A PROFESSIONAL football club in England has dismissed two Island youngsters after one of them was allegedly arrested for shoplifting.
The promising careers of the two may now lie in tatters and they could be banned from representing the Island.
Neither the two young men nor the football club involved can be named for legal reasons.
However, it is understood that one was arrested for allegedly shoplifting in England a fortnight ago. The other is understood to have been with him at the time.
A spokesman for the Island club that one of the teenagers plays for said the professional football club ‘dealt with them through its disciplinary procedures’.
He confirmed that the two Island players had now left the club.
However, it is likely that the two may face a ban from gaining representative honours at Island level.
Jersey Football Association president Ricky Weir said that he was aware of the dismissal.
Although he said that the JFA had no direct jurisdiction over what happened in the UK, it could act if its code of conduct had been breached.
‘I will have to consult my executive but I made a strongly worded statement recently that I expect footballers to observe our code of conduct on and off the field of play,’ said Mr Weir, pictured.
