Belfast club Linfield to investigate after opposition player reportedly subjected to racist abuse
BELFAST football club Linfield has said it will investigate an incident at its Windsor Park ground during which an opposition player was reportedly subjected to racist abuse. Glentoran midfielder Fuad Sule claimed he was targeted as he walked off the pitch following his side's 3-1 NIFL Premiership victory away to their city rivals on Friday night. Linfield have confirmed an individual was removed from the ground, while Glentoran have called for the 'strongest possible' punishment for those guilty of such incidents. 'Tarnished' Sule, who was born in Nigeria but raised in Ireland, claimed on Twitter/X on Saturday morning that he was called 'a black b******' and subjected to racist gestures as he walked off the pitch. "I'm a big ambassador of kicking racism not only out of football but out of life in general," he added. "There's a lot of good, honest people that I know very well at Linfield with integrity and class but one individual has tarnished the whole [of] Linfield Football Club's name for me. "Do better,…
6 Oct 00:00 · The Irish Post