RANGERS chairman Dave King has apologised to Steve Clarke for the sectarian abuse the Kilmarnock manager received at Ibrox on Wednesday.
Sections of the home support chanted that Clarke was a "Fenian b******" and after the game, the Kilmarnock boss said that the supporters were dragging Scottish football back to the dark ages.
Clarke said: "They’re not allowed to call my assistant a black b but they can call me a Fenian b******. Is that correct? What are we doing in Scotland?"
Dave King has now released a statement apologising to Clarke for the abuse and says that the club will do everything in its power to stamp out sectarianism.
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King's statement read: "Myself and every single person at the Rangers Football Club abhors the sectarian element that continues to be so prevelant in Scottish football.
"We will continue to do everything that we can at our Club to root sectarianism out and to deal in the strongest manner possible with any individuals that are found to have engaged in such practices.
"We are also deeply distressed that Steve Clarke has been subjected to this unwarranted abuse and, on behalf of myself and the Club, I offer our most sincere apology and hope that it does not deflect from the wonderful job he has done at Kilmarnock.
"He is a top manager and it would be a great loss to Scottish football if incidents like this forced him away from our game."
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