Rangers star Dujon Sterling is fined and suspended after a drink-driving crash following the Old Firm win

A footballer was fined more than £2,000 for drink driving on Tuesday after ‘celebrating’ his side’s victory in an Old Firm match.

Dujon Sterling was part of Rangers who defeated Celtic 3-1 at Parkhead on January 3.

The England defender then got behind the wheel of his gray Mercedes AMG GLE 63 in the early hours of the next day.

The 26-year-old was seen driving erratically through the center of Glasgow before crashing into a barrier near the M8 motorway.

Sterling, from Dowanhill in the city, was almost three times the limit and was temporarily banned from driving.

He was also fined by Rangers. At Glasgow Sheriff Court he pleaded guilty to reckless driving after initially being charged with dangerous driving.

He also admitted a separate charge of driving under the influence.

The court heard a witness saw Sterling’s car crash into a barrier and contacted police.

Dujon Sterling scored for Rangers in their 2-1 defeat to Hearts on Monday

Sterling had crashed his car after the Old Firm win over Celtic in January

Prosecutor Christa Lindsay said: “Officers spotted Sterling outside the vehicle, on his phone, and approached him.

“He said he had no injuries. He said he lost control (of the car), it swerved towards the barrier and crashed into it.” Officers believed Sterling was in a “dazed state” and he was taken to a police station.

A breath test showed that he had 60 micrograms of alcohol in 100 milliliters of breath. The legal limit is 22 micrograms. He was arrested and held in custody until he was fit to leave.

CCTV evidence revealed that Sterling was driving around the city’s Royal Exchange Square and Queen Street at 1.13am and ‘narrowly’ missed a vehicle turning into a lane.

He was seen driving ‘uncontrollably’ and ‘erratically’, changing lanes without signaling and driving at a ‘considerable speed’ on the wrong side of the road before the 1.30am crash.

Ms Lindsay said Sterling contacted police and told them he had been involved in an accident.

Lawyer Ronnie Simpson told the court: ‘He (Sterling) is under no illusion that he should not have been driving. He is a first-time offender and deeply regrets his actions.

“He is not someone who will appear in court again.”

Sterling was initially banned from driving between January and April, but was allowed back on the road after a hearing last month. But Simpson said Sterling has not driven since the collision.

Sheriff Mary Shields fined Sterling £2,250 and suspended him for 12 months.

The sheriff also offered him the opportunity to take a drunk driving rehabilitation course, which will see his driving ban shortened upon completion.