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Rangers person described the show by supporters of an anti-woke banner astatine their Europa League crippled against Fenerbahce - and which has led to a disciplinary complaint from Uefa - arsenic "shameful" and "embarrassing".
The Scottish Premiership nine besides deed retired astatine the throwing of objects connected to the pitch, and the continued usage of pyrotechnics, saying fans who transportation retired specified acts are not invited astatine their matches.
While thanking astir supporters for their caller backing during games against the Turkish broadside and Celtic, Rangers state, external it is "deeply saddening and frankly embarrassing that the nine is present acceptable to look important sanctions for the actions of a precise tiny minority".
The banner displayed astatine Ibrox during Thursday's aggregate triumph implicit Fenerbahce stated: "Keep woke overseas ideologies retired - support Europe."
Rangers accidental European football's governing assemblage has described it arsenic "racist and/or discriminatory".
"Rangers is simply a modern, progressive shot nine and we are fiercely arrogant of our divers playing squads, workforce and support," the nine accidental successful a website statement.
"For the nine to beryllium charged with specified a substance successful 2025 is shameful and the disdain for those liable volition beryllium shared by the overwhelming bulk of our supporters.
"This complaint volition bring consequences for the club, portion the nine is besides moving to place those liable and volition guarantee they besides look consequences.
"For the avoidance of doubt, if you bash not judge successful 2025 that perfectly everyone is invited to travel Rangers, whether astatine Ibrox oregon away, past Rangers is not the nine for you and you should disassociate yourself with the nine immediately."
Rangers person besides been charged implicit objects thrown connected Thursday but accidental their ain players and unit were "targeted with missiles" during Sunday's Old Firm derby triumph astatine Celtic Park.
"This is becoming a regular occurrence, not conscionable astatine Rangers matches but crossed stadia successful Scotland," Rangers state.
"Focusing connected Ibrox, however, determination was a widely-reported incidental successful the January Old Firm game, whilst astatine the caller crippled with Motherwell, 1 of our ain supporters was deed and injured by an entity thrown towards the distant end.
"This senseless and transgression behaviour has nary spot successful sport, nor successful society. Again, if you deliberation specified behaviour is acceptable, you are not invited astatine Rangers matches."
Rangers besides look a Uefa authorisation for the blocking of passageways astatine the Fenerbahce lucifer and impulse fancs to travel the proposal of stewards and police.
In addition, Rangers accidental that: "Despite wide warnings to the contrary, pyrotechnics were utilized by 2 individuals pursuing Sunday's Old Firm triumph astatine Parkhead.
"This runs the hazard of an further 800 of our supporters being incapable to be a lucifer successful the second stages of the Premier Sports Cup astatine Hampden, successful summation to the 500 that volition already miss retired arsenic a effect of the usage of pyrotechnics.
"All of the supra behaviours volition person consequences for the nine and, either straight oregon indirectly, the club's supporters."
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