Rangers fans take sides with repayment plan

Sports Journalist

Thursday 29 March 2012

THE Rangers Fans Fighting Fund have pledged to reimburse Dunfermline Athletic for £22,000 in unpaid match tickets but Dundee United, who are also owed money by the Ibrox club, will not receive any money from the group.

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Christopher Jack

Dunfermline were left £85,000 out of pocket after Rangers failed to pay for tickets for a game at East End Park in February. After a payment of £63,000 was made on March 5, Dunfermline will now receive the balance.

Andrew McCormick, the chairman of RFFF said: "After some discussion it was agreed that we should use some of the money collected by our fans to pay off this debt. This is a debt of honour to a club of honour. "Consideration was also given to using some more of the funds to pay off money owed to Dundee United. But that was rejected as there were strong views that, in recent times, Dundee United had treated Rangers and their fans with disdain."Rangers fans were angry last season when Dundee United levied an extra charge on Rangers ticket holders if they wished to attend an abandoned game at Tannadice."Like everyone else connected to the club, we are aware of Rangers' standing and their responsibilities to the rest of the game in Scotland. We believe that spending some of our funds this way is only fair to Dunfermline, who are suffering because of a situation that was not of their making."It also demonstrates to the Scottish football authorities that Rangers fans not only have an allegiance to the club, but are aware of the impact the club's situation is having elsewhere in the game."The Fans Fighting Fund is doing this on behalf of Rangers Football Club as we believe this the proper course of action."We would hope this is not only noted by the Scottish football authorities, but will have a strong impact when certain charges against the club are debated by the Scottish Football Association this week."

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