No sooner have Rangers fans stopped singing songs glorifying secterian battles from the 1690s, than Airdrie United fans think it would be a good idea to dress up as Ku Klux Klan members.
Surely, in 2006, we have gone past the stage where racial abuse is acceptable in Scotland?
Black players have graced Scottish football for years, so why the 'fans' decided to adopt this new dress code in recent weeks is beyond comprehension.
Airdrie themselves, in their previous incarnation as Airdrieonians, included both Justin Fashanu and Gus Caesar in their sides during the 1990s.
But 15 years on, the club's supporters think their behaviour at Gretna is acceptable.
With the Old Firm clubs making serious inroads into ending religious bigotry at football matches, what this latest incident proves is that there is still a lot of work to be done to eradicate racism from our terraces.
Hopefully this incident was a one-off, and those responsible will be banned from Scotland's grounds.
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