Furious Malky Mackay insists 'lives in danger' as he slams Dundee United fans for launching flares

Malky Mackay has issued a dire warning that fans were “putting lives at risk” by behaving like Dundee United ’s support did in Dingwall.

The Tangerine faithful showered the pitch with flares and smoke bombs then invaded the park twice, before and after Nicky Clark’s double sealed a 2-1 win and a fourth-place finish.

Their behaviour also saw United players Kevin McDonald and Tony Watt being hurt after collisions with their own fans.

Mackay, the former SFA performance director, understood the jubilance and hailed the carnival atmosphere United’s fans brought to the game.

But he fears there could be a serious incident or fatality even if action is not taken to avoid similar incidents.

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The Ross County boss said: “It’s the last day of the Premiership season and there was a kind of carnival atmosphere.

“What it did was give us a great atmosphere, with them bringing so many fans with them.

“But that safety aspect, with pyrotechnics coming on, is something that needs to stop in Scottish football as it can hurtpeople. You have people who need to lift those off the pitch and they are 500 degrees.

“I really don’t enjoy that at all and it happened too much. I’m fine with the party atmosphere and people spilling