Marvin Bartley has called out the "scumbag" who appeared to shout a racist slur at Hibs star Jair Tavares during their game with Dundee United on Tuesday night.
The Easter Road team fell to a narrow defeat at Tannadice but the football itself was overshadowed by an incident late on where Tavares was on the end of alleged racist abuse from a spectator. A clip, shared by former Hibs midfielder Bartley on Twitter, appears to show Tavares being branded a "black b******" as he attempted to get the ball back into play.
In an emotional thread in reaction, Bartley, who is assistant manager at Livingston and also serves as Equality And Diversity Advisor to the SFA, said the incident was as "clear as it gets." And he's called on both clubs as well as the SFA and SPFL to take action. He said: "I tried and tried to convince myself that I had misheard this but after listening multiple times I’m unfortunately right. To hear someone shout this and abuse someone for their skin colour breaks my heart. We’re now at a point where either the authorities do something about it or they simply tell us they don’t care.
