The decision by Uefa to find Rangers supporters not guilty of sectarian chanting has been met with shock as the problem of bigotry in Scotland’s football clubs comes to the fore once again.
Scottish Premier League team Rangers were found not guilty of discriminatory chants during the Champions League matches with Villareal and fined just under £9,000 after a fan smashed a window of the Spanish side’s bus as it returned home for the second leg.
Rangers has long been associated with sectarianism and bigotry. In defence of its inaction against Rangers, Uefa said that the notorious “Billy Boys” chants had been sung for such a long time “without either the Scottish football or government authorities being able to intervene”.
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