Shrewsbury manager Steve Cotterill condemned the Bristol Rovers fans who subjected him to a torrent of vile abuse following the 1-1 draw at the Memorial Ground.
The former Bristol City boss was heading down the touchline for his post-match interview duties when he was stopped in his tracks by home fans in the stands who targeted him with a string of four-letter words.
One fan also shouted “I wish you were dead” at Cotterill, who had a brush with death during a long battle with Covid-19 last season.
Cotterill was involved in a verbal stand-off with the small group of middle-aged men lingering in the stands before they were silenced by a fellow Rovers fan as children milled around the ground. “I came back here as a former Bristol City manager who has been successful and I’ve still got a home in the city,” Cotterill said. “That abuse is not acceptable but I have lots of good friends who are ardent Rovers fans. “It’s a few people who decide they wanted to have something to say but I don’t know what you can do about it.