Four men are to stand trial accused of singing a racist song about Celtic striker Kyogo Furuhashi.
Ian McKenzie, 30, Mark Speirs, 26, Dylan Devine, 25, and Marc Newton, 24, are all alleged to have chanted about the 27-year-old Japanese star on a supporter's bus travelling from East Kilbride, Lanarkshire.
The bus was carrying Rangers fans to the club's clash with Ross County at Dingwall in August last year.
Prosecutors claim McKenzie, Speirs and Newton behaved in a threatening or abusive manner by singing a song containing 'racial lyrics' during the bus journey.
McKenzie is also alleged to have made a gesture in an 'aggressive' manner.
It is further claimed that during a separate incident Speirs and Devine behaved in a threatening or abusive manner and made a 'racial gesture' and sang a 'racial song'.
The charges against all four men state the alleged offences were 'racially aggravated'.
McKenzie also faces a separate charge which claims he was in possession of cocaine in July last year in East Kilbride.
McKenzie, of East Kilbride, Speirs, of Wishaw, Devine, of Cleland, and Newton, of Bellshill, all pled not guilty at Hamilton Sheriff Court.
Lawyers for all four confirmed the case was ready to go to trial next month and their bail was continued by Sheriff Liam Murphy.
Following video of the bus journey emerging on social media, Rangers banned the Westwood RSC supporters' club from receiving tickets for future fixtures.
Rangers said the club 'condemns all forms of racism and discrimination.'
It added: "Those who partake in such behaviour are not representative of our club or the loyal support who have stood by us through thick and thin."
Celtic tweeted: "If reports are accurate then such sickening and pathetic racist behaviour directed towards Kyogo Furuhashi deserves absolute condemnation."
Furuhashi himself later tweeted: "I'll never walk alone."
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