Footballer slammed for calling UK town a ‘cesspit full of inbreds’

Wrexham winger James McClean has been told to apologise aft calling Shrewsbury a ‘cesspit afloat of inbreds’.

Ex-Republic of Ireland planetary McClean, 35, made the derogatory remark aft Wrexham mislaid 2-1 to League One rivals Shrewsbury Town.

The EFL person confirmed they are investigating assemblage incidents which occurred during the derby.

At 1 constituent stewards formed a barricade arsenic McClean went to instrumentality a throw-in successful beforehand of the location fans astatine The Croud Meadow.

Objects were thrown from the stands astatine McClean and play was concisely halted earlier bid was restored.

Following the game, McClean called Shrewsbury a ‘cesspit afloat of inbreds’ successful a station that helium aboriginal deleted.

Resharing a video showing Shrewsbury fans targeting him with chants and objects, McClean said: ‘In fairness if I was calved and raised successful Shrewsbury I’d astir apt beryllium this aggravated arsenic good due to the fact that it’s an implicit cesspit afloat of inbreds.’

Reacting to McClean’s comment, erstwhile Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling said connected talkSPORT: ‘He needs to apologise. He needs to marque a nationalist apology.

‘You can’t person a subordinate saying that astir anybody. Those teams are arch-rivals, he’s going to get immoderate instrumentality due to the fact that of what helium does. He’s utilized to getting stick, helium gets it everyplace helium goes!

‘He simply cannot accidental that benignant of thing. If helium doesn’t apologise I deliberation the FA request to instrumentality immoderate benignant of action.’

Ex-Scotland striker Ally McCoist added: ‘I’m with you totally.

‘You can’t beryllium doing that, it’s arsenic elemental arsenic that. No substance what instrumentality you get – and I cognize helium gets a batch – you can’t respond similar that.’

McClean joined Wrexham successful 2023 having antecedently played for EFL clubs Wigan Athletic, Stoke City, West Brom and Sunderland.

Wrexham brag Phil Parkinson said his subordinate was ‘fine’ aft the incidents against Shrewsbury Town and was ‘used to’ the abuse.

‘He’s fine,’ Parkinson told Sky Sports. ‘James is utilized to it wherever helium goes.

‘Fans get connected his backmost location and distant and sometimes it tin beryllium pugnacious and spill implicit but helium is utilized to it.’

Wrexham confirmed the EFL were ‘investigating’ the ‘crowd incidents’ which occurred astatine the The Croud Meadow.

They said: ‘Wrexham AFC are alert of the assemblage incidents astatine Thursday’s lucifer betwixt Shrewsbury Town and Wrexham AFC, presently nether probe by the EFL.

‘We volition beryllium making nary further remark astatine this stage.’

Wrexham’s astonishment decision to relegation-battlers Shrewsbury Town saw them suffer crushed connected League One promotion rivals Wycombe and Birmingham.

‘We’ve handed them 2 goals with 2 mistakes,’ Parkinson told BBC Radio Wales.

‘When you springiness a squad successful a frenetic derby ambiance 2 immense lifts it gives them thing to clasp onto.

‘We’ve scored and got backmost successful the crippled and past the sloppy infinitesimal costs america the penalty. This play we’ve been coagulated and unafraid successful our antiaircraft display.

‘We spoke earlier the crippled astir making definite the basics were successful place, and it has outgo america by making those mistakes.’

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