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James McClean Deletes Criticism Of Shrewsbury After Being Subject To Heated Abuse

James McClean Deletes Criticism Of Shrewsbury After Being Subject To Heated Abuse
Donny Mahoney
By Donny Mahoney Updated
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Wrexham missed a chance to go top of League One on Thursday when they lost a derby 2-1 to strugglers Shrewsbury Town. Both during and after the match, former Ireland international James McClean was on the receiving end of a torrent of abuse from Shrewsbury supporters.

McClean was subject to the usual invective from the home support on Thursday, amid constant singing of 'F*** the IRA'

In the clip below you can see a projecticle flung at McClean and a supporter being escorted out of the ground as McClean waits to take a throw-in.

One particular flashpoint came in the 98th minute when McClean was on the receiving end of a strong tackle from Shrewsbury centreback Toto Nsiala.

The clip went viral on Friday and galvanised the usual anti-McClean brigade on social media.

Tweets like this for example:

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McClean replied on instagram on Saturday morning with some choice words for Shrewsbury supporters, calling the Shropshire town "an absolute cesspit full of inbreds".

He wisely deleted the post a few hours later.

Shrewsbury Town meanwhile tweeted a photo of Nsiala this morning.

Manager Phil Parkinson was asked by Sky Sports after the match on Thursday how McClean had coped with the abuse.

He's fine. James is used to it wherever he goes. Fans get on his back home and away and sometimes it can be tough and spill over but he is used to it."

He also said his team deserved criticism for the poor performance.

We’ve had a lot of good times and had a lot of praise but tonight we deserve to get criticism because the level of our performance wasn’t where it needed to be but we will take that criticism together as a group and come out and respond next week."

Wrexham host Birmingham City next Thursday in a fixture that will bring more spotlight both on the club and McClean.

After those teams met in September, McClean had a cup of coffee hurled at him by home fans at St Andrew's.

After that match, he quoted Bobby Sands saying:

"They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of an Irishman who doesn't want to be broken."

P.S. fair play to the one old steward that held them all back from getting over the 2ft advertising hoardings.

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