Court documents show Scott Thorpe, 51, was watching the U’s in March when he used threatening words likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to others nearby.

He appeared before Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to admit the offence.

Magistrates imposed a three-year football banning order and fined him £333.

Thorpe, of Rowntree Court, Colchester, was also ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs and a £133 victim surcharge.

Colchester United lost the game 1-0.