Irish football club fakes death of own player to get match postponed

Ballybrack FC claimed Fernando Nuno La-Fuente had died despite evidence to the contrary

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An amateur football team from Dublin has apologised after falsely reporting that one of their players had died in order to get a match postponed.

Ballybrack FC informed the Leinster Senior League (LSL) that Fernando Nuno La-Fuente had been killed in a motorcycle accident. Their game against Arklow Town on Saturday was subsequently postponed, with a minute’s silence held before the league’s other fixtures.

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