Coin outrage shame needs to be stopped

to make it stop? These people shouldn’t be at a football match. You just ban them forever. “It’s that simple. Then it will stop. “If it gets ignored then it will go on and on.

“At any stadium in the world we don’t want to see things getting thrown onto the pitch.

“And I say that to all my rivals out there as well. It’s not right to throw things from the crowd. It’s not acceptable in any sport.”

Asked if Morelos has made a complaint, Gerrard added: “Alfredo didn’t mention it.

“But he doesn’t. He gets on with it and just wants to play football.

“He has been called up for Colombia and I think he’s been excellent. He deserved his goal today.”

When asked about the incident, St Mirren boss Oran Kearney said: “If that is the case then, absolutely, there’s no place for that in football.

“Any person who steps inside a football ground should have an entitlement to their safety in that ground and the same when they walk out it again. That’s the bare minimum we can ask for.” The attack on Morelos comes after the shame of Wednesday night’s Edinburgh derby at Tynecastle, which saw Hibs manager Lennon hit with a coin at the end of the game. The incident was followed by Lennon’s agent insisting it was because “he’s Irish, Catholic and played for Celtic”. In the same match, Hearts keeper Zdnek Zlamal accused Hibs fans of throwing a punch when the shot-stopper went towards the away fans to collect the ball. Reports also surfaced of missilethrowing towards members of the officiating team, as did a video of a set of house keys dangling in the net behind Zlamal after being thrown at the Hearts’ No 1. In September, Rangers fans drew controversy after an away supporter threw a coin at linesman Calum Spence at Livingston. Spence required treatment after the attack left him bleeding from a wound in his head.