The death of Scottish football is inevitable, or so the MSM media would have us believe, the newspaper columns, radio and television shows paint a picture of a footballing wilderness should Glasgow Rangers or more accurately the offspring or newco as they have been coined fail to gain a place somewhere in Scotlands football league structure. This conjures up images of football fans, scarves hanging limply from hands wandering the streets on Saturday afternoons with glazed expressions asking passers by “what happened to our game, did you see who stole the baw?”
Well I for one refuse to believe the spin. Never before in my lifetime can I remember a time when football fans have been more united in their views. This show of unity is a direct response to the nonsense being spouted by the very people tasked with promoting and safeguarding our national obsession. Posters on blogs, callers to radio phone ins, letters to papers all say the same thing;
Apply the rules without fear or favour. Punish those proven to have dome wrong. Listen to the clubs who are telling you what you are trying to do to our game is wrong.
A great example of this new found unity between fans of all teams are the group of Aberdeen fans who are going to sponsor a Raith Rovers player for the upcoming season. Raith have taken the step of publishing a letter of thanks so overwhelmed have they been with fans contacting them praising them for the stance they have taken.
I believe what we are witnessing is not the death of our game but it’s rebirth. This will have happened thanks to the actions of the fans and of honest men in charge of clubs who stand up for Integrity and fairness. Not due to the behaviour of those tasked with managing our major associations, yes you Doncaster and Regan who should be sent homewards to think again.
Scottish Football Fan 