Police investigating child abuse in Scottish football have taken urgent action to safeguard children as fresh allegations continue to surface.

Two people have been arrested as part of the major Police Scotland inquiry, set up in the wake of claims from former footballers in England.

A dedicated investigation team has so far received 130 reports of abuse in football across Scotland.

Many of the reports include multiple allegations of offences including serious sexual assault.

These range from alleged incidents in the 1960s to the present day and relate to clubs of all levels of the game.

Officers revealed on Friday they had taken action to safeguard children in a number of cases, and made arrests in Paisley and Aberdeen.

They urged anyone else who may have information to come forward, regardless of the time which has passed since the incident.

Detective chief inspector Sarah Taylor, senior investigating officer of the dedicated team, said: "Our immediate priority is obviously to protect children.

"We need to identify whether there is any risk or any harm that may be present - we need to take immediate steps to mitigate and lessen that risk."

She said people were finding the confidence to come forward but that she believed there were many others with information to assist the investigation.

DCI Taylor said: "We have a team of highly experienced officers who know how to support people who have been abused.

"It's important we get all the information we can, whether it's about people who have since died, or individuals who are still alive and may still have access to children.

"We are not investigating football clubs, we are investigating people who used football to target children."

DCI Taylor said that anyone with information, no matter how trivial they believe it to be, should come forward.

She added: "It doesn't matter when or where this has happened to them, we will listen, your reports will be investigated by my team and we want you to come forward."

The Scottish Football Association announced last month that it is also conducting an independent review into abuse in football.

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