SEAN Dyche says he has had reason to take individuals to task for hurling abuse at him from the stands on two occasions this season.

The Burnley boss was speaking in light of Spurs midfielder Eric Dier's altercation with a supporter following their FA Cup exit at home to Norwich on Wednesday night.

Tottenham, who Burnley host at Turf Moor on Saturday night, and the FA have launched separate investigations into the incident, which involved Dier scaling several rows of seats to confront the fan, who was said to have been abusing the England international, with the player’s brother seemingly also on the end of his words.

Asked whether he had ever had cause to speak to his own players about the prospect of such situations, Dyche said: "I don't know the ins and outs of it other than what we have seen.

"You manage a group of people but they are people and everyone has a moment when enough is enough.

"I have had it twice this year, only twice in a long time, and I am pretty thick skinned. I have had a number of jokes said about my hair colour as you can imagine and I have heard them all. People still shout things they think I haven't heard which always amuses me.

"Twice this season I have thought it was too much and I have said to the person, not using any expletives, 'that is enough now' when it has gone too far. There are children in the stands as well.

"We have to try and watch our language as well on the sidelines,which is not easy.

"On this occasion a player (Dier) has decided that enough is enough."

Dyche, who has been in charge of the Clarets for seven years, added: "I don't know the details but if you think logically for a player to feel the need or urge to do that then it must have been something serious, what was said or around about said.

"I have seen some of the footage.

"You are asked to manage the undefineables and human beings have a moment and if that moment goes too far then there is a reaction.

"In the bigger picture then where does it live? What level of abuse is allowed, provided there was some.

"What level is acceptable? You pay your ticket and have your say and we all know that and that has been around for ever but what level is enough where you go 'no that is too much.'"

Referring back to his own experience, when asked if the perpetrator had stopped their abuse, Dyche said: "No.

"I'm not bothered, I just said 'enough, that's it. Don't be carrying on like that'. You can imagine the level I'm talking about, by the way. I've heard a lot in stadiums so it wasn't just like a couple of things, it was enough where you go 'no, no, no, that's too much now'."

Acknowledging that they were personal comments, the Burnley boss added: "Yeah but that's commonplace but sometimes it's tongue-in-cheek personal and you know the difference. I've been around football all my life so I know the difference between when it's tongue-in-cheek and when it's too much.

"(There were) no complaints or anything, no complaints to the clubs, just 'enough now, that's enough'. And they don't stop. Some do, some don't.

"But it's only twice in all my time that I've been in management. When you're a player you always get a bit and that's different. But in management, it's only twice which I'm not crying about but it's probably a measure of how it's changing.

"I'm not a supporter in that sense, I'm a football supporter but I haven't been in that moment so we all understand the emotion of it. But this was two grown men and I thought 'whoa, hang on a minute'. You know where you are, you know you're in a stadium, you know there's children around you and people who don't want to hear that so there's a time when you go 'enough'.

"It was twice in a season so I don't think that was overboard."