THE SCOTTISH FA, alongside SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster, have met with senior police officers and politicians in response to a number of off-field incidents in a bid to clamp down on unruly fan behaviour.
Representatives from Scottish football's governing bodies met with Humza Yousaf and Joe Fitzpatrick, as well as Police Scotland Assistant Chief Constable Bernie Higgins, to discuss the "unacceptable conduct" of football fans recently.
The SFA released a statement describing the meeting to the media, which read: "The Scottish FA condemns in the strongest possible terms the spate of incidents this season involving unacceptable conduct in Scottish football.
"This season we have witnessed match officials and players hit by coins, sectarian singing at matches and abusive and threatening behaviour towards match officials, players, managers and coaching staff. This behaviour is completely unacceptable and simply has no place in football, or indeed Scottish society.
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"Football has a responsibility to take action. We must do all that we can under our current rules and engage with clubs to seek to eradicate such behaviour.
"This issue, however, is not one that football can solve on its own. To that end, SPFL Chief Executive Neil Doncaster and I recently met with Cabinet Secretary for Justice Humza Yousaf, Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing Joe Fitzpatrick and Police Scotland Assistant Chief Constable Bernie Higgins to discuss unacceptable conduct in football and how we can work together to address this.
"We will seek further discussions in light of the most recent events to maintain the momentum for change."
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