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Gli incidenti di Bucarest  ( foto )che opposero lo scorso 4 novembre una parte dei supporters dei Rangers agli agenti ed agli stewards in servizio nell’ inadeguato impianto di Bucarest, dopo indagine accurata dell’ UEFA, sono stati sanzionati esclusivamente con pene pecuniarie, senza i più drastici provvedimenti ipotizzati. Il club scozzese dovrà versare 18mila sterline per le intemperanze dei sostenitori al seguito mentre l’ Unirea, squadra ospitante, è stata multata di 7200 sterline per l’approssimativo servizio d’ordine predisposto. I campioni di Scozia ed i rivali cittadini dei Celtic, almeno per quanto concerne il futuro più prossimo, continueranno a giocare in “SPL”. La proposta di trasloco in Inghilterra avanzata dai Celtic e, seppure con tempi diversi ed a condizioni differenti, ritenuta appetibile anche dai Rangers, nonostante avesse trovato il sostegno di alcuni clubs inglesi che l’avevano apertamente caldeggiata nel quadro di una riforma di allargamento della “EPL”, è stata valutata negativamente dalla maggior parte dei presidenti delle società. Al momento revisione del “format” del campionato che slitta a data da destinarsi e “Old Firm” che continuerà, presumibilmente, a contendersi altri titoli nazionali in terra di Scozia.

 

Rangers fans clashed with security staff in Bucharest

Rangers have been fined £18,000 by Uefa following fan violence during their Champions League match against Unirea Urziceni on 4 November in Romania.

And the Romanians have been fined £7,200 for lack of organisation at the same Group G match.The decision by Uefa’s control and disciplinary body follows an investigation launched after Rangers fans clashed with stewards.Rangers chief executive Martin Bain said they would not appeal the ruling.And he repeated his condemnation of a section of the Scottish champions’ support.”It is extremely disappointing for both Rangers and the overwhelming majority of our supporters to see the club receive a fine of £18,000 from Uefa and suffer the consequences of the actions of those who took part in the disorder in Bucharest,” he told his club website.”The moronic conduct of these individuals was wholly unacceptable and flies in the face of what we stand for as a football club.

Apart from this incident, the behaviour of the majority of Rangers supporters in Bucharest was satisfactory Rangers chief executive Martin Bai

“It is particularly frustrating in view of the fact that many people at this club work very hard to ensure supporters travelling to support the team abroad are safe and can enjoy the occasion.

“Our official supporters groups have also tried to encourage sporting behaviour by all fans. However, their efforts are undermined by people who call themselves Rangers fans but have only their own mindless interests at heart. We do not want these people at our matches.”We appreciate the fact that the Uefa match delegate said in his report that, apart from this incident, the behaviour of the majority of Rangers supporters in Bucharest was satisfactory.”

Immediately after the trouble, Bain and Superintendant Mike Dean of Strathclyde Police both insisted there had been poor organisation at the stadium and that Romanian security officials and police treated the Scottish fans heavy-handedly.”The club made strong representations to Uefa regarding the wholly unsatisfactory crowd management prior to the match and Uefa has addressed this,” said Bain in response to the fine for Unirea.”As we have made clear, this in no way excuses the violent behaviour of some fans.”At Ibrox, we put a great deal of effort into ensuring a safe environment for spectators and have been complimented by various football authorities and visiting clubs for the arrangements we put in place.”It is not unreasonable to expect that adequate safety arrangements are in place when clubs such as ours travel abroad. Regrettably, this was not the case in Romania.”Many of our fans who travel regularly with the club and were not involved in the disorder last week described conditions and their treatment at the stadium as the worst they have experienced in Europe and this led to a very hostile and tense environment outside and inside the ground.”Bain said that he would discuss issues arising from the fine with supporters’ representatives.The Glasgow club could have faced a larger penalty after being fined in recent seasons for fan behaviour during European ties in Villarreal and Pamplona.Uefa’s director of communications Rob Faulkner had told BBC Scotland that incidents over the past five years would come into consideration when the case was examined.The Glasgow club were fined £13,300 for supporters’ discriminatory chanting and £9,000 for attacking their opponents’ team bus during an away game against Villarreal in 2006.The following year, they were fined £8,280 on an improper conduct charge for fans’ behaviour at an away Uefa Cup game against Osasuna.In addition, rioting by fans during last year’s Uefa Cup final in Manchester is regarded as one of the most shameful episodes in the club’s recent history.

( BBC Sport )

 

 

Celtic and Rangers will have to stay in the Scottish Premier League

The Premier League has rejected a plan to bring Celtic and Rangers into English football’s top flight.

The Old Firm pair had hoped to be part of new plans put forward by Bolton chairman Phil Gartside for a two-tier league of between 36 and 40 teams.The SPL pair would have been invited to join the lower league, but the proposal was overwhelmingly rejected.Premier League clubs will now consider whether to introduce a two-tier system as part of a wider strategic review.”Bolton Wanderers submitted a discussion paper detailing ideas concerning the restructuring of the Premier League into two tiers with the inclusion of Celtic and Rangers,” read a Premier League statement.”The clubs welcomed the additional input into an ongoing process, however, they were of the opinion that bringing Celtic and Rangers into any form of Premier League set-up was not desirable or viable.”The other relevant ideas contained within Bolton’s paper will now be taken forward as part of the wider strategic review being undertaken by the Premier League since November 2008 with the aim of providing recommendations before December 2010.”Former Celtic boss Martin O’Neill, now in charge of Aston Villa, and Spurs boss Harry Redknapp had backed the inclusion of the Scottish clubs in the Premier League.

But Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore told BBC Radio 5 live that the idea will not come to fruition.”As regards to Celtic and Rangers it’s a non-starter,” he said. “So we’ve made a clear and unequivocal statement and we’re going to move on from there. No means no.

“The clubs constitutionally voted to say we’re not going to take this any further, Celtic and Rangers are not coming in.”Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey added: “It’s the English Premier League. It’s our product and we’re working on our product. The Premier League clubs have made their decision and we move on. We wanted clarity and we’ve got clarity.”The proposals were a revival of Gartside’s ideas aired six months ago.They received a hostile reception from the Premier League’s 20 chairmen then, but Gartside remains concerned that too much money continues to flow into the coffers of the top four clubs.Last season, champions Manchester United earned £52.3m in Premier League television money, compared to £31.6m for bottom club West Bromwich Albion.The fact that the four clubs in the Champions League also earned between £20m and £33m from European TV and prize money – and benefit from huge ticket and merchandise revenue – has led a number of chairmen of mid and lower-ranking clubs to ponder a possible review.In his annual report, published last week, Gartside made it clear that he believed tackling the big differences in income was the league’s greatest challenge.

“Addressing this polarisation of clubs and the increasing revenue differentials will, I believe, be the major strategic issue for the Premier League over coming years,” he said.”The Premier League is an exciting product for supporters and for television viewers, but there is no doubt that as the years go by, and the same few clubs continue to benefit from the huge additional revenues from the Champions League, the remaining clubs find it enormously difficult to challenge.

“At the same time, the gap between Premier League revenues and those of the Championship continues to widen and I believe a ‘fear factor’ is beginning to emerge amongst Premier League clubs outside the top few.”The big clubs are likely to oppose any major change to the status quo, pointing out they have already boosted income to the smaller clubs by agreeing to every club receiving payment of facility fees for at least 10 televised matches totalling £4.8m, even if they only appear in a handful of live games on TV.The next overseas TV deal – which is split equally among clubs – is likely to be close to £1bn, up from the current £650m and equating to an extra £6m per club per season.But Rangers chairman Alastair Johnston believes the Premier League’s rejection is not the end of the issue.”I don’t think it’s the end of the talk in terms of moving away because I think there are winds of change moving across Uefa,” he said.”For Rangers or Celtic to enjoy a profile in a new world order of football, something will need to change in the next two to five years.“

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