Club PR officer 問題／発行するs grovelling 陳謝 for 'inbred' jibe at players and fans of 地元の 競争相手s

By Graeme Yorke

Published: 13:42 BST, 10 September 2013 | Updated: 13:42 BST, 10 September 2013

A Northern League club 公式の／役人 has been 軍隊d to apologise for making disparaging comments about players and fans of a 競争相手 club in a match 報告（する）／憶測.

Northallerton Town's 圧力（をかける） officer Ricky Butler branded 競争相手s Willington 'inbreds' and 'Neanderthal' after his 味方する's 4-3 extra-time 敗北・負かす in the FA Vase.

Bizarre: Northallerton 声明 明らかにする／漏らすing displinary 活動／戦闘 against Ricky Butl er, 地位，任命するd by Butler

Butler 述べるd the atmosphere at the ground as 存在 緊張した and 積極的な. He said: 'The fans behind the dugout were getting やめる excited, as though this was their 年次の day out from the 地元の mental 学校／設ける.'

He に例えるd the players to characters from the horror film The Hills Have 注目する，もくろむs.

And Butler, who 収容する／認めるs 存在 a bit grumpy and sarcastic in his blog, Ricky's rants, 追加するd: 'Welcome to Willlington. 会合，会う my mother, my wife, my sister,' and only one woman was stood before us.'

In a 声明 解放（する）d on the club's 公式の／役人 website, Northallerton 確認するd that the 圧力（をかける） officer would 直面する disciplinary 活動／戦闘 while 追加するing that the 見解（をとる）s are not those of the club.

'We would again like to 申し込む／申し出 our sincerest 陳謝s to the people of Willington and everyone connected with WAFC for any offence 原因（となる）d.'

Butler also 表明するd his 悔いる, 説, 'I would just like to 追加する my own personal 陳謝 to everyone connected with WAFC and the people of the town who I may have 感情を害する／違反するd with what I wrote.'

'I hope this can put an end to this whole sorry 事件／事情／状勢 and I will 確実にする I do not 原因（となる） the club, the league or myself any その上の 当惑.'

Geoffrey Siddle, 長官 of Willington, said the club 受託するd both 始める，決めるs of 陳謝s and were sorry if Mr Butler was 支配するd to 乱用.

He said this was not typical behaviour of the 大多数 of fans and 追加するd, 'This is something we are keeping an 注目する，もくろむ on.

'We support the Northern League's 成果／努力s to 削減（する） 負かす／撃墜する on bad language used by players, 観客s and those on the （法廷の）裁判.'

マイク Amos, chairman of the Northern League, 確認するd he had received several （民事の）告訴s about abusive language at WAFC matches but said no 許可／制裁s would be 課すd at this 行う／開催する／段階.