Boss Mick McCarthy has issued an apology for his language while celebrating the Blues’ goal at Carrow Road yesterday, however, he reiterated that the comments, which were caught by TV cameras, were not aimed at Town’s travelling fans.

McCarthy’s “f*** off” after skipper Luke Chambers headed in what appeared to be Town’s winning goal in the 89th minute was widely interpreted to be a reaction to some supporters’ earlier derogatory chants aimed towards him following a substitution.

“It was a big moment for us, coming so late in the game. You can get carried away in situations like that,” McCarthy explained to the club site.

“To be honest, I forgot the cameras were there and can capture every word now. You don’t think about that during the game. For those who were offended by my language, I apologise.

“I’d like to reiterate though that my comments were not aimed at anyone. It was just a reaction to the goal and what it meant at that time.”

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ClactonTrueBlue added 14:07 - Feb 20 Fair enough - apology accepted. Now what? Better engagement with fans? Does the club think this apology goes far enough? Things need fixing not just apologies.
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gunnerblue added 14:14 - Feb 20 I've just got in from work... I say got in, I mean sacked! I cannot work it out, I employed the MM method of customer service, having seen that all I needed to do was lie about telling the customer to f**k off and everything would be okay, some would even defend me Unfortunately my company have told me that this is apparently highly unacceptable, and no one, but no one is prepared to defend me. How if that fair?

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