The vile Twitter troll who mocked former Rangers star Fernando Ricksen for having motor neuron disease has been revealed online to be the Hibs fan who attempted to punch Rangers captain Lee Wallace.

Dale Pryde - who calls himself Dale Lovell on his social media accounts - narrowly dodged jail in March of this year after carrying out the “exceptionally frightening” attack on the Gers defender.

Pryde, from Edinburgh, has invoked the fury of hundreds online after making a sick comment about Ricksen on Saturday after Rangers were rocked by Hibs as Neil Lennon’s visitors snatched a 3-2 victory.

Pryde, aged 20, told a Rangers fan on Twitter minutes after the game: “Fernando Ricksen had more chance walking today than yous did beating us.”

Glasgow Times:

Today, dozens of posts have emerged exposing the troll and linking the two together.

As reported by the Evening Times in March, Pryde was drunk and high on cocaine when he took part in a pitch invasion after last year’s Scottish Cup final.

Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that he climbed an advertising hoarding to gain access to the pitch before running at Wallace and trying to punch him on the body.

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He also pled guilty to assaulting two Rangers fans - including a young woman with a chair - following the game on May 21, 2016.

The sheriff at the time took note of Pryde’s “genuine remorse and shame.”

He was handed a community payback order, a three-month restriction of liberty order keeping him at home between 7pm and 6am, and a one-year football banning order.

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After bragging about his Ricksen comment and goading critics today, Pryde’s Twitter account has since been made private.

Police Scotland said it has not received any reports relating to the tweet, according to The Scottish Sun, however, cops did reportedly say their specialist unit would be investigating any comments made online following the game “in due course.”