Exeter City player's twitter apology

Exeter City Captain Danny Coles has issued a statement, via Exeter City Football Club's official website, apologising for his recent offensive tweets.

Coles recently took to twitter to criticise England’s Phil Jagielka during England's match, describing him as ' a car crash waiting to happen.'

Twitter user Will Wenley jokingly replied ' So like you for Exeter', which resulted in several offensive messages being tweeted from Coles' account.

Coles tweeted ' F**k off ****' to the 14 year old twitter user, followed by ' If you can't take banter don't give it.'

Yesterday Coles' statement of apology read:

“I would like to apologise unreservedly for my comments which appeared on Twitter last night. I am not going to make any excuses, nor plead any mitigating circumstances: my behaviour was completely inappropriate and I am totally ashamed of my actions.

“As the captain of Exeter City FC, I know I should set a good example to the supporters, the players and the wider football community and in breaching the club’s social media guidelines I have let everyone down and embarrassed myself and the club, which prides itself on its family values.

“I have deleted my Twitter account and will be making sure that I impress upon the rest of the squad the importance of realising what damage ill-judged remarks on social media can do.

"Most importantly, as a family man I would be disgusted if someone spoke to one of my children in the manner I addressed a fan last night and I will be contacting the young lad directly in order to apologise personally.”