Good ol' BBC

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But the problem is bigots are raising bigots.

How do we eradicate it?

Punishment is the only way to break the cycle I think.

The new song "We're Glasgow Rangers, we'll sing what we like" just makes me cringe.

when you see young 'uns all playing together in their old firm tops you get the feeling that things are changing for the better

But the moment those same kids are seen in their tops with their parents wearing the same tops too many people just look at them and see ill-educated bigots, especially if they're wearing the opposing teams' to theirs.

Establisment is right, punishment IS the only way to break the cycle, but just far to many old firm fans tarred with the wrong brush

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Ban the fans first. If that doesn't work points deduction.

In the first instance, fans should be banned not the players or club directly. If that fails, a more serious punishment of points deductions is the way forward.

Points deduction will not work for various reasons. If some people are that psychotic to send football players bullets, then it is not beyond the realms of possibility for people to sing bigoted songs to get the other team deducted points. In addition, how many points do you deduct? Do the clubs deserve to be punished for a small minorities of fans? As football fans we go out and watch the game to support our club and we want to see them win, surely it is unfair on the rest of us.

The second a point is deducted - the problem will evaporate.

I think it would work.

I hope it doesn't come to that.

But should us decent fans and the club itself really suffer for such knuckle draggers?

Definitely not but I think it would work.

I think that even the slightest suggestion of points deductions by UEFA or SPL or whoever would have an impact.

UEFA, the SPL would not have the balls.