THE co-ordinator of a volunteer army of tradesmen to refurbish Ibrox says police have spoken to him after he became the latest high profile Rangers fan to be embroiled in a row over offensive online material.
And the semi-retired painter and decorator Allan Woods says officers are satisfied racist and sectarian comments on his social media profile page did not come from him.
His admitted his page was blocked for a month by Facebook after a representative told him it was over a comment on his page advocating "ethnic cleansing".
Mr Woods, who took a step back from his role in organising the tradesman army in the wake of the row, deactivated the account after he discovered he had been blocked. The account was used to launch the appeal for volunteers and update progress on the Rangers Pride fans group page.
The 62-year-old had amassed 200 tradesmen and 500 unskilled volunteers to help refurbish Ibrox and Murray Park and was expected to discuss it with the board.
But his account, which was used to launch the appeal for volunteers, sparked a social media row after a series of racist and sectarian comments were discovered.
Now he has said he has been the victim of fraping, the act of changing all the details on someone's Facebook page when they leave it open and vulnerable.
"My account was hacked over a long period of time by another party using my account to post bile, " he said on Twitter.
"This only came to light when it was pointed out to me. I believe I know who was responsible. I am no racist.
"I have done nothing wrong apart from try to help Rangers. Police are satisfied the posts did not come from me."
"Not familiar with Facebook but fraping is a word I've been told. I have real friends from all ethnic backgrounds.
"They have succeeded in wrecking what was a great project. I must point out my own mother was half caste."
The row developed hot on the heels of a club and police investigation into a sexually explicit cartoon of the prophet Mohammed allegedly tweeted by former Rangers director Chris Graham.
Mr Woods has always denied making the comments, which date back to October 2012. They included references to Muslims and "ethnic cleansing".
Police Scotland were unable to confirm whether they were investigating.
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