Scottish soccer should take a look at adapting their guidelines to try to convey an finish to pitch invasions from followers, says Scottish FA chief govt Ian Maxwell.
The SPFL has initiated disciplinary investigations into 5 fixtures the place supporters encroached on the sector of play, together with two video games within the Premiership title run in.
And an unbiased evaluate into the scenes following Celtic’s Scottish Cup quarter-final win over Rangers – when supporters from each golf equipment rushed the pitch – is predicted to ship its findings subsequent week.
Talking to BBC Sport Scotland, Maxwell mentioned that the phenomena has shifted from a uncommon, celebratory event to a extra prevalent, harmful situation.
And whereas getting into the sector of play is a legal offence in England and Wales, it’s not at the moment in Scotland.
“Soccer wants to return collectively to try to mitigate this,” he mentioned. “We had assembly this week and pitch incursions have been on the high of the agenda.
“We have to take a look at our guidelines – do they want amended, up to date or modified? We have to work with golf equipment to know what means all of us need to try to cease it.
“The police have gotten a job to play and the SPFL talked about laws round criminalising approaching to the pitch and tailgating getting within the stadiums.
“That might assist, however it’s not one thing that one physique’s going to repair on their very own. whether or not it will take one thing from the police and one thing from the soccer authorities and the golf equipment to eradicate it.”
