CLUBS, COURTS MUST BE TOUGH

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Jack MacKenzie was hospitalised by a seat thrown by one of his own fans as Dundee United fans invaded the Tannadice pitch on the final weekend of the season.

Now Beattie, the SPFL company secretary and director of operations, has joined SFA chief Ian Maxwell in vowing to crack down on the yobs.

Strict liability and deducting clubs points for the behaviour of their fans is an option open to league chiefs but Beattie insists they don't want to go down that road yet.

Instead he has called on a united front from all stakeholders - and for the courts to come down heavy on the perpetrators.

Beattie said: “Some the scenes at the end of the season were wholly unacceptable. The Jack MacKenzie incident was absolutely appalling.

“We believe in individual responsibility first and foremost. That person who threw the chair that hit Jack was identified by the club who passed his details to Police Scotland and he is going through the criminal justice system.

“We want him to get a lengthy banning order.