[3] Since then, sectarianism in Glasgow in particular has received much media attention, with its two main football teams being focal points of identity: Celtic drawing large support from the descendants of Irish Catholics, and Rangers from Protestants in Scotland and Ulster (chiefly Northern Ireland and County Donegal).
[4] Lex Gold, the Scottish Premier League (SPL) chief executive at the time, said that football clubs could be deducted points if fans continue to sing such songs:
[7] Kenny Scott, Rangers' Head of Security and Operations, said in October 2008 that conversations with the Strathclyde Police made it clear to the club that there was the potential for supporters singing the song to be arrested.
[8] In November 2008, a Rangers fan was found guilty of a breach of the peace (aggravated by religious and racial prejudice) for singing the song during a game in Kilmarnock.
[14] In the case of William Walls v. the Procurator Fiscal, Kilmarnock,[15] the High Court of Justiciary held on appeal, in an opinion delivered by Lord Carloway, that: Although it was accepted that the song lyrics technically state a fact followed by a question (The famine is over, why dont you go home?