It was Bob Dylan's song
“A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall” in which he told the music world of
his meeting with 2 men of startling contrast...
“I met a young man who was wounded in love, I met another man who was wounded in hatred”
Those words could well
have been written for the pantomime we see unfolding before us in
Scottish Football. As the pain of thousands of Rangers fans was
compounded by a BBC Documentary making a number of sensationalist
revelations and allegations, it was clear that the wounds inflicted
on those who love Rangers Football Club, with an undying passion, had
been truly exacerbated.
This wounded love
aforesaid, however was in stark contrast to an earlier news item
reporting on Aberdeen supremo Stewart Milne's comments regarding how
his club would vote in the event of a Newco Rangers gaining entry to
the SPL.
(For those interested
the relevant interview is at 22:30)
This prompted a
response from Chris Crighton of the Red Final Aberdeen Fanzine in
which he warned Milne that both he and his peers at SPL clubs could
face a backlash should Rangers be re-admitted to the SPL. Crighton
even suggests Aberdeen and other clubs could lose fans forever should
a Rangers Newco be re-admitted.
This melody however
gathers greater meaning when one considers the results of a report
commissioned by Dundee United Supporters, The Arab Trust, which
demonstrated that SPL clubs (individually) are likely to lose up to
£1.4 million annually, in the event of an SPL which had no Rangers.
As the report
highlights...
“A reduction in income of this sort of magnitude would have a
serious impact on some clubs’ ability to continue trading without
drastic action being taken, assuming this is even possible for some
in the time available. “
http://www.arabtrust.co.uk/current/?619-statement
In essence, Crighton,
and his ilk, are so wounded by hatred that they are demanding their
own and other SPL chairmen vote on a measure which will have a
serious financial detriment, not only to their own clubs, but to the
whole of Scottish Football. And such demands are accompanied by
threat of boycott should those voting not acquiesce to such demands.
At a time when Rangers
supporters would do anything to save their club is it not ironic that
others would seek to damage their own in order to damage Rangers ?
One wonders how many
times Crighton and his ilk can turn their heads,
Pretending he just
doesn't see.
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