Rangers FC Football Flag 5ft x 3ft

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It is still massive,” said David Kaplan, a Jewish supporter of Heart of Midlothian, an Edinburgh club historically associated with the Protestant population. “Every club in Scotland has a religious affiliation in Scotland. Even if they don’t admit it, they all do.”

The 29-year-old later told police that he did not do a Nazi salute but a gesture for the "hand and the Crown." Ultimately, however, Scotland’s Jewish community is shrinking — down from some 20,000 in the early 1960s to perhaps even less 5,000 today — and there might not be a “next generation” of players and fans “to ever worry about,” said Minster. Josh Smith made the taunt at Ibrox Stadium during the club's Europa League semi-final clash versus RB Leipzig earlier this year. The tie went to 2-2 and it was on a knife edge - I was merely signalling we would not surrender and continue to fight."

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A similar skull and crossbones were seen on a Rangers flag during their Scottish Cup semi-final against Celtic at the end of April this year. The flag read 'Active Unite, 936, The Firm'. They also perpetrated 1940 Le Paradis Massacre involving the murder of 97 British soldiers from the Royal Norfolk Regiment who had surrendered in Northern France. Sheriff Anthony Deutsch said after finding him guilty: "I regard this as serious, I wonder what the Leipzig fans thought. The trial heard from PC Mark Boyd, 31, who was working on the segregation area between the two sets of fans. Smith - an operations manager at insurance company Cigna - was found guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner which was racially aggravated.

The officer claimed he later had to Google the phrase and stated that his "inference was the Northern Ireland flag has a hand and a Crown." This has made Scotland’s 5,000 or so Jews an oddity in the Scottish soccer landscape. Unencumbered by the religious and cultural baggage of their Christian peers, many Jews can choose more freely which teams they want to root for. Had Third Lanark survived, it might have developed into a team with a reputation for Jewish support, much like Tottenham in England. In the 1920s and 1930s, Third Lanark, situated near a Jewish neighborhood, even fielded one of the very few Scottish Jewish professional footballers, Sam Latter. As late as 1960, the Jewish Chronicle reported that a quarter of the 6,000-strong crowd at Third Lanark’s stadium were Jews. Historically, most Jews have supported the Rangers and Hearts (the shorthand for Heart of Midlothian). When Jews arrived as immigrants from Eastern Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, their children mostly adopted the teams of their friends and classmates. Most of them sent their children to Protestant schools, Kaplan explained, because they were more open to a range of students, in opposition to Catholic schools, which were focused on Catholic students. Bosses at the Glasgow side launched their own investigation into how the banner, which included the Totenkopf symbol, was allowed in the ground ahead of Saturday’s match.While the Catholic and Protestant divide has largely vanished in England, it has survived as an undercurrent in Scotland, and many believe that football rivalries have helped sustain it. The emblem, known as “death’s head,” was used by the 3rd SS panzer division during the second world war – known for committing a slew of war crimes including the murder of millions of people at concentration camps. The 'death head', which was used by the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf during WWII who committed racially motivated massacres in France, was seen on a flag on September 30. Members of the army, Royal Air Force and navy were also in attendance at Ibrox to celebrate armed forces day. Rangers have since 'condemned' the use of the image and the flag within the stadium. Police Scotland has confirmed that enquiries are still ongoing.

The Glasgow club had invited members of the Royal Air Force, army, and navy to the stadium on Saturday to coincide with Armed Forces Day. A Rangers spokesperson said: “Clearly, this flag is absolutely unacceptable and the club condemns the displaying of it within our stadium in the strongest possible terms. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Officers were made aware of a banner at a football match at Ibrox Stadium on Saturday, 30 September, 2023. A similar skull and cross bones was seen on a Rangers flag during their Scottish Cup semi-final against Celtic at the end of April this year. The flag read 'Active Unite, The Firm'. He stated that he saw Smith make a number of gestures towards the visiting fans he was standing in front of on May 5, 2022.Celtic’s two Israeli players at the time — Nir Bitton, left, and Liel Abada — hold the Scottish Premiership Trophy after a match between Celtic and Motherwell at Celtic Park in Glasgow, May 14, 2022. (Craig Williamson/SNS Group via Getty Images/ via JTA) If your goods are faulty or damaged in transit please call the team on 01246 297600 so we can arrange return of the goods & replacement. The morning newsletter arrives every day before 9am and the evening newsletter, manually curated by the team, is sent between 4pm and 5pm, giving you a round up of the most important stories we've covered that day.