Supporter Conduct and the Cost to the Club

[David]

42 minutes ago, dennyc said:

But Motherwell simply identifying individuals and then  passing the buck to the police and Court System is nonsense.

No one is saying that, though, especially not me. I said if anyone is seen to be breaking the law (and under the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles Scotland Act 2022, it is an offence to possess pyrotechnic articles at designated sporting events) then they should be dealt with accordingly by the authorities, as well as "alongside their season ticket being revoked and them personally being banned."

[weeyin]

22 minutes ago, David said:

No one is saying that, though, especially not me. I said if anyone is seen to be breaking the law (and under the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles Scotland Act 2022, it is an offence to possess pyrotechnic articles at designated sporting events) then they should be dealt with accordingly by the authorities, as well as "alongside their season ticket being revoked and them personally being banned."

We were fined 20,000 Euros for fans discharging pyro in Germany.

Even if we were able to identify them, I can't see the Scottish police taking any action.

[David]

6 minutes ago, weeyin said:

We were fined 20,000 Euros for fans discharging pyro in Germany.

Even if we were able to identify them, I can't see the Scottish police taking any action.

Obviously I mean that any infringement of the law is dealt with by the law in the country where the offence took place. Motherwell is a Scottish club. So I mentioned Scottish law. If a Motherwell fan assaulted someone while following our club in Europe, I obviously wouldn't expect the Scottish authorities to deal with it. The same applies here. 

Scotland explicitly criminalises football-match possession of pyro. From what I can see, Germany regulates pyro mainly through general explosives law and stadium/football regulations. We could potentially identify the culprits and deal with them at club level, as I mentioned previously.