Club plea to fans over 'personal abuse' of players
SNSA Scottish football club has issued a plea to fans to cut out "personal abuse" directed towards its own players and staff.
League 1 side Queen of the South warned its supporters such conduct would not be tolerated and they would be forced to take action if the incidents continued.
The Dumfries side is currently sitting outside the play-off places in the third tier of the Scottish game.
A statement said that following an incident at an away game at Cove Rangers on Saturday - involving one of its own fans - it was "unwilling to accept the level of personal abuse aimed at our management team and players".
The Doonhamers have been in poor form in recent weeks and have won only one away game in the league so far this season.
After the defeat at the weekend, the club put out a statement asking its supporters to respect their staff and players.
"As a club we are proud of the passion that is shown by our loyal fans, both home and away," it said.
"However, we have to remind individuals not to overstep the mark.
"At the end of the day, our players and staff are all human and at their place of work.
"They don't deserve to have foul and abusive language and personal insults aimed at them, it doesn't help anyone."
The club went on to say that they would not allow such incidents to continue and if they did they would be "forced to take further action".
"We have identified the individual involved on Saturday and will be speaking with them in due course," the club added.
"Can we ask that people please treat our staff, players and volunteers with respect and be kind."