Matthews “amazed” by John audacity

Matthews “amazed” by John audacity

Longford Town manager Alan Matthews has revealed that defender Avery John attempted to obtain a pair of expensive insoles from the club – despite parting company with the midlanders in acrimonious circumstances more than three weeks ago!

The player is in danger of being handed a worldwide ban by Fifa after playing for South African side Orlando Pirates in July, when he was still contracted to Longford Town.

The former Shelbourne and Bohemians defender had told the Flancare Park side that he was at home in Trinidad & Tobago nursing his sick mother.

When Longford became aware of the true story, they terminated the player’s contract and, as they are legally entitled to do, opted to hold onto his registration, thus preventing him from playing for another club.

However, the saga took a new twist when John tried to bill the club for a pair of expensive insoles, which he needs for physiological reasons, and which cost almost Eur300.

“I am amazed by the audacity of the player given the circumstances in which he left the club and the subsequent revelations about what he has been up to,” Matthews told the Irish Sun. “

John is no stranger to controversy – he was at the centre of a registration fiasco after joining the midlanders last season, resulting in Longford being docked nine points, although the punishment was later lifted on appeal.



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i always knew he was a dodgy ****