SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE: THE SCOTTISH Football Association (SFA) have warned Rangers that the club can expect to be punished by having points docked unless the fans refrain from a chant described as "vile, sectarian and racist" by Celtic chairman John Reid.
The controversial, so-called "Famine Song" - which refers to the famine of the 1840s and includes the line "The famine is over, why don't you go home?" - was again heard during Saturday's match at Hamilton, despite the Ibrox club's appeals to supporters, and Rangers have sought police guidance on the matter.
George Peat, the SFA's president, wants the chant consigned to history. He will have talks with the SPL and the police in the coming weeks.
Senior SFA officials are privately adamant they will punish Rangers, even by way of points deductions as they have legally empowered themselves to do, if the situation does not improve.
"At the minute, we've left it in the hands of the Premier League to look into things and try to eradicate it," Peat said.
"We know that clubs have tried hard. Listening to it again at the weekend, it would appear that there's still some way to go.
"It's got to be stamped out and we'll be having a meeting soon with the SPL and the police to see what we can do about it."
Rangers followers have been under scrutiny since 2006, when Uefa punished the club for the supporters' "poor conduct" before and during a Champions League match in Villarreal.
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