Kilmarnock contact police over letter directing racist abuse at Alex Dyer
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Alex Dyer has been Kilmarnock manager for 12 months
Kilmarnock have contacted police after receiving a letter containing "racist abuse" directed at manager Alex Dyer.
Englishman Dyer, 55, is the only black manager in the Scottish Premiership and spent the bulk of his playing career in his homeland before moving into coaching, initially with West Ham.
The club say the letter was received on Monday morning.
"We are working with Police Scotland to identify any individuals involved in this disgusting act," Kilmarnock said.
"And we will pursue the strongest possible action we can against them. Racism in any form is completely unacceptable and must be called out whenever and wherever it is found."
Dyer was Steve Clarke's assistant with Kilmarnock, then Scotland, before taking over from Angelo Alessio as Rugby Park manager a year ago.
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On Wednesday, Dyer's side visit Motherwell, whose manager Stephen Robinson received death threats to his children while in charge of Oldham Athletic.
"I find it incomprehensible that people do that kind of stuff," the Northern Irishman said. "Football managers are seen as fair game for some reason.
"You can say what you want, do what you want, and no punishment seems to happen. It is 2021 we are going into, not 1821, and I find some of the abuse unbelievable. Hopefully we can stamp it out."