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Bucharest trouble disappoints Bain
Rangers chief executive Martin Bain has condemned the "unacceptable" behaviour of some of the Glasgow club's travelling fans in Bucharest.
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However Bain was also critical of the Romanian police tactics and poor organisation during Wednesday night's Champions League match against Unirea Urziceni at the Steaua Stadium.
There was unrest as Rangers fans attempted to enter the stadium before kick-off, while reports suggested some away supporters ripped up seats during the match.
Bain claimed a promise that four turnstiles would be open for visiting fans was not kept, causing problems which were compounded, he claimed, by police using CS gas against angered Light Blues' supporters.
Bain said on Rangers' official website: "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."
Trouble at the match was described as a "minor incident" by Andy Kerr, president of the Rangers Supporters Assembly.
Kerr told Sky Sports News: "There was a bit of pressure at the front. Spray was used, which was used before the start of the match, and I think people reacted to that.
"I wouldn't say the Rangers fans did anything wrong. The organisation was very poor.
"(Before the match) they had two cordons of barriers to let people through. They used the spray there on more than one occasion and people were quite distressed by that."
Kerr did not see any fans ripping up seats, but stressed such behaviour was unacceptable.
"We don't condone it, we don't want to see it, but the vast majority of people behaved impeccably," he said.
"In the big scheme of things, (it's) a minor incident."
Kerr recalled a similar incident at an away game in 2005.
"The last incident I could remember was in Bratislava when we played Artmedia," he said.
"They almost seem surprised that we all turn up about a half hour before the game."
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mcgoo (Rangers fan)
"sidscelts: celtic are the club with the most recent fines from eufa for crowd trouble at parkhead and extra police are now at parkhead for euro matches as eufa are monitoring so please dont play the "we are all saints" card."
hiltongary2000 (Celtic fan)
"Why do people keep accusing celtic of causing trouble like Rangers? We get applauded for our good behaviour when abroad and are always first choice as a testimonial opponent for many teams in England! it's like me saying all supporters of English teams are thugs who go abroad to cause trouble when we all know that's not true. Get the facts right before you start slinging crap!"
larsson7 (Celtic fan)
"Matty you really annoy me with your P*£* don't bring celtic into this we gat awarded for out conduct you fool "
thejuanpacer (Rangers fan)
"just started watching tv on espn and already the guy who is pitchside has said and i qoute "some celtic fans have st pauli tops on but it's ok, they have an affiliation with hamburgs second biggest team!" unbelievable!"
thejuanpacer (Rangers fan)
"And before you try to come back at me with where's my proof, my proof is the majority of my friends are indeed celtic fans who travel all over the place to watch them and they always come back telling of a story of fights which never get reported on! You can search everywhere and you'll probably not find a thing. If both clubs troubles were reported evenly then there would be a lot more to read about celtic than there is!"
thejuanpacer (Rangers fan)
"sidscelts, maybe it's you who needs to get your facts right, any trouble which happens at celtics matches gets brushed under the carpet so as to not tarnish their image in europe if you're telling me nothing ever happens then you really are in fantsy land. It's purely just because it's rangers fans who are involved everyone seems to make a huge deal out of it and makes them look like morons(which to be fair is an accurate assesment) If that had happened at a celtic game, nobody would be speaking about it today, fact!"
sidscelts (Celtic fan)
"why do all u hammer heads keep saying celtic and rangers this and celtic and rangers that. celtic got an award from uefa and fifa for the fans behaviour over the yrs so please dont put us in the same bracket as that mob. rangers fans have the same brain cell count as ur so called fans who cause trouble at england games so lads get ur facts right before u come on here hail hail "
mrpointy22 (Norwich City fan)
"I was lovin' the CS gas."
the truth (Manchester City fan)
"when are uefa going to learn, rangers fans are animals and should be banned"
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