CALLS are being made for a shake-up to bring an end to the “national scandal” in the way disabled fans are catered for in Scottish football after Rangers supporters crashed through a roof at Kilmarnock’s stadium.

The Rangers Disabled Supporters Club said it has warned clubs of the dangers of such disabled shelters and poor facilities for years but little action had been taken and it added was a miracle that nobody was seriously hurt following Sunday’s collapse at Rugby Park.

Kilmarnock and Police Scotland are investigating the circumstance surrounding the shelter collapse which happened as Rangers fans celebrated a stoppage-time winner at Rugby Park.

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Connor Goldson’s 91st-minute header secured a 2-1 Scottish Premiership victory and sparked an invasion of the pitch.

The disabled fans group have raised their continuing concerns with Rangers who are seeking a debrief of what happened and has promised to take appropriate action.

The club has said issues had been raised with Kilmarnock about the shelter in the past but it was down to the Rugby Park club to take action.

Kilmarnock are planning Disabled supporters call for an end to access ‘national scandal’ Park is one symptom of a “wider problem” in Scottish football over the treatment of disabled fans.

He said: “The stewarding is frankly pathetic. It’s a case of stick a yellow jacket on somebody and pretend he is a steward and it just doesn’t work.

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“Of course, if people didn’t jump on the roof in the first place, it wouldn’t collapse, it is as simple as that. But proper stewarding would have prevented access to the disabled section.”

A spokesman for Scottish football governing body, the SPFL said: “The scenes at the end of the game at Rugby Park were simply unacceptable.”