Ex-Aberdeen FC player fined for racial abuse

A FORMER Aberdeen FC player has admitted acting in a racially-aggravated manner.

Andy Bagshaw, once a rising star of the SPL club and a Scotland youth international captain, was fined £400 for the offence at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.

Bagshaw, whose address was given in court papers as 1 Beechgrove Gardens, Aberdeen, admitted making racial remarks outside Revolution on the city’s Belmont Street to Ron Smalbil, who was working at the bar as a doorman.

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