Ku Klux Klan fan incident probed
The Scottish FA is to investigate claims that Airdrie supporters taunted a black player by wearing Ku Klux Klan hats during a game at Gretna.
The incident is said to have taken place when Matthew Berkeley took to the pitch as a substitute on Saturday.Ch Insp Stewart Wilson, who was in charge of policing at the match, said a small number of fans had white masks.He added that inquiries were continuing to try to identify who had brought them into the Raydale Park ground.A couple of isolated incidents were unsavoury in the extreme and simply will not be toleratedAirdrie United statement"A small number of people who were standing among the Airdrie supporters within the ground at Gretna were in possession of white masks," he confirmed."They weren't wearing these masks continuously and we made an effort to identify who was in possession of them."However, owing to the fact that it was in a standing area these supporters were pretty boisterous and moving around a lot, we were unable to do that
The incident is said to have taken place when Matthew Berkeley took to the pitch as a substitute on Saturday.Ch Insp Stewart Wilson, who was in charge of policing at the match, said a small number of fans had white masks.He added that inquiries were continuing to try to identify who had brought them into the Raydale Park ground.A couple of isolated incidents were unsavoury in the extreme and simply will not be toleratedAirdrie United statement"A small number of people who were standing among the Airdrie supporters within the ground at Gretna were in possession of white masks," he confirmed."They weren't wearing these masks continuously and we made an effort to identify who was in possession of them."However, owing to the fact that it was in a standing area these supporters were pretty boisterous and moving around a lot, we were unable to do that
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