Aberdeen supporters admit threatening violence towards Dundee United fans before match last year

Two Aberdeen FC fans have admitted threatening violence towards rival supporters ahead of their team’s clash with Dundee United at Tannadice last December.

Dundee Sheriff Court heard that Dale McKeith and Aaron Grant were part of a mob that had to be dispersed and escorted back to the city’s railway station by mounted police as tempers flared before the game.

McKeith, 26 and Grant, 34 both from Aberdeen pled guilty at Dundee Sheriff Court to engaging in behaviour likely to incite public disorder by forming part of a disorderly crowd and repeatedly attempting to engage in violence towards rival fans at Church Street and Main Street on December 14 last year.

Sentence was deferred until November 12.