AN OLDER man who was carrying condoms and Viagra pills told a teenager he wanted the youngster to perform a sex act on him if Rangers Football Club won the treble.

John Goodfellow, 58. was chatting to a group of schoolboys when one of the youngsters told him he was a Celtic supporter. The boy said that if Rangers won all three domestic trophies he would give him “a pat on the back”.

But Goodfellow said if the Ibrox club completed the treble this year he wanted “more than that”.

Goodfellow, who is on a lifetime Sexual Offenders Protection Order (SOPO), said he wanted the schoolboy to perform a sex act on him.

The 15-year-old boy was said to be left “shocked and weirded out” following the exchange with Goodfellow at Cockenzie Harbour on June 28 this year.

When police arrived, they found Goodfellow had condoms and Viagra with him.

Goodfellow admitted to directing sexual communications towards the 15-year-old boy for the purposes of obtaining sexual gratification when he appeared from custody at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last Thursday.

He also pleaded guilty to making contact with the teenage boy despite being banned from approaching anyone under the age of 16.

Prosecutor Lorna Ferrier told the court that Goodfellow had been placed on the SOPO after he was convicted of a child sex abuse offence at Preston Crown Court in 2005.

Ms Ferrier said Goodfellow, originally from Burnley, Lancashire, was contacted by his offenders management team that day and he informed them he was in East Lothian on a fishing trip.

The fiscal said Goodfellow was at the harbour around 2pm and there were several groups of “school-age children”.

Ms Ferrier said: “While at the pier one of the boys heard the accused shout on one of the boys to ‘come here’.

“They went over to him and the boy heard him [Goodfellow] talking about football. The boy said he was a Celtic fan and the accused said he was a Rangers fan during the conversation.

“In the course of the conversation the accused stated Rangers would win the treble this year.

“The boy said, ‘If they win I will come down mate and give you a pat on the back’.”

Then, Goodfellow said he wanted the boy to perform a sex act on him.

Goodfellow’s offenders management team had alerted police to his whereabouts and officers turned up at the harbour later that day.

The officers spotted Goodfellow chatting to a group of children and after speaking to him found a discarded bottle of Buckfast nearby.

The officers also discovered Goodfellow, who has numerous previous convictions for child sex abuse offences, was carrying 20 condoms and Viagra tablets.

Solicitor Jim Stephenson, defending, said his client had been prescribed the pills by his doctor and he was carrying the condoms because he was hoping to “start a relationship”.

Goodfellow had “stupidly got involved” with the children while on the fishing trip.

Sheriff Donald Corke deferred sentence for the preparation of reports to later this month and remanded Goodfellow in custody.

Goodfellow was jailed for seven years and placed on an indefinite SOPO for inciting a child to engage in sexual activity at Preston Crown Court in 2005.

He was also handed a two-year sentence for sexual assault in 2009 while he was also jailed for seven months for breaching the SOPO in 2012.