A RANGERS fan who once "let Scottish football down" was later caught with a Nazi banner at a match.
Jordan McArthur, 31, held the flag which featured a skull associated with the SS paramilitary organisation on September 30, 2023.
Rangers hosted Aberdeen on the day in a match which the visitors went on to win 3-1.
Glasgow Sheriff Court was told that before the game McArthur unfurled the banner from the upper tier of the Broomloan Road stand.
Fiscal Caitlin McAllister said: "The flag was blue in colour with a white skull and crossbones symbol in the middle.
"Above the symbol was 'Rangers' to the left and 'Active' to the right and 'Unit' underneath with the numbers '936'.
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"McArthur remained with the flag looking towards where the Aberdeen fans were seated and occasionally gestured towards them."
Shortly before kick-off, McArthur was seen to remove the banner and put it into a bag.
Following the match, an image of the flag and McArthur with it circulated on social media.
McAllister said: "A witness viewed this and recognised the symbol as being associated with the third Panzer division during the Second World War."
This person reported it to Scottish Government ministers, media outlets, Rangers Football Club as well as Police Scotland.
Officers carried out an investigation and McArthur handed himself into police on December 11.
McAllister stated: "Images of the flag were shown to Doctor Rachel Chin who is a lecturer of war studies at the University of Glasgow.
"She provided a written document about the image which is associated with the SS and is an image of intolerance."
The court heard of an earlier incident involving McArthur at another Rangers vs Aberdeen match at Ibrox on May 7, 2023.
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Police spotted McArthur holding something in his right hand and mouthing: "Can I throw this back?"
McAllister said: "Moments later, officers saw him throw the item to the designated away area."
A fan felt an object strike her on the head. A two-pence coin was then discovered in her hood.
McArthur pleaded guilty to committing breach of the peace as well as a separate charge of culpable and reckless conduct.
The crimes came after McArthur was one of hundreds who invaded the pitch at Hampden Park after Rangers were defeated by Hibernian in the Scottish Cup final in 2016.
He was put on a six-month curfew, put on supervision for a year as well as a three-year football banning order for his part.
Sheriff Lindsay Wood stated that the time: "You let Scottish football down."
McArthur was also given a community payback order in 2020 after he admitted a breach of the peace related to disorder at an asylum rights protest in the city's George Square.
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Sentence for his latest matters was deferred pending background reports until next month by Sheriff Anna Reid who granted McArthur, of the city's Castlemilk, bail meantime.
The sheriff ordered as part of his bail conditions not to enter regulated football matches.
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