Rangers have confirmed they won't take the knee ahead of their game against Celtic on Sunday.
The Ibrox squad have decided they will stand as a show of solidarity following the alleged racial abuse received by Glen Kamara on Thursday night.
Connor Goldson described taking the knee as a token gesture on Friday and Steven Gerrard has revealed both the Ibrox vice captain and skipper James Tavernier made a decision that they wouldn't kneel.
Speaking ahead of the game, the Rangers boss said: "We won't take the knee, I spoke to both my captains yesterday and they made a collective decision they were going to stand and we'll follow suit and support that decision by standing as well.
"I wasn't aware of the chat the players have had amongst themselves but James and Connor have come to see me yesterday and I totally back it 100 percent and we'll do the same as a staff."
Speaking on Friday, Goldson said: “I don’t think I’ve ever had hatred on a football pitch like I had yesterday. I’ve never really been angry on a football pitch to that extent. I genuinely despise them.
“Me and the whole team waited for them in the tunnel for a good 45 minutes and they didn’t come in.
“I’m proud of every teammate and every member of staff in this football club from the chairman coming down to support us, to Ross Wilson the director of football, to the manager standing by us.
“I respect them 100 per cent because they didn't try and usher us away because we might have got in trouble or the club might get into trouble. This is beyond football.
“There’s so much talk about how to eradicate it and how it's getting better but it’s not getting better. It’s getting worse."
