I smell pish purely as my own experience of being a Rangers fan travelling on this trip with ma pal, who has a Rangers tattoo, was entirely peaceful and only met with banter from any rival fans
I found getting in was more of a joke, the whole snake barriers meant it was touch and go to get in before ko. Fair enough the time spent in the fan zone maybe could have been cut but it was hot and we needed a bevi......
The maltese police were good though