Livingston has taken steps to ensure a repeat of Saturday's match with Rangers doesn't happen after problems in their lunchtime kick-off.
The Light Blues packed out three stands at the Tony Macaroni Arena as Giovanni van Bronckhorst's men went on to secure a 2-1 win. Some away supporters found themselves in the home end though and Livingston has held their hands up over this. Fans have got in touch to complain and they admit some calls weren't right.
In a lengthy statement, Livi said: "Livingston FC would like to go on record acknowledging the issues and complaints raised by our supporters following unacceptable scenes at Saturday’s cinch Premiership opener with Rangers.
"Despite the best intentions from all at the club, particularly after discussions in the week leading up to the game with Police Scotland and our stewarding partner, we absolutely agree and appreciate that what transpired on Saturday fell way short of what we had aimed for and quite simply put, wasn’t good enough in respect to the position it left our own, valued supporters in.
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"Having been aware of issues in previous capacity crowd encounters, we weren’t naïve to the belief that opposing fans may try and purchase tickets in the home end.
"Despite our best attempts at putting measures in place to prevent – firstly at source, secondly at the turnstiles and thirdly within the ground, sadly, this wasn’t carried out to an acceptable level.
"Going forward, matches where we know our North, South and East Stands will be occupied fully with visiting fans, we will no longer offer any option to purchase tickets online for the home end.
"We appreciate the vast majority of our visiting support is well-behaved and a credit to the game, but unfortunately we need to deal with the irresponsible few.
"Furthermore, ONLY current 2022/23 adult and adult concession season ticket holders will be able to buy tickets in the home end either in person or over the phone with said season ticket holders card number being taken against those purchases to ensure that there is a level of accountability for who is purchasing tickets and for where these people will be seated in the stand.
"This will almost certainly see the club lose out on a portion of revenue from ticket sales for these games, but it is fundamental that the safety of our fans comes first and takes absolute priority over profit."
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