Hibs’ Chief Executive Leeann Dempster has strongly condemned the fans who recklessly set off a pyrotechnic (smoke bomb) following Jason Cummings’ goal at Tannadice last night.

Hibs took a large travelling support to the game and the vast majority behaved appropriately.

After the game Ms Dempster said “We had a great travelling support for the match. The fans by and large were great, as they have been all season, providing vocal backing throughout the match.

“Unfortunately the behaviour of a few individuals is tainting the reputation of the wider support.

“We released a statement last Sunday following a similar incident against Ayr United, which led to two fans receiving indefinite bans from Hibernian matches home and away.

“We outlined the risks of pyrotechnics and flares and I will reiterate again that they are dangerous and the use of them is damaging our good name. Incidents like this lead to our club being investigated by the authorities which is a complete waste of club time and resource.

“We hope the small number of supporters that continue to act in such a reckless and dangerous manner can heed this warning and we restate our position that incidents will be fully investigated and where individuals are identified they will be subject to sanctions.”

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John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.