to stop and 'stop now'.
Good for him.
Because that's exactly what these people need to hear from their football heroes - past and present.
Too many people associated with Rangers FC want to make excuses for this vile behaviour - by trying to divert attention away from the real issue by saying that the club is being singled out.
But the death threats revealed today against the Celtic manager - Neil Lennon - put this issue in its proper context.
Public displays of hatred by football fans fuel intolerance and encourage violence - and that is simply not acceptable in this day and age.
So as the headline in Billy Dodds article said - 'Rangers fans must face the music'.
Without pulling any punches - he told the Rangers 'fans' behind the sectarian singing at football games - that if they really care about the club - their behaviour has to stop and 'stop now'.
Good for him.
Because that's exactly what these people need to hear from their football heroes - past and present.
Too many people associated with Rangers FC want to make excuses for this vile behaviour - by trying to divert attention away from the real issue by saying that the club is being singled out.
But the death threats revealed today against the Celtic manager - Neil Lennon - put this issue in its proper context.
Public displays of hatred by football fans fuel intolerance and encourage violence - and that is simply not acceptable in this day and age.
So as the headline in Billy Dodds article said - 'Rangers fans must face the music'.
