Rangers Fans Cause Trouble In Unriea - Behind The Goals

**Bucksbhoy** · 11-04-2009, 11:40 PM

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BBC SPORT | Scotland | Rangers match marred by crowd trouble

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I'm sorry i don't care if there if there was 1 turnstile open tonight. THAT is no excuse for causing trouble HALF WAY Though a Match.

Ripping up seats and lobbing them at the stewards is no excuse either. I'd be very surprised if UEFA Don't act on this. As if the club doesn't have enough problems as it is....

**seanchai** · 11-05-2009, 12:02 AM

Exactly my thoughts Bucksbhoy .....there is no excuse for riotous behaviour , if there is a complaint then complain after the match ....don;t complain by ripping up seating and throwing them at the cops and stewards ....hand to hand fist fights were going on between the rangers fans and the stewards /cops.

**Bucksbhoy** · 11-05-2009, 01:00 PM

Uefa will wait on its delegate's report before holding an investigation into the trouble at Wednesday's match between Rangers and Unirea Uziceni.

Rangers supporters were involved in a half-time disturbance at the Ghencea Stadium in Bucharest.

Fans were seen on TV destroying seats and challenging match stewards.

Uefa's head of communications Rob Faulkner told BBC Scotland: "We take any incident like this seriously, but we have to get all the facts."

Police used CS gas spray in an effort to disperse the Glasgow club's fans during what Rangers Supporters Assembly chief Andy Kerr described as a "minor incident".

While Rangers chief executive Martin Bain condemned the "unacceptable" behaviour of some of the Glasgow club's fans at the Champions League game, he is expected to tell Uefa that he believes poor organisation and over-zealous policing contributed to the trouble.

But Faulkner, who expects to receive the delegates report later on Thursday, said that the reason for the clashes requires further investigation.

"As far as we can establish at the moment, it seems there were a number of Rangers supporters who came late into the stadium and we need to find out why," he said.

"Then there was an issue about where they were going to sit as apparently there were banners already placed there, which resulted in the request to remove some banners, which seems to have ended in a clash between stewards and some supporters.

"If we need to discuss with people who were there on site we will do that, and obviously we'll take action after that. In the next couple of days we should know."

The trouble in the stands has overshadowed the game itself, Unirea Urziceni's Marius Onofras scoring in the 88th-minute to force a 1-1 draw in the match after Lee McCulloch's shot had put the visitors ahead 11 minutes from time.

A half-time announcement threatened an abandonment of the match and Faulkner insisted this was made at the request of the match delegate in a bid to quieten down the atmosphere.

Bain was also critical of the shortage of entry access for spectators at the stadium, which is the home of Steaua Bucharest.

He claimed a promise that four turnstiles would be open for visiting fans was not kept, causing problems that were compounded by police using CS gas, something Faulkner said would be taken into account if proven to be the case.

"Obviously the behaviour of some of the fans inside the stadium was unacceptable," Bain told Rangers' website.

The game had been moved to Steaua's stadium as Unirea's own ground, 25km away and with a 7,000 capacity, had been deemed unfit to host a Champions League tie.

However, problems arose before the match as Rangers fans tried to enter the ground through just two turnstiles.

"Rangers came to this stadium with representatives from Uefa and Unirea a number of weeks ago and arranged for the four turnstiles to be open to give access to our supporters," said Bain.

"When they arrived this evening, there were only two turnstiles open, which caused difficulty gaining access, and for fans then to be sprayed with CS gas is totally unacceptable.

"I will now make representation to Uefa on their behalf."

It is as yet unclear exactly what triggered the clash between a section of the visiting support and stewards at half-time.

Seats and punches were thrown by fans and television pictures showed stewards spraying tear gas at close range.

At one point, the fans surged forward to recover a supporter who had been grabbed by the Romanian stewards.

**monthehoops** · 11-05-2009, 01:46 PM

It wasn't us honest it was that big bad man

Aye and they will get away with it AGAIN.

**gazhow** · 11-05-2009, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monthehoops

It wasn't us honest it was that big bad man

Aye and they will get away with it AGAIN.

listening to you lot you would think you are angels,wouldnt be me standing getting sprayed with shit and not fighting back,alcohol and watching a crap rangers team was probably THE main reason for it ,i hope you lot do well against hamburgers,but at the end of the day the old firm are sooo bad at the moment i would just riot by myself :)

**Hoopster** · 11-05-2009, 05:44 PM

A well guys we can fiy the flag for Scotland we can go any where HeHe

All they need to do now is to

them all up

**mac1309** · 11-05-2009, 06:04 PM

They were hooligans not true Rangers fans.I am sick of pricks like this giving us decent fans who go to the games a bad name.No club needs these idiots but every club has them.

**outerbongolia** · 11-05-2009, 08:04 PM

CS spray seemed to send them back when they were aggressively on top of stewards, so it seems to be justified to control the violent rangers thugs. Rangers fans have an appaling record in Europe, this is hardly surprising. Manchester anyone?? Difference this time is that its inside the grounds and something can actually be done.

**seanchai** · 11-05-2009, 09:24 PM

The smashing of the opponents club bus window was also outside the game but rangers were fined for that .... if there was a problem getting in the turnstyles then everyone would have got in eventually ...but the empty seats were covered in flags and when the stweards removed the flags was when the rangers fans lashed out ..... from what i saw the rangers fans were rushing at the stewards and the stewards were in turn using cs gas spray ...which they are taught to use in such circumstances.
The hard bit is getting this element out of football altogether ...it seems that rangers has more than their share of idiots amongst the football fans . It must be sickening to see this happen if you are a true rangers fan .....this is the last thing the club needs . Even the rangers security chief sounded pissed of on tv tonight when asked about the fighting .Rangers just need to be a bit more hard on any fans that get out of line or they can expect the same year in year out ....and its the club that those fans propose to love that are on the recieving end of fines and anything else UEFA decides to punish the club with.

**akeem** · 11-05-2009, 10:16 PM

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11-05-2009, 01:00 PM	#3
Bucksbhoy Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Stirling Age: 24 Posts: 1,100 Credits: 120,412 Items	Uefa will probe into Rangers fans Uefa will wait on its delegate's report before holding an investigation into the trouble at Wednesday's match between Rangers and Unirea Uziceni. Rangers supporters were involved in a half-time disturbance at the Ghencea Stadium in Bucharest. Fans were seen on TV destroying seats and challenging match stewards. Uefa's head of communications Rob Faulkner told BBC Scotland: "We take any incident like this seriously, but we have to get all the facts." Police used CS gas spray in an effort to disperse the Glasgow club's fans during what Rangers Supporters Assembly chief Andy Kerr described as a "minor incident". While Rangers chief executive Martin Bain condemned the "unacceptable" behaviour of some of the Glasgow club's fans at the Champions League game, he is expected to tell Uefa that he believes poor organisation and over-zealous policing contributed to the trouble. But Faulkner, who expects to receive the delegates report later on Thursday, said that the reason for the clashes requires further investigation. "As far as we can establish at the moment, it seems there were a number of Rangers supporters who came late into the stadium and we need to find out why," he said. "Then there was an issue about where they were going to sit as apparently there were banners already placed there, which resulted in the request to remove some banners, which seems to have ended in a clash between stewards and some supporters. "If we need to discuss with people who were there on site we will do that, and obviously we'll take action after that. In the next couple of days we should know." The trouble in the stands has overshadowed the game itself, Unirea Urziceni's Marius Onofras scoring in the 88th-minute to force a 1-1 draw in the match after Lee McCulloch's shot had put the visitors ahead 11 minutes from time. A half-time announcement threatened an abandonment of the match and Faulkner insisted this was made at the request of the match delegate in a bid to quieten down the atmosphere. Bain was also critical of the shortage of entry access for spectators at the stadium, which is the home of Steaua Bucharest. He claimed a promise that four turnstiles would be open for visiting fans was not kept, causing problems that were compounded by police using CS gas, something Faulkner said would be taken into account if proven to be the case. "Obviously the behaviour of some of the fans inside the stadium was unacceptable," Bain told Rangers' website. The game had been moved to Steaua's stadium as Unirea's own ground, 25km away and with a 7,000 capacity, had been deemed unfit to host a Champions League tie. However, problems arose before the match as Rangers fans tried to enter the ground through just two turnstiles. "Rangers came to this stadium with representatives from Uefa and Unirea a number of weeks ago and arranged for the four turnstiles to be open to give access to our supporters," said Bain. "When they arrived this evening, there were only two turnstiles open, which caused difficulty gaining access, and for fans then to be sprayed with CS gas is totally unacceptable. "I will now make representation to Uefa on their behalf." It is as yet unclear exactly what triggered the clash between a section of the visiting support and stewards at half-time. Seats and punches were thrown by fans and television pictures showed stewards spraying tear gas at close range. At one point, the fans surged forward to recover a supporter who had been grabbed by the Romanian stewards.

11-05-2009, 12:02 AM	#2
seanchai Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Over the hills and far away Posts: 4,709 Credits: 2,581,576 Items	Exactly my thoughts Bucksbhoy .....there is no excuse for riotous behaviour , if there is a complaint then complain after the match ....don;t complain by ripping up seating and throwing them at the cops and stewards ....hand to hand fist fights were going on between the rangers fans and the stewards /cops.

11-05-2009, 01:46 PM	#4
monthehoops Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Glasgow Posts: 178 Credits: 52,866	It wasn't us honest it was that big bad man Aye and they will get away with it AGAIN.

11-05-2009, 05:44 PM	#6
Hoopster mon the hoops Join Date: Nov 2007 Age: 43 Posts: 1,088 Credits: 384,027 Items	A well guys we can fiy the flag for Scotland we can go any where HeHe All they need to do now is to them all up

11-05-2009, 06:04 PM	#7
mac1309 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 497 Credits: 79,277	They were hooligans not true Rangers fans.I am sick of pricks like this giving us decent fans who go to the games a bad name.No club needs these idiots but every club has them.

11-05-2009, 08:04 PM	#8
outerbongolia Comfortably numb Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 664 Credits: 104,496	CS spray seemed to send them back when they were aggressively on top of stewards, so it seems to be justified to control the violent rangers thugs. Rangers fans have an appaling record in Europe, this is hardly surprising. Manchester anyone?? Difference this time is that its inside the grounds and something can actually be done.

11-05-2009, 09:24 PM	#9
seanchai Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Over the hills and far away Posts: 4,709 Credits: 2,581,576 Items	The smashing of the opponents club bus window was also outside the game but rangers were fined for that .... if there was a problem getting in the turnstyles then everyone would have got in eventually ...but the empty seats were covered in flags and when the stweards removed the flags was when the rangers fans lashed out ..... from what i saw the rangers fans were rushing at the stewards and the stewards were in turn using cs gas spray ...which they are taught to use in such circumstances. The hard bit is getting this element out of football altogether ...it seems that rangers has more than their share of idiots amongst the football fans . It must be sickening to see this happen if you are a true rangers fan .....this is the last thing the club needs . Even the rangers security chief sounded pissed of on tv tonight when asked about the fighting .Rangers just need to be a bit more hard on any fans that get out of line or they can expect the same year in year out ....and its the club that those fans propose to love that are on the recieving end of fines and anything else UEFA decides to punish the club with.

11-05-2009, 10:16 PM	#10
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