NEWS UPDATES: Rangers fan admits throwing bottle at Celtic goalkeeper as sentencing deferred

Rangers fan admits throwing bottle at Celtic goalkeeper as sentencing deferred

A glass bottle was thrown onto the pitch during Rangers vs Celtic at Ibrox <i>(Image: PA)</i>

A glass bottle was thrown onto the pitch during Rangers vs Celtic at Ibrox (Image: PA)

A man has admitted chucking a bottle at Celtic goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo during a recent derby match with Rangers.

 

Andrew Watt, 34, launched the missile at the Finnish international at Ibrox Stadium on May 4 2025.

 

Rangers drew 1-1 with the Scottish Premiership champions that afternoon.

 

Court papers stated Watt assaulted Sinisalo by “throwing a bottle and a cigarette at him.”

 

The charge stated that this was done in an attempt to strike the keeper.

 

Watt appeared from custody at Glasgow Sheriff Court to plead guilty to the single charge.

 

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Kevin Corr, defending, stated: “He is aware of the gravity of the offence and knows that the court’s opening gambit will be custody.

 

“He is in full time employment as a roofer and he will accept a special condition of bail to stay away from football matches.”

 

Sentence was deferred pending background reports until a later date when more information surrounding the circumstances is expected to be heard.

 

Watt, of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, was granted bail meantime by Sheriff Nigel Cooke with a special condition not to enter attend football games meantime.

 

Sinisalo spoke to the media in the days after the match insisting there were “30 to 40 objects” thrown onto the pitch that afternoon.

 

He said: “I see some mention that there was a bottle thrown at me, but it was not just a bottle.

 

“First of all, I was hit with something. Not in my upper body, somewhere in my lower leg.

 

“There were lighters, vapes, coins, mugs, all sorts flying.

 

“When you think of it, let us say that glass bottle that was on the pitch hits me or hits someone else, what happens then?