Footballer Paul Tansey facing lengthy ban after jumping into stand to confront supporter
Footballer also found guilty of attacked former partner
A thug footballer is facing a lengthy ban after he jumped into the stands to confront a supporter.
Paul Tansey angrily climbed into the small stand to remonstrate with the fan after he had been substituted while playing for Hawick Royal Albert against Penicuik Athletic on Saturday afternoon.
Video footage of the incident posted on social media and shows Tansey walking off the pitch before he suddenly rips off his blue shirt and hurdles a small wall and heads into the stand.
The supporter he confronts appears to laugh in the player’s face before Tansey - who used to play for Penicuik - is seen being dragged away from the fracas by officials from the home team.
The referee immediately showed the 40-year-old midfielder a red card and he is now expected to be dragged in front of a Scottish Football Association disciplinary panel in the near future.
The footage was posted on the Penicuik Athletic X account and has attracted hundreds of comments from stunned footie fans.
One man posted: “What an absolute disgrace. He should never have been signed by our club after his court case a few years ago.”
A second added: “This guy is an absolute thug. There are lots of children in the stand - what kind of example is that to set them. I hope the authorities throw the book at him.”
And a third added: “He was being goaded all through the game by the fan but that’s no way to behave.”
The flashpoint took place as East of Scotland side Hawick Royal Albert took on Premier Division side Penicuik Athletic in the preliminary round of the Scottish Cup at Montgomery Park in Hawick.
The match ended 2-1 to Penicuik with the winning goal scored in extra time.
Tansey - the brother of former Scotland international Leigh Griffith - was convicted of attacking Celtic FC Women star Lisa Robertson while the pair were in a relationship in 2022.
Tansey admitted head-butting Ms Robertson and launching a mug of hot liquid at her during the shocking course of domestic abuse over a 10 month period.
The abuse also saw the brute footballer threaten to self harm, regularly check up her phone use, utter offensive remarks and repeatedly accuse her of cheating on him, all between July 1, 2020 and May 15, 2021.
Sheriff Kenneth Campbell said he had given “serious consideration to custody in this case” but instead imposed a two year supervision order and told the footballer to carry out 80 hours of unpaid work.
The sheriff also issued a non-harassment order banning Tansey, from Dalkeith, Midlothian, from approaching or contacting Ms Robertson for five years.