A football fan who hurled vile racist abuse at a South Shields goalkeeper during a match has been spared jail.
Dean Simpson was heard shouting at the goalkeeper during a match between Warrington Town and South Shields on September 22 last year.
A court heard how the player heard Simpson shouting vile abuse and "white lives matter".
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The 24-year-old was spared jail after being found guilty of a racially aggravated public order offence at an earlier trial with the judge warning him it was his "last chance".
Simpson, of Nantwich in Cheshire, was given a 12-week jail sentence suspended for two years at Warrington Magistrates' Court on Thursday.
District judge Nicholas Sanders told him: "You are making a hash of your life, Mr Simpson.
"It's going to get a lot worse, a lot, lot worse, if you don't start taking responsibility for your actions and starting to behave properly.
"This is your last chance."
Jonathan Wilkinson, prosecuting, said during the trial that Simpson described using the phrase "white lives matter".
He continued to shout abuse during a penalty shoot-out and then ran onto the pitch and kicked the football out of the ground before kicking a plastic cup towards some of the South Shields players, the court heard.
Other fans witnessed Simpson, who said he drank between four and six pints on the day, making racist comments as he left the ground, Mr Wilkinson said.
In a statement read to the court, the victim said he experienced anxiety after the incident and he was left feeling "sad" and "disappointed".
He said: "I have not experienced any form of racial abuse previously and I was totally shaken by this situation."
The court heard Simpson had been made the subject of a three-year football banning order in 2018 after throwing a missile but it did not include lower level matches, such as the Northern Premier League which Warrington plays in.
Mr Wilkinson added: "There's been zero remorse for any abuse."
Peter Green, defending Simpson, said he was "petrified" of being sent to prison.
He said: "It's important that this defendant has the opportunity to work with the Probation Service to perhaps change his attitude and more importantly, I think, to grow up."
Sentencing Simpson, the judge said: "I struggle to understand what goes through the mind of someone who thinks it is big, clever or acceptable to behave in this sort of way towards anyone as a result of their skin colour."
He told Simpson the offence impacted the victim and other supporters at football grounds who had to listen to "idiots like you".
Simpson was also sentenced to a rehabilitation requirement for 30 days and given a 12-month curfew preventing him from going out on Fridays from 7pm until 6am and between midday and 4am on Saturdays and Sundays.
He was ordered to pay £720 costs, £500 compensation to Mr Boney and a £128 victim surcharge.
