Football 'racism': Llanberis-Meliden game abandoned

The game at Llanberis FC's ground was abandoned on Saturday

A football match was abandoned when one of the teams walked off following alleged racial abuse.

Ifan Mansoor said he was abused towards the end of the game while playing for the Gwynedd village of Llanberis against Meliden FC.

The 21-year-old winger said a complaint was made to the Football Association of Wales (FAW) after Saturday's fixture.

Meliden has denied any racial abuse took place and said it was fully cooperating with the inquiry.

North Wales Coast Football Association said it was awaiting further information about the incident after being informed on Saturday afternoon.

Llanberis FC said they could not comment further at the moment. A meeting will be held by the club on Sunday night.

'Really upset'

Mr Mansoor said he had tried to tell the referee about the alleged racism.

"Then the managers went up to the ref. We - as a team - walked off the pitch," he said.

"Never has anyone ever been racist to me before.

"We made the complaint to the FAW and the police are coming over today.

"It's horrible - it was a shock to start off with. I have been really upset about it."

Mr Mansoor has played with Llanberis since he was five and he joined the men's team at the age of 16.

In a Facebook post, Meliden said the club does not tolerate racism.

Steve Boyle, chairman of the Denbighshire club, said: "An inquiry will be done by the FAW and we will be holding our own inquiry too.

"As far as we are concerned, there was no racial abuse put towards any Llanberis officials and players. We are having another meeting tomorrow with the players."

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