Police have spoken to Southampton man who posted a message on Twitter saying he would 'love to let of a bomb' at Portsmouth FC's stadium.

The tweet, which has now been removed from the social media platform, is reported to have referred to 'letting off a bomb in the family section of Fratton Park'.

A spokesman for Hampshire Contabulary said: "We received a report 6.50pm [on Monday] regarding an offensive tweet.

"Officers visited the person responsible for the tweet, who had already deleted their account.

"The 22-year-old man from Southampton was spoken to and given advice on his use of social media and made aware of the seriousness of posting these kind of messages online."

A number of Twitter users contacted police online to make them aware of the offensive message.

No one was arrested.