Fort FC chairman says club will ban anyone who damages reputation
Fort William FC chairman Peter Murphy says anyone who damages the club’s reputation will be banned and, if necessary, reported to the police, following incidents that marred Saturday’s Highland League Cup home game against Fraserburgh.
In a statement, Mr Murphy said the club was investigating two incidents that occurred in the aftermath of the home cup tie and has appealed for witnesses to come forward.
He said: ‘We at Fort William FC will not accept any form of anti-social behaviour at our games.
‘This includes verbal or physical abuse of players, officials, supporters or committee members from both clubs.
Two incidents
‘We are aware of two incidents at the end of the game yesterday that we are currently investigating.
‘We would ask anyone who may have witnessed anything of an unacceptable nature to contact the club by emailing fortwilliamfc@highlandleague.com.
‘We will ban indefinitely anyone who brings down the reputation of our club and pass evidence to the police if necessary.’
And fans took to online media, with some calling for those responsible to be banned from Claggan Park for life.
The incidents came after Saturday’s home defeat, which saw Fort go down 1-3 to the Broch following two late goals.
Until the last 10 minutes it had been an evenly matched contest with both sides failing to convert chances into goals.
Home keeper Mateusz Kulbacki made a number of top drawer saves to keep the scoreline reading 0-0 until the 75th minute when the visitors’ Paul Young rifled a screamer of a shot into the top corner of the Fort net.
That made it 0-1, but eight minutes later, on the 83rd minute mark, the Fort’s Ross Gunn tried a strike from 20 yards out only to see the Broch keeper save it and then spill the ball.
First goal
But the advancing Daryl Taylor needed no second invitation to tap the ball into the net with his first goal in a Fort shirt and level it 1-1.
A draw looked on the cards but then the visitors’ Sean