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Rangers boss: police response to crowd trouble "totally unacceptable"

Rangers chief executive Martin Bain slams police action after crowd trouble in Romania.

04 November 2009 23:01 GMT

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Rangers boss: police response to crowd trouble "totally unacceptable"

Rangers boss Martin Bain has hit out at the treatment of fans which he says led to clashes with the police during the club’s Champions League match against Unirea Urziceni in Romania.

Fans were seen throwing missiles and fighting with police during the match, but Bain has insisted that it was the actions of the stadium officials which led to the trouble.

Bain said: "Obviously the behaviour of some of the fans inside the stadium was unacceptable and no-one likes to see that.

"However, what was equally unacceptable was the fact that 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.

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

"I will now make representation to UEFA in their behalf."

Rangers Supporters’ Assembly president, Andy Kerr, was also in attendance at the match which saw the Glasgow club record a 1-1 after taking the lead early on.

He said: “I’ve been told there was pressure at the front [of the crowd]. Spray was used, which was used before the match.”

There were approximately 2,000 Rangers fans among the crowd in Bucharest.

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    1. 05 Nov 2009 09:43Toots said

    Erm, they were sprayed outside for rushing the gates. Not exactly an over-reaction from the security at a stadium?

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