An Everton fan chucked a Lucozade bottle at Aston Villa footballer Matty Cash at a match at Goodison Park.
Roger Tweedle, 19, threw the plastic bottle towards Villa players as they celebrated a goal near the end of the first half of the Premier League match on January 22.
It struck Villa defender Matty Cash in the face and the defendant was seen to raise his arms aloft in the Lower Gwladys Street end in his own celebration.