Rangers punters fume at UEFA as as they tell beaks how dare you over tribute to The Queen - Hotline

Albert Einstein once said: ‘The only thing we can be certain of in this life is that we can be certain of nothing.”

Nonsense, Albert. We can also be certain that the Hotline will throw up rancour and recrimination. Every. Single. Day. Today’s subject matter is the national anthem and minute’s silences at football grounds, following the death of Queen Elizabeth. Naturally, those who hit the Hotline had very differing views. Bobby Duncan, Skelmorlie, emailed: “So, UEFA said no to Chelsea and Rangers playing the National Anthem before the European game this week in honour of The Queen’s death. How dare they? I wouldn’t even have asked their permission. I would have just done it….we pay too much credence to these authorities.”

But Vincent McGhee, Greenock, said: “To push clubs into playing the English national anthem before games is ludicrous. Nothing good will come from it, that is a guarantee. First they postpone our games whilst all other sports go ahead. That was wrong to begin with and now we have to put up with this. Black armbands will suffice like the passing of any other person is the best way to show respect and to avoid inevitable trouble.”

Jim Mackenzie, East Kilbride, said: “ For the fans that think the football should have gone ahead with a minute or two minutes’ silence at the weekend...this would not have been observed by one set of fans who don’t even respect a minute’s silence for Remembrance Day. They would have shamed Scotland.”

Gary Stevenson, Newtonhill, emailed: “It’s an absolute disgrace that Liverpool had to make a plea to supporters to adhere to the silence for Queen Elizabeth. Past indiscretions have them on edge in full view of the world. Perhaps that’s why all football was cancelled at the