Rangers fan shouted racist abuse at Celtic player Daizen Maeda after Old Firm

A Rangers fan shouted racist abuse at Celtic player Daizen Maeda after an Old Firm game.

Kenneth Tannock, 41, made the comment outside Ibrox Stadium on May 4, 2025.

Rangers had just played Celtic in a match that ended 1-1.

Glasgow Sheriff Court heard Tannock was walking past the front of the ground as Mr Maeda exited it.

The Japanese international went towards a fan to sign an item for them.

Tannock then shouted from 15 metres away: “You squinty-eyed c***.”

The dad was apprehended by police officers who heard the comment.

He went on to say: “It’s an Old Firm, there are 50,000 c***s shouting that – that’s not racist.”

Doctor’s surgery worker Tannock pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner, aggravated by prejudice related to race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins.

His lawyer, Paul Kavanagh, told sentencing: “It is a reprehensible comment, and he accepts it was an abhorrent action. He had consumed alcohol.

“He has been going to football matches for years and has never come to the attention for anything such as this.

“This was a one-off by a man who has not come to the attention of the courts before, and there is no suggestion anyone heard the comment other than the police.”

Sheriff Anna Reid ordered Tannock, of the city’s Haghill, to be of good behaviour for four months and continued consideration of a football banning order.