Rangers provoke investigation after a Nazi hate image banner is noticed throughout the Ibrox crowd.

An inquiry has been initiated by Rangers following the sighting of a flag displaying a logo of Nazi hatred at Ibrox in the course of the Glasgow membership’s 3-1 loss to Aberdeen within the Scottish Premiership.

An picture of the flag, which was draped over the railing inside the bottom, started circulating on social media after the sport on Saturday, with some followers claiming they’d seen it at “several” earlier ‘Gers matches. It sparked requires the people concerned to be recognized and banned, whereas the membership later branded the flag “absolutely unacceptable”.

The banner appeared to function a Totenkopf, a cranium and crossbones image related to the Nazi Party, in addition to the phrases: “Rangers active unit 936. The Firm.” The Totenkopf was sewn into the uniforms of the third SS Panzer, an elite division of Adolf Hitler’s paramilitary organisation, which was given the nickname ‘Death’s Head Division’ throughout World War 2.

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Rangers launched a press release on the matter, which learn: “Clearly, this flag is absolutely unacceptable and the club condemns the displaying of it within our stadium in the strongest possible terms. The club can confirm an investigation is now underway.”

One fan wrote on X (previously Twitter): “This flag has been seen at several Rangers games now and there hasn’t been a single peep about it in our national media. Deeply, deeply disturbing.” Another stated: “Bar these absolute melts for life. Shouldn’t step foot inside our stadium again.”

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A 3rd fumed: “Incredible and sad to see an SS flag at a Scottish football game. Not least because today the Rangers fans celebrated ‘armed forces day’. The Totenkopf division, it’s emblem centred in the flag below, massacred 97 British POWS at Le Paradis in 1940.”

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The incident was the cherry on prime of the s*** sundae that was Rangers’ weekend. Not solely did they lose to Aberdeen, however supervisor Michael Beale was sacked within the aftermath. The membership are at the moment third within the Scottish Premiership after shedding three of their opening seven matches, and are already seven factors behind league-leaders and arch-rivals Celtic.