Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Police investigate Motherwell and Rangers play-off brawl

The brawl began after Bilel Mohsni punched Motherwell's Lee Erwin at full time.
The brawl began after Bilel Mohsni punched Motherwell's Lee Erwin at full time.

Police are investigating a brawl between players at the end of the Scottish Premiership play-off final between Rangers and Motherwell.

At full time in Sunday’s match, Rangers defender Bilel Mohsni kicked and punched Motherwell’s Lee Erwin after being pushed by the striker.

Other players and officials from the teams then tried to break up the trouble with further scuffles breaking out.

It resulted in red cards for Mohsni, Erwin and Motherwell substitute Fraser Kerr.

Motherwell won the match 3-0 and the two-legged tie 6-1 on aggregate to maintain their place in the Scottish Premiership and confine Rangers to a second season in the Championship.

Motherwell fans also ran onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate in front of the Rangers support before being cleared by stewards and police.

Police Scotland released a statement “in response to the disturbance at the end of the Motherwell v Rangers match”.

Assistant Chief Constable Bernard Higgins said: “Police Scotland will conduct a full review of the circumstances and liaise with the appropriate partners, and decide how best to take the matter forward over the coming days.”

Speaking to BT Sport after the game, Erwin said: “I tried to shake his hand to wish him all the best but he told me to ‘f’ off and reacted badly.

“I pushed him away and he reacted badly. A player at a club at that level should not be acting like that. It’s embarrassing for him and the club.”

Rangers manager Stuart McCall said he missed the incident, but described such behaviour as “unacceptable”.

“I know you’re not going to believe me but, hand on heart, I’ve not seen it,” he said. “I was down the tunnel and then heard the roar so came running back.

“If what you are telling me about the incident is true, then it’s obviously unacceptable and totally disgraceful.

“No-one can condone that sort of behaviour. Bilel’s contract is up, but that’s totally unacceptable.

“I don’t know if the club can take any action against him but I don’t think there is any doubt he won’t be at the football club next season.”

Motherwell boss Ian Baraclough said: “The game doesn’t need it, Scottish football doesn’t need it. There were two teams battling it out over 180 minutes, they gave it absolutely everything.

“For one or two individuals to ruin it, tarnish it, is a shame.”