A Hibernian fan who tried to punch Rangers star Lee Wallace during a Scottish Cup final pitch invasion was yesterday convicted of hurling sectarian abuse after another match.
Dale Pryde, 22, shouted and swore at Gers supporters while leaving a game at Ibrox in May this year.
Pryde, from Edinburgh, pled guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to acting in a threatening and abusive manner in the city’s Broomloan Road. He swore and shouted sectarian remarks at opposition supporters leaving the match.
The case was deferred for reports by Sheriff Shona Gilroy and Pryde will learn his fate next month.
The facts in the case will be heard then. Pryde was bailed.
The thug became notorious for trying to attack ex-Rangers defender and captain Wallace after the 2016 Scottish Cup final.
Fans from both Hibs and Rangers invaded the Hampden Park pitch at full-time.
Pryde made a beeline for Wallace and attempted to punch him on the body.
He avoided jail for his actions but was put on a restriction of liberty order for three months by Sheriff Kenneth Hogg. Pryde was also ordered to carry out 250 hours of unpaid work.
Sheriff Hogg told him: “A footballer, no matter which team they play for, does not go on to a pitch to enable somebody at a later stage to run on and attempt to assault them – that’s lunacy.”
Pryde’s lawyer said at the time he’d expressed “genuine remorse and shame about his behaviour”.
