FINN HARPS fans have blasted what they have called a small number of Derry City ‘supporters’ over vandalism at Finn Park during Friday’s 2-1 win for the Donegal side.
The ’54 Crew’ group of Harps fans issued a statement in which they said they believed those responsible were not ‘real’ City fans.
“A number of flags as part of our display on the river end (a restricted area), were torn, stolen and pissed on by a group of thugs we wouldn’t even class as Derry City FC supporters,” they said.
They said the flag ‘Super Harps’ was “stolen by a group of scumbags who smartly posted a
picture of themselves online holding it”.
The statement went on: “The flag ‘FHFC The Religion’ which has toured around different LOI grounds for 11 years, in the care of ourselves for the last year has thankfully been located, and the yellow crowd cover with the jersey on the front has sadly been destroyed by people tramping it into the ground when leaving as well as a number of thugs who tore it purposely.
“A number of other flags have also gone missing or have been destroyed by these same people, an estimated €1,000 euro of damage has been caused, potentially much more if some flags cannot be repaired, who have also caused both their own club and Finn Harps to suffer potential big money fines from the FAI for their actions during the
game by throwing dangerous pyro onto the field during play.
“We would like to publicly condemn the actions of these so-called Derry supporters, and appeal for anyone with any information as to the whereabouts of the missing flags, or any information to the identities of those responsible for these despicable actions, so we can rightly bring a small bit of justice to this situation.
“The League of Ireland family, right throughout all 20 league clubs, is a close-knit community who help each other out at times of need. We know these people are not honest Derry City supporters, and nothing more than low-life scum who have nothing better to do than cause problems wherever they go.
“We as a group pride ourselves on our good behaviour, good reputation and good relationships with each club across the country and are devastated to have to count the costs of damage after a night that saw nearly 5,000 people witness the joy of
League of Ireland football in action.”
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