Dundee United supporters interrupted Rangers’ minute’s silence for the Queen at Ibrox by singing ‘Lizzie’s in a field’.
The tribute was held earlier than their Scottish Premiership match on Saturday and whereas most at Ibrox had been silent, there have been clear jeers within the away finish.
Chants of ‘Lizzie’s in a field’ from the Dundee United part had been additionally clearly audible, whereas after the referee blew his whistle to finish the silence, loud boos from the house followers echoed round Ibrox.
An announcement from Dundee United after the sport learn: ‘Dundee United are conscious of the actions of a small part of the gang who selected to not respect the minute’s silence earlier than this afternoon’s match at Ibrox.
‘As a membership, forward of the sport we reached out to advise our supporters of the pre-match preparations with the expectation that the minute silence could be noticed.’
It was the second tribute Rangers have made this week after their followers unveiled an enormous Union Jack tifo show earlier than their Champions League match in opposition to Napoli on Wednesday night.
The Scottish membership additionally defied UEFA’s orders by taking part in God Save the King earlier than the match. The governing physique had turned down Rangers’ request to play the nationwide anthem earlier than the sport.
In the meantime, Celtic have been charged by UEFA this week for his or her banners that mocked the Queen’s dying which had been unveiled earlier than their Champions League sport in opposition to Shakhtar Donetsk in Poland.
Celtic supervisor Ange Postecoglou has urged the membership’s supporters to be respectful within the tribute that's deliberate earlier than Sunday’s sport in opposition to St Mirren.
‘I've the identical message to our followers that we all the time have. As I stated earlier than the sport [against Shakhtar], we'll abide by the protocols. We wore black armbands on Wednesday evening,’ Postecoglou stated.
‘I feel there’s a minute’s applause, we'll abide by no matter obligations and duties we've got as a soccer membership. We'll do this in a respectful method. We would like our supporters to do the identical.’
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Final week, Shamrock Rovers hit out at their supporters who additionally sang ‘Lizzie’s in a field’ throughout their aspect’s Europa Convention League sport in Dublin.
The Irish membership stated in a press release: ‘Such extremely insensitive and callous chanting shouldn't be acceptable at our membership and is in opposition to the values that Shamrock Rovers F.C. stands for.’
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