Kilbirnie Ladeside have been slapped with a three-game ban on crowds – after a linesman was focused with a pellet/kep gun throughout a match.
The Garnock Valley membership will begin the brand new West of Scotland League (WoSFL) season behind closed doorways following their punishment from the WoSFL board.
An official complained about being struck in Kilbirnie's 2-1 victory over Darvel within the Premier Division in March.
The fixture was very important to each side because the Blasties fought unsuccessfully to remain within the West's high flight whereas Darvel battled it out for the title which they went on to win.
A discover of criticism was issued though the wrongdoer, believed to be a baby below the age of 16, has not been traced.
Kilbirnie's opening three residence video games within the First Division – in opposition to Neilston this Saturday; St Roch's on Saturday, August 13 and Gartcairn on Saturday, September 3 – should be performed with out supporters in attendance.
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The membership has additionally been ordered to beef up safety on six matchdays with secretary Gordon Ronney admitting the worth of the punishment will value them within the area of £7,500.
Followers have rallied spherical in a bid to assist the Blasties out with nearly half that determine donated forward of a fundraising match as a consequence of happen yesterday.
Gordon advised Ayrshire Soccer Information: "We had 5 notices of criticism in opposition to us final season with the final of them being the incident which occurred in opposition to Darvel.
"The linesman was hit by a small pellet gun, a kep gun kind of factor. It occurred on just a few events all through the sport and we imagine the person who did it was a younger minor, aged between 12 and 15.
"The official by no means made us conscious of it in the course of the recreation which we discovered disappointing as we may have acted upon it. Nevertheless it did not come to gentle till after the sport completed.
"We recognise the board needed to act on this. The worth of the nice is predicated on what we'd get by means of the gate, bar monies, raffle monies and so forth. It is a truthful chunk of cash we now have to seek out.
"We determined to not attraction based mostly on the truth that it was a critical offence and we additionally needed to present the supporters of the ramifications of this type of factor."
Gordon is aware of fan behaviour can be watched intently at Kilbirnie subsequent season however feels the message has hit residence and supporters will preserve their noses clear.
"I give nice credit score to our supporters as they acknowledge this was a critical offence and so they've raised round £3,000 by means of a GoFundMe web page to mitigate that loss to us," he mentioned. "I applaud them for that.
"It is a powerful one for us not having any income for six weeks and you have got wages to pay. Hopefully we'll all study from this and we cannot have any notices of criticism in any respect subsequent season.
"Our supporters obtained nice reward at Bonnyton Thistle, Cumnock and Darvel for cleansing up after themselves so they're good individuals. The membership is at their coronary heart. However they're younger and naive. I at all times say you aren't the identical particular person at 25 as you had been at 15.
"We do not need to chase them, we need to interact with them. But when we step out of line, we can be punished; and we will not afford to be punished."
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