Irish duo apologise for ‘inappropriate’ conduct

NEWCASTLE’S Leon Best and Stephen Ireland have issued an apology to the club and its supporters after being pictured at the Tup Tup Palace nightclub in the city on Friday evening.

The Republic of Ireland internationals had been ruled out of Saturday’s game at Stoke, which Newcastle lost 4-0, but accepted going to a bar was “inappropriate.”

A statement released through the club read: “Although we had both been ruled out of the game at Stoke and didn’t travel with the team, we realise that going out to a bar was inappropriate ahead of Saturday’s game and we fully regret doing so.