It's been the week which makes you ask what is pathologically wrong with some football fans and, staggering though it may seem, the taunting of West Bromwich Albion's Jake Livermore at over the death of his infant son is just one part of the story.
The other instance of mindless despicability came on the same night, when Falkirk fans threw glass eyeballs at Dunfermline midfielder Dean Shiels, who has lost an eye. It was the pre-calculation which was most breath-taking about that episode: the decision to walk into a shop, make the purchase and go equipped to mock an individual with such an affliction.