The Scottish Football Supporters Association has confirmed they've been contacted by the UK Government over proposed new rules regarding fans travelling to football matches.
A public consultation has been launched over a series of new guidelines that would govern travel within the football society.
It was brought forward by Richard Turfitt, the Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain on the UK Government.
This sparked an immediate condemnation from supporters' groups, including the SFSA.
A statement reads: "The Scottish Football Supporters Association have been contacted by the UK Government regarding the series of proposed new regulations regarding travel to and from Football matches.
"We do believe that as a section of society Football Supporters are often targeted in an unfair manner across a range of situations that often ignores both the economic and social value that we bring to Scotland.
"We will of course ask the UK Government as to who has actually asked for this consultation in the first place, given that it has appeared without any previous debate.
"It is fair to say that we have concerns around these proposals. What we will do is reflect on the proposals and of course do as we were asked and open up the debate to our members with a consultation this coming weekend.
"On completion of the input from Scottish Football Supporters, we will then submit the response to the UK Government as well as publishing it on our website."
Scottish football's leading bodies have joined forces to express their concerns.
The Scottish FA, SPFL and SWPL say they are not pleased by the 'targeted nature of the proposals', and that they only aim to 'demonise football fans'..
A joint statement from the bodies reads: “There's no evidence that this is a significant problem in Scottish football. We are concerned by the targeted nature of these proposals, which serve to demonise football fans and interfere unnecessarily in people’s lives.
“In Scotland, there are already appropriate powers held by PHV operators, Police Scotland, and other partners to deal effectively with a very small number of incidents by a minority of fans.
“The consultation itself notes that the majority of football fans are law-abiding and do not cause any disturbances when travelling to or from games, yet these proposals would unfairly affect the vast majority of football fans who travel safely and respectfully to and from matches on a weekly basis.
“We don’t support these unnecessary and heavy-handed proposals and we will be making our views clear in the consultation.”
