- Ballybrack FC crafted an untrue story that one of their squad member Fernando Nuno La-Fuenta died in a traffic accident
- The Dublin outfit were not keen on playing their match against Arklow Town
- The match was postponed and a minute-silence was observed across other venues
A Dublin-based amateur football team Ballybrack FC fabricated an untrue story that one of their squad member Fernando Nuno La-Fuenta died in a traffic accident.
According to a sportbible.com report, the Dublin-based football club Ballybrack FC were not keen on having their match against Arklow Town on Saturday, which was subsequently postponed.
And a minute's silence was observed in other match venues before hostilities commenced.
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However, the club have now come out with a release saying it was a clear 'gross error of judgement has occurred' while confirming that the officials involved in the bizarre incident have been shown the exit doors.
"It has come to the attention of both the club, senior players and the management team that a gross error of judgement has occurred emanating from correspondence sent from a member of the senior set-up management team to the Leinster Senior League," the statement from the club read in part via BBC.
"An emergency meeting was held and the person in question has been relieved of all footballing duties, within Ballybrack FC, its senior team and roles within the club itself.
"The club has contacted Fernando to confirm his whereabouts, wellbeing and are thankful for his acceptance of our apology on this matter.
"This grave and unacceptable mistake was completely out of character and was made by a person who has been experiencing severe personal difficulties unbeknownst to any other members of the club.
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"At this stage we can only offer our sincere apologies to the Leinster Senior League, our opponents Arklow Town FC and the host of clubs and football people who made contact with us or offered messages of support in recent days."
Speaking on the incident, League chief David Moran took out time to explain how the scenario played out.
"The young lad didn't die in a motorbike accident last Thursday. He went back to Spain four or five weeks ago apparently," he was quoted as saying by RTL.
"The Leinster Senior League rang yesterday morning. We wanted to show our sympathies and go to the Mass and maybe meet the family and see what we could do to help in this horrible situation.
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"And we were told he was flown back to Spain on the Saturday. Straight away, that rang alarm bells for us. How would you die early on Friday morning and be flown back to Spain on the Saturday?
"We checked the hospitals, we checked everywhere. Nobody could find anything about this young fella. Obviously, some of his team-mates released stuff on social media saying he went back to Spain four weeks ago."
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously had reported first Caribbean immigrant to win a British title Bunny Sterling died on Friday, November 16, after a long battle with dementia.
According to a UK Sun report, Sterling, who was the first Caribbean immigrant to claim a British title, after defeating Mark Rowe in British middleweight bout in 1970.
In 1976, Sterling claimed another milestone when he emerged European champion but on Friday, after a four-year battle with dementia (a conditions characterised by impairment of at least two brain functions, such as memory loss and judgement) passed on.
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