A teacher who fraudulently bought Celtic season tickets using money reserved for pupils has been reprimanded by the General Teaching Council for Scotland.

Anthony Russell, 58, was the principal teacher of the Glasgow Celtic Football Club Learning Centre when he committed the crime between 2012 and 2014.

He was fined £500 at Glasgow Sheriff Court in July after admitting a charge of fraud.

Russell had pretended the season tickets for Celtic games were for the learning centre's pupils when in fact they were for his personal use.

In September, the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) issued Russell, from Giffnock in East Renfrewshire, with a reprimand that will stay on his record for two years.

The GTCS panel found his fitness to teach was "impaired", saying he had "failed to act honestly in his dealings with his employer and had failed to act as a role model to pupils".

They said his actions "did constitute an abuse of a position of trust."

The panel, which has the power to strike off or suspend teachers, noted Russel had repaid £1039 to his employers at Glasgow City Council.

"(Russell) had repaid the sums involved and had clearly reflected on the matter having pled guilty to the charge before trial," it found.

"There was no evidence that the teacher had previously acted dishonestly and the conduct has not been repeated.

"The teacher had a long and unblemished career and had produced a number of supporting statements."

A reprimand was the appropriate sanction to impose, the panel said.