


Neil Lennon was castigated by many in the Scottish media and by large sections of the Rangers support for cupping his ears when walking off to a torrent of abuse at the end of last week’s Rangers-Celtic game. The much publicized events prior to the game meant that Lennon’s action was arguably ill advised in the circumstances. So where is the same level of condemnation for the Rangers marketing representative who approved providing every fan at Ibrox a Union Jack flag for the Celtic game, or for kit man, Jimmy Bell who embroidered a message of congratulations to Prince William and Kate Middleton on David Weir’s shirt for the Motherwell game? No other club in Britain showed its support for the royal wedding in either manner, so why was Rangers the only club to do so? Both were politically provocative and the silence from the British media is embarrassing.
