WEB OF TERROR; We pull plug on yob's bid to spread World Cup hate on Internet.(News)

Race hate soccer thug Iain Smith plotted a World Cup bloodbath.

Smith used the Internet to attempt to spread chaos at football matches all over Europe.

But the Sunday Mail has smashed his sickening plan to wreck the World Cup.

And now graduate Smith, 23, faces the sack from his job and a police probe.

Smith, who works in Glasgow Caledonian University's personnel department, used university equipment to set up an Internet site for football thugs.

The site featured pictures of football violence and exchanges from thugs all over Europe, littered with racist comments and abuse.

And Smith used it to carry out a plan to bring hooligan fans of Belgian club Bruges to this weekend's potentially explosive Rangers-Aberdeen game.

Smith, who lives in Linlithgow, West Lothian, and whose father, Stuart, is a high- flying accountant, used the alias Diamond Geezer on the Internet.

Posing as football casuals, we contacted Smith by electronic mail and told him we had pictures of fans fighting.

He sent us pictures showing Bruges hooligans fighting in Belgium and claimed they were coming to Scotland to support their Aberdeen comrades.

Smith also issued a chilling challenge which could turn Scotland's World Cup game with Norway into a bloodbath.

He boasted: "We'll be at the Norway game. So if you have any crews and want to, come ahead."

His website also provided a contact point for casuals to issue challenges to rivals and arrange fights.

We tracked down Smith to a computer terminal at the university's Park Campus in Glasgow's west end.

Unknown to his bosses, he was secretly spreading soccer hatred while supposedly working.

As soon as we told his superiors, they launched an inquiry into Smith's sick scheme.

A spokesman for Glasgow Caledonian University said: "We have been made aware of certain allegations.

"We regard these as sufficiently serious to have instituted an investigation to determine the facts of the matter."

Smith's father - until recently a project manager with Scottish Equitable Life in Edinburgh - was stunned by our revelations.

He said: "To my knowledge, he has not taken part in any violent action.

"When he told us about this, I could not believe it.

"He could get the sack - but in his opinion he hasn't done anything wrong.

"This will probably ruin his career.

"I personally feel I've been kicked up the backside by this.

"He is not a hooligan by any manner or means.

"His mum and I cannot believe he is into this sort of thing.

"My son's an absolute idiot - that's the real explanation."

Last night, Strathclyde Police pledged to study our dossier into Smith's activities.