Evans apologises over wife’s foul-mouthed ref rant

Northern Ireland defender Corry Evans was forced to apologise last night for a foul-mouthed racist rant from his wife on Twitter over the Romanian referee’s controversial penalty award for Switzerland at Windsor Park on Thursday.

Lisa Evans abused the match official, Ovidiu Hategan, in an expletive-laden tweet after he penalised her husband for handball in the World Cup play-off defeat. Evans was booked for the ‘handball’ ruling him out of tomorrow’s second leg in Basel.

A tweet from Evans’ account read: “Romanian gypsy c**t!!! And to actually think Northern Ireland has probably homed one of his smelly relatives!! Ungrateful twat!! Anyway onwards and upwards.