The Ibrox club delivered a swift a decisive statement on banning the supporters involved in the abhorrent abuse of Celtic player Kyogo Furuhashi.
The club have investigated and banned all involved in the racist behaviour indefinitely.
It’s the right decision by the club.
While it was quick and decisive, the statement does lack any sort of well wishes to the Celtic player targeted by these morons.
Kyogo Furuhashi has only been in Scotland a month and what must he think after having to endure this sort of disgusting behaviour for doing absolutely nothing.
We would like to see James Tavernier take a leaf out of Scott Brown’s book on Sunday and make a point of heading over to Kyogo during the warm up and show solidarity against racism.
There’s no room for this kind of behaviour in the game and we’re happy to see the culprits punished by the club. Police Scotland’s are still investigating.
“Indefinitely”
We’ll see. I seem to recall similar punishments for other knuckle-scrapers who were welcomed back to that cesspool with open arms after a few months…
Bet there back in the ground on sunday
I dont believe they found them right away dont forget that newco club are full of lies after lies i bet any money they fans will be at liebrox on sunday and thats afact sevco cant ban their own fans because that club is the same as its fans racist scumbags.
I’m actually glad that something like this happened so early, and so publicly, because this is an issue that needs to be confronted not only in Scotland but the UK as a whole. Racist tropes, insults and “behaviour” targeted at black people is something that has been addressed for several decades now, throughout Europe, so when it happens, nobody can pretend they do not understand, or didnt “intend” to be offensive. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about UK attitudes towards Asians. Ive spent time in France, the Benelux, Germany and the UK, and I have to say that anti-Asian prejudices are more widespread in the UK than anywhere except possibly Eastern Europe. This is something that most any Asian in the UK will surely confirm. While it may not be as “aggressive”, or as “blatant” as the anti-African sort of racism that football is working so hard to eliminate, that does not make it any less offensive. I can remember when Shunsuke first moved to Paradise. Some of the chants that people in the CELTIC SUPPORT were coming up with . . . well, they may not have been CONSCIOUSLY offensive, but let’s just say that the lack of “sensitivity” was not limited to the Blue side of town.
Ill give you just two examples that you can confirm for yourself. First, consider the appallingly bad pronunciation of Takumi Minamino’s name by . . . well . . . just about every announcer in the UK. If somebody mispronounces your name for the first few weeks [particularly if it is a hard-to-pronounce name], it is no big deal. I figured somebody would ask him the correct pronunciation in an interview, or be corrected by a Japanese viewer, and all the announcers would change. But when a player has been in the EPL for THREE YEARS, and the official announcers STILL can’t be bothered to learn how to pronounce his name correctly, that just tells you they arent even trying.
Another example is so glaring that a comedy duo in Japan even did a standup routine that spoofed it. Anyone who watches EPL matches with the English commentary has noted it. Let’s give an example, using the Leicester City team of a few years ago.
Announcer: “The Foxes move the ball forward now. Simpson passes it inside . . . . . . now over to Mahrez, Vardy takes it into the corner, back to Mahrez . . . . . . now Mahrez cuts into the box and collects the return pass, drops it back to Kante, who dishes it off . . . . . . . now inside to Vardy.” [Honestly, it is something that has been happening to Son, to Minamino, and to just about every Asian player in the past decade. Dig up some game tapes and see for yourself.]
I was happy to see how quickly both clubs addressed it, though I think most people are sufficiently aware to know that this is just a rote invocation of what the clubs think is “expected” in this day and age. Celtic have a chance to shine a light on the often-subtle, sometimes unconscious or unintentional, but nevertheless deep-rooted prejudices against Asians that prevail in the UK. As I said, this is something that most people in Asia are well aware of, and our own stereotypes of Brits reflect this. Im hopeful that quick and high-profile action by Celtic and the SPL will help to give football fans in East Asia a better impression of the situation in the UK (or at least in Scotland).