it seems like their fans just didnt get on.
i know its hard to believe but true.
Taken from the Frickley site.
Frickley Athletic officials have admitted to being astounded at accusations in the Worksop press of racism at last Tuesday evening’s UniBond League match at Westfield Lane. The accusations are from Worksop’s Chairman John Hepworth and Manager Peter Rinckavage who are alleging Frickley fans made abusive and racist chants towards Worksop fans throughout the entire game and that Frickley officials stood by and took no action.
However, Frickley Chairman Pete Bywater is disappointed not only with the nature of the allegations made by Hepworth but also by the way in which the allegations have been made in the press rather than bringing any concerns to the attention of Frickley Athletic.
Bywater said “ We strongly refute any such claims by Worksop. To the best of my knowledge there was a short spell of antisocial chanting towards the end of the game when the perpetrators were spoken to by the stewards and the language was subsequently toned down.”
He added ” When we were made aware of the article it gave us cause for concern so we reviewed the match video to see if any further chanting or any abuse or racism could be identified in order to back up Worksop’s claim. However, this only serves to quash Worksop’s claims with no abusive or racist chants evident at all in the first half and only the aforementioned few minutes of unacceptable language towards the end of the game. This chanting was related to the miners strike of 24 years ago so to refer to it as racist is completely over the top. For Rinckavage to claim he heard constant abuse for the whole game is absurd.”
As well as refuting Worksop’s claims in the Worksop Guardian Bywater is disappointed that Worksop have made the claims in the press without addressing concerns with anyone from Frickley. He said “It is little known outside of the club but we had a few issues at Ilkeston Town last season but we took the matter up with Ilkeston directly and it was resolved amicably between the two clubs. There was no slanging matches or threats in the press. We believe this is the correct way to address any problems so why Worksop couldn’t do this I don’t know.”
Lying tw#ts they are!!!
taken off worksop site.
The uneducated Frickley bigots were exposed in todays Worksop Guardian regarding their pathetic Miners Strike and racist comments on Tuesday night. Don’t let them off the hook on the racism score as such attitudes are endemic in that area of Yorkshire. Ian Wright stated in his book that he has played all over Europe but the worst racist abuse he ever received was at Barnsley which is hardly a million miles from South Elmsall.
Frickley will wriggle to escape an FA charge but they know the truth.
Such a shame as we treated their fans to the utmost courtesy when they visited us in the league cup recently. I don’t think they will receive such a warm welcome on Easter Monday especially when their keeper spouts the same objectionable rubbish.
Grasp the nettle Frickley and ban the culprits like our Chairman did at Worksop with our young hoolie problem earlier this season.