Schoolboy soccer club fined for taking players off pitch in stand against racism

A Cork schoolboys soccer club has been fined €200 for refusing to continue playing a crucial league game after one of their players was racially abused.

Two coaches from Carrigaline United spoke out last night against the sanction imposed by the Cork Schoolboys League and said they felt the club was being punished for taking a stand against racism on the pitch. The team needed three points from the game to avoid relegation.

“I know things are said on the field of play, but you have to take a stand,” said Mark McCarthy, the coach who made the decision to protect his player.