What SPFL really thinks about pyro from boardroom to the stands as pros and cons of ultras aired in agenda setting survey

What came first out of the chicken and the egg? Why does time flow in one direction? Should Scottish football embrace pyrotechnics?

You can find these three questions in a big book of unanswered queries and the latter isn’t likely to go anywhere fast. It’s been a dominant topic for years now but the nation’s relationship with pyro is back in the public eye this season. Rangers fans’ pyro show at Dundee in November sparked the authorities into a summit on the matter but pleas for punters not to use them are falling on deaf ears.

Are they safe? Absolutely not, nothing being lit mere inches from another person at temperatures approaching 1,000C will be. That doesn’t mean that the issue is done and dusted though, as in the aftermath of the Dens Park controversy and before it too, fans of other clubs around Scotland across all divisions have used pyro. So what does the game really think about the divisive topic? Record Sport invited fans to participate in a poll with questions surrounding pyrotechnics, and our respondents are wholly AGAINST them.

From hundreds of responses, 64.49 per cent of people said they were not a fan of it in stadia. More than 62 per cent said it negatively impacted their matchday experience and 58.80 per cent felt it didn’t add anything to their matchday experience. The SPFL, SFA and Police Scotland have been unanimous in their calls for their removal from stadiums. And there is a clear opposition from some fans, with 64.89 per cent of our respondents thinking there should be more clamping down on users of fireworks.

Again, with everything seemingly stacked against it, that hasn’t stopped a largely younger element of fans using these devices. Ultras have been put firmly in the spotlight when it comes