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Fans take the gloss off Walter Smith's sparse European returns | Glenn Gibbons

Source: The Guardian

Nov 07, 2009

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Good Champions League results on the road are being overshadowed by trouble

This season's vicissitudes suggest Sod's Law may have been framed specifically to victimise Walter Smith. How else to explain the Rangers manager producing a team whose most impressive Champions League performances are achieved on foreign fields, only to be soured by a travelling support whose tendency towards delinquency is seemingly incurable?

The Ibrox side's heavy home defeats by Sevilla and Unirea Urziceni – each by an embarrassing 4-1 – have been countered by two unbeaten trips to Stuttgart and Bucharest. But the latest of their 1-1 draws, in the Romanian capital last Wednesday, will, very likely, result in punitive measures from the Uefa disciplinary committee.

The governing body, having charged Rangers with "the improper conduct of their supporters", will deliberate the episode on Wednesday and have hinted at a heavy sentence as a consequence of the club's record in this area.

The 'yellow sheet' does not encourage hope of leniency. They have been fined more than £30,000 for the un

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