Marc Spence appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court charged with assault and breach of the peace after the Old Firm Scottish Cup match at Ibrox, with the 47-year-old making no plea and being granted bail. No further date was set for his next appearance.
He had been held by police on the pitch moments after the final whistle of the Ibrox quarter-final on March 8, when Celtic beat Rangers on penalties. Television footage captured a number of fans invading the pitch before a series of arrests were later made, turning the aftermath of the match into a police and court matter rather than just a football result.
Spence, of Douglas, Lanarkshire, had coached youngsters before the alleged incidents at Ibrox. That background sits alongside a case file that, for now, gives only the charges and the setting, not the specific conduct said to have led to them.
The hearing leaves the wider inquiry exactly where the facts say it is: the proceedings are underway, but the details behind the assault and breach of the peace allegations have not been laid out in open court. For Spence, the next step is not a fresh reaction but another court date that has yet to be fixed.
