Stoke City support James McClean and will help bring social media abusers to justice

The abuse includes threats to set their house on fire “and burn everyone inside it”, while Erin McClean said she watched one match in fear after someone threatened to take a gun to the game

Stoke winger James McClean has been subjected to online abuse (Mike Egerton/PA)

Stoke have condemned the online abuse of Republic of Ireland winger James McClean and said they “will continue to work with the authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice”.

McClean and his wife have revealed the full extent of the abuse they have been subjected to down the years in separate posts on social media.