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| Complaint over 'insult' t-shirts | |
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| A football club has apologised after players revealed T-shirts with an obscene message at the end of a match. | A football club has apologised after players revealed T-shirts with an obscene message at the end of a match. |
| Bangor City reserves had beaten Y Felinheli in the Kon-X cup final when they put on the shirts. The offending message had asterisks included. | Bangor City reserves had beaten Y Felinheli in the Kon-X cup final when they put on the shirts. The offending message had asterisks included. |
| City chairman, Dilwyn Jones, said officials ordered players to cover up and apologised to Y Felinheli FC. | City chairman, Dilwyn Jones, said officials ordered players to cover up and apologised to Y Felinheli FC. |
| Felin officials said they were "insulted" by the incident and felt their integrity had been questioned. | |
| Bangor Reserves were beaten to the top spot in the league by Caernarfon Wanderers on goal difference. | Bangor Reserves were beaten to the top spot in the league by Caernarfon Wanderers on goal difference. |
| The message is thought to refer to a high-scoring defeat over Felin by the Wanderers which cost Bangor reserves the Safeflue Caernarfon and District Football League title. | The message is thought to refer to a high-scoring defeat over Felin by the Wanderers which cost Bangor reserves the Safeflue Caernarfon and District Football League title. |
| League | League |
| Wanderers needed to overturn a 10-goal deficit by Bangor reserves in their last two matches. | Wanderers needed to overturn a 10-goal deficit by Bangor reserves in their last two matches. |
| Y Felinheli FC were third in the league. | Y Felinheli FC were third in the league. |
| Caernarfon beat Felin 9-2 in their first clash and 5-1 in their second meeting, to clinch the league title. | Caernarfon beat Felin 9-2 in their first clash and 5-1 in their second meeting, to clinch the league title. |
| The shirts with the message was donned after Bangor beat Felinheli in the Kon-X cup final on Tuesday. | The shirts with the message was donned after Bangor beat Felinheli in the Kon-X cup final on Tuesday. |
| The T-shirt message read 'Felin 3 Wanderers 14 F**ing Stinks!!'. | The T-shirt message read 'Felin 3 Wanderers 14 F**ing Stinks!!'. |
| "The players wore the official club strip during the game, and put on the T-shirts at the end of the match," said Mr Jones. | "The players wore the official club strip during the game, and put on the T-shirts at the end of the match," said Mr Jones. |
| "As soon as this was spotted by City officials, the players were asked to cover up the T-shirts." | "As soon as this was spotted by City officials, the players were asked to cover up the T-shirts." |
| 'Investigation' | 'Investigation' |
| He added that the club "immediately" apologised to Caernarfon and District League and to Felinheli FC for "any offence which might have been caused". | He added that the club "immediately" apologised to Caernarfon and District League and to Felinheli FC for "any offence which might have been caused". |
| "We will be conducting an internal investigation into the matter, and taking whatever action we deem appropriate," he added. | "We will be conducting an internal investigation into the matter, and taking whatever action we deem appropriate," he added. |
| Y Felinheli Chairman Mr Alwyn Thomas says the club held a special meeting to discuss the situation. | |
| "We feel very insulted. Our integrity has been questioned and we are very disappointed that a club of Bangor's stature could display such disrespect," he said. | |
| Manager Islwyn Owen said he was furious: "In over thirty years at this club, I have never seen anything like it. | |
| "League officials were present and did nothing to prevent the abuse. | |
| "We feel we have no option but to take our complaint to the highest authorities. It was a very sad day for Welsh football," he added. |