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Scottish Side Livingston Chair Apologizes To Rangers Fans For 'Defunct' References

Scottish Championship side Livingston Chair Gordon McDougall has apologized to "furious" Scottish Championship Rangers fans who "bombarded his club with complaints after liquidation jibes in their match programme," according to Craig Swan of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. McDougall responded after "raging Ibrox supporters" contacted Livingston to "demand an explanation over wording in the magazine released for Saturday’s game." The visitors page opened with the line, "This weekend three years ago, the club then known as Rangers defeated Hibernian at Ibrox." In the player profile pages, Steven Smith's section read, "Stevie enjoyed eight years with the now defunct club." Ibrox fans "were raging with the references and have threatened a boycott, which prompted McDougall to issue a statement last night." The statement said, "As someone who has never sent a message on Facebook, Twitter or any other form of Social Media in my lifetime, I was astonished on Saturday night to be told that Rangers fans were contacting the stadium reception to complain about certain content in our match programme. ... I can only offer my sincere apologies to any fans who have been offended by what was written as there was no intention to offend anyone" (DAILY RECORD, 10/5).

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