FOOTBALLER Dean Brett has been banned for four games by the Scottish Football Association, for offensive posts on his Twitter page.

Brett, from Tranent, plays for League Two side Cowdenbeath and is also currently under investigation for breaking Scottish Football Association (SFA) rules by placing nearly 3,000 bets on 6,000 matches - including betting on Cowden to lose in matches he played in. 

The 24-year-old's betting problem was discovered after his tweets wwere reported by "two organisations concerned with equality issuses", Cowdenbeath said in a statement this evening (Wednesday). 

It read: "Following complaints from two organisations concerned with equality issues, the SFA investigated Dean Brett’s Twitter account re: alleged offensive tweets. 

This resulted in the matter being brought before an SFA Disciplinary Tribunal. We can now confirm the final Determination has now been received and accepted from that Tribunal.

Following a hearing at Hampden Park, the Tribunal found that between May 23, 2016 and November 5, 2016 Dean made comments upon a social networking site, namely Twitter, that were of a discriminatory, and offensive nature, based upon sexual orientation as well as comments that were otherwise of an offensive nature."

Brett could serve a further four-match ban if he is found not to have removed the tweets, commits another breach of SFA rules, or does not attend training on social media use and equality issues.

The defender is expected to find out the result of the club's investigation into his betting offences tomorrow (Thursday).