ACTOR Martin Compston has called out a sectarian troll who sent him abuse on the first day of Scotland's new football season.
The Scottish Sun reports that The Line of Duty star was was called a 'T*** parasite' by a Twitter user who has since deleted the Tweet.
It comes after Compston, 37, tweeted about Celtic's performance in their 2-1 defeat against Hearts at Tynecastle Stadium last night.
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Greenock-born Compston, who is a Celtic fan, said: "No complaints. Have all the possession ye want outwith a right back individual goal never created a thing til 93rd minute.
"Defence a shambles as per, blame lies squarely with the board had a CM startin CB on/off for 4 yr now. Getting blanked in the ballot a kindness at this point."
No complaints. Have all the possession ye want outwith a right back individual goal never created a thing til 93rd minute. Defence a shambles as per, blame lies squarely with the board had a CM startin CB on/off for 4 yr now. Getting blanked in the ballot a kindness at this point
— martin compston (@martin_compston) July 31, 2021
Just minutes later, it is claimed that the Twitter user said: ""F*** up polis, 2 in a row ya t**g parasite."
Compston called out the troll out in front of his over half a million followers.
He said: ""=Day one of the season. Fair play it’s tradition get the anti-Catholic sentiment out early, set yer stall out."
🤣🤣 day one of the season. Fair play it’s tradition get the anti catholic sentiment out early set yer stall out https://t.co/cnN2J7nJrf
— martin compston (@martin_compston) July 31, 2021
The tweet has since been removed.
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