The Scottish Senior Football Referees Association have blasted the abuse suffered by Kevin Clancy in the aftermath of his part in Celtic vs Rangers on Saturday.
His performance in the Premiership derby has been the subject of debate after the referee called a foul by Alfredo Morelos on Hoops star Alistair Johnston with the game at 0-0, with the hosts winning 3-2 in the end. But the SFA have had to refer a 'significant volume of threatening and abusive emails to Police Scotland after "personal and professional contact details" of Clancy's were leaked.
Some of the messages were branded "potentially criminal in nature" and said to "include threats and abuse towards Kevin and his family" in the statement from Hampden. And now the body who represent whistlers in Scotland have offered their response. They said: "The SSFRA condemns the wholly unacceptable level of abuse directed towards Kevin Clancy following this weekend's Celtic vs Rangers match.
