After throwing a seat in the stadium
Football fan goes to prison for 18 months
01/12/2026 – 6:04 p.mReading time: 1 min.
A drunken Aberdeen fan threw a stadium seat at one of their own players last May, injuring him. Now the 32-year-old has to spend a long time behind bars.
A fan of Scottish football club FC Aberdeen has been jailed for 18 months for throwing parts of a stadium seat at a player from his own club. The judge at Dundee Sheriff Court described the attack in May last year as “selfish, stupid, dangerous and completely irresponsible”.
The incident occurred on May 17 after Aberdeen’s 2-1 defeat at Dundee United. Defender Jack MacKenzie had just thanked the fans traveling with him for their support when the thrown seat hit him.
MacKenzie, now playing for Plymouth Argyle, suffered a deep cut to his left eyebrow and an abrasion below his eye. The perpetrator confessed to his reckless behavior last year.
The convicted man’s lawyer told the court on Monday that his client was drunk at the time of the crime and felt “extremely ashamed.” In addition to the prison sentence, the court imposed a ten-year stadium ban.
Aberdeen FC had already issued a lifelong ban on the supporter.