The wording of Rangers' statement against Club 1872 was enough for a double take.
It's not every day a top-flight Scottish club accuses anyone of a "propaganda war" but that's the phrase those at Ibrox used against the supporter group in a heavy rebuttal to criticism over the proposed Sydney Super Cup friendly.
But the latest tiff is just one of a long line of cases in Scottish football that has pitted fans against their club.