There are two sides of the coin

Strict Liability?

Substantial fines for clubs who have little money in the first place for the actions of random half-wits they can't possibly regulate in spite of paying out thousands of pounds for police and stewards?

Deduct points for what offence exactly?

Failure to realise that one of society's mis-fits had succumbed to his violent tendencies and launched a missile at someone who has become a figure of hate just because he scored a goal, such as Alfredo Morelos at the weekend?

And where would the sense of natural justice be if Livingston had their ground closed because someone in the Rangers end of their ground drew blood from an assistant referee while the match was going on?

The coin has two sides to it.

I am a dignified presence on social media, a genial gent who brings an air of quiet sophistication to an otherwise febrile atmosphere.

It is partly a study of human behaviour for me. A chance for someone whose children have now reached middle age, and whose grandchildren are not yet old enough to sustain a conversation on the collapse of civilised behaviour inside football grounds, to observe the present day fan in his lair.

And that includes those who did not know there were twenty-six letters in the alphabet, far less think of a way to use them and form a coherent sentence.

Did you see Kris Boyd's celebration after he scored from the penalty spot against Aberdeen on Sunday?

It was magnificent in its comedic content. A man who is routinely mocked by opposing fans for an alleged weight problem mimics a fat belly shape to rile his tormentors.

Great fun. No violence.

But if Neil Lennon does something similar to celebrate the denial of a goal to Hibs' Edinburgh rivals, Hearts, in a derby match then it results in mayhem.

And now we have entered the era of copycat coining. It was inevitable.The Hearts fans did it so it's all right for us to do it as well.

Whoever 'Us' is.

A St. Mirren fan allegedly did it to Morelos. The St. Mirren goalkeeper, Craig Sampson, alleges he was pelted by coins supposedly thrown by Rangers fans.

I say allegedly and supposedly because there is always someone to say, or tweet, "How do you know it was one of their supporters?"

If points are ever going to be deducted for this type of offence then there will be renegade fans who will infiltrate their rivals' support and throw coins in the hope of materially influencing the progress of the league championship.

There is no point in saying that notion is too fanciful for words. In the social media age, anything goes.

Life bans for supporters caught throwing coins with intent to hurt professionals at their work?

All that would mean is that one imbecile has been identified and perhaps banned from grounds, although how you enforce that sentence I do not know.

It would, however, do nothing to locate the next, as yet un-identified, dim-wit who is limbering up his coin throwing arm as we speak and planning his chosen target.

Scottish football needs help. It does not need to turn inward on itself and start framing unhelpful sanctions which will do nothing to address the core problem.

Badness.

This is a matter for the law makers and those who execute those laws.

Still, it will be good to escape the murky nature of our domestic football and visit the sunnier uplands of European competition on Thursday night.

Rangers need to avoid defeat against Spartak Moscow in Russia because, in light of the club's latest published losses, anything that contributes additional income is to be cherished.

A Europa League run beyond the group stages would be a help in that regard.

Celtic are, comparatively speaking, well off but some of their fans have taken to dismissing European football as an unfair inconvenience.

One caller to Superscoreboard on Saturday night was revealing in the way he said it was nonsense that Celtic should be asked to play in Europe against clubs with exotic annual budgets.

The rest of the Premiership should therefore refuse to play Celtic on the basis Odsonne Edouard cost more than their annual wage bill.

Celtic have a star above the club crest on their jersey. It symbolises the club being the first in Britain to win the European Cup in 1967.

That was, by any criteria applied, the biggest day in Celtic's 130 year history.

How can European competition now be dismissed ?

Martin O'Neill took Celtic to the UEFA Cup final in Seville in 2003 on a budget inferior to the teams he beat along the way.

Neil Lennon and Gordon Strachan took Celtic to the last sixteen of the Champions League under similar circumstances.

Brendan Rodgers is here on eye watering wages to enhance Celtic's European reputation as part of his managerial duties.

To suggest otherwise is to be in a state of denial.

Celtic need to beat RB Leipzig at home on Thursday or, as they say within the confines of Celtic Park, the game's a bogey for this season in Europe.

Deal with it. Get on with it

• Hugh Keevins