Michael Beale fears the abuse of referees, managers and players is reaching “unhealthy” levels as he slammed the threats directed at Kevin Clancy after last week’s Old Firm fallout.
Police Scotland are probing hate filled messages sent to the whistler in the wake of Rangers’ 3-2 defeat at Parkhead. Beale condemned the threats and insists it’s time to clamp down on abuse across the game. He said: “The abuse after the game, I can’t condone that. I think it is really poor, it is not something we want in our game. In general, the abuse that the managers get and the players get at certain times, it is not healthy.”
Rangers wrote to ref’s chief Crawford Allan asking for an explanation over Clancy’s decision to disallow Alfredo Morelos’ early strike at Parkhead. Beale, who distanced himself from that letter, still believes Clancy was wrong to penalise his striker but admitted he himself was mistaken when pointing the finger at the official for not awarding his side a spot kick for handball after the break.
