Dumbarton FC issues stadium ban to unsupervised under-16s after anti-social behaviour and pyro incidents

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A Scots football club has banned all under-16s from attending games without an adult after a string of anti-social behaviour incidents - including pyrotechnics being set off in the stadium.Dumbarton announced their decision, describing the behaviour as "detrimental to the reputation of the club".The League One side issued a statement on Tuesday evening, in which they told how a "small element" of the Sons' support had chosen to ignore previous warnings over anti-social behaviour and the use of pyro, both inside and outside of the stadium, in their 3-2 defeat at home to Montrose on Saturday.In addition, the club said it was aware of further anti-social behaviour in Dumbarton town centre prior to kick-off, where fans required medical treatment for "respiratory problems".In their statement, Sons chiefs said: "Dumbarton Football Club are disappointed to note that despite previous warnings regarding anti-social behaviour and the use of pyrotechnics, a small element of our support has chosen to ignore these culminating in several pyros being sent off inside and outside the ground at the match against Montrose on Saturday."Furthermore, we are aware that they were involved with anti-social behaviour in the town centre before the match."A number of fans responsible for the incident were moved to the Community Suite awaiting arrival of guardians and police, and at the same time we witnessed several fans leaving and some having medical attention for respiratory problems."Club bosses said that they have been in regular conversation with the supporters' group, who have "confused this as permission to pursue and develop their group further".The club announced the unusual step to stop all under-16s attending matches without a relative