Soccer player sues club for ‘trauma’

A soccer player with cross-channel ambitions is suing his former club for post-traumatic stress disorder for being excluded from a team as a 13 to 14-year-old.

Seán Cooke of Highfields, Ballea Road, Carrigaline, Co Cork, now aged 18, brought the case against Carrigaline United as a result of how he was allegedly treated by coaches.

Yesterday, he told Cork Circuit Court he was an extremely good player at the time but was not getting the games and not getting the chance to show his skills for talent scouts.