The Sun apologise to Preston North End FC.

The Sun newspaper have issued a retraction of a story published on 30th January about manager Graham Westley.

Published online and in Saturday 4th February's edition of the newspaper, the apology reads as follows:

"An article on January 30 stated that Graham Westley, Manager of Preston North End FC, had sent a bizarre late night text telling players to prepare for a 9/11 style terror attack and encouraging reaction to it. Our report was incorrect.

"We accept that Mr Westley sent no such text to players or otherwise. We are happy to set the record straight and apologise to Mr Westley and Preston North End FC."

Billy Davies wrote:Fuck suing them. Boycott the Sun!

JFPNE

Billy Davies wrote:Fuck suing them. Boycott the Sun!

JFPNE

hume7 wrote:I don't read it anyway

Other thing sot be worrying about anyway, a 17-year old PNE fan died this morning and all the PNE fans are uniting in grief

London, Jan 30 : Preston North End manager Graham Westley left his players bewildered after he sent a late-night text asking them to be prepared for a 9/11-style terror attack.

He said that their hotel is being targeted by Al-Qaida before their crunch game with Yeovil, which they lost 2-1 on Saturday.

"In view of the must win game tomorrow beware of the low flying aircrafts as we are in a very high hotel which will be a target for al quaeda leaders (sic)," the Sun quoted his text message as saying.

"If we come under attack we must stick together and keep evolving as a team and bring pain on them. Make sure u have right footwear on incase of such events," he said.

The bizarre message left the League One Club's players confused.

"Nobody is quite sure what to make of it. They don't know if it is meant as a joke or what," a source said.

"It is a very odd thing to say. They can't work the gaffer out - they all think he's lost the plot," the source added.

Last week Westley - who joined Preston from Stevenage earlier this month - dropped four players from the team in a 2 am text.

He apologised for delivering the news so late, claiming it had taken a long time to add all the players' numbers to his phone's address book.

"I have always communicated in different ways and I have no plans to stop," he said. (ANI)

ResurrectionRooney wrote:How dare they slander my entire home town by suggesting the football club's manager supports terrorism. I'm absolutely fucking furious, no true Prestonian or Preston fan will ever buy that newspaper again. The Sun have never even properly apologised for what they did, and still pay the editor's wages. I'm absolutely fuming.

Make sure u have right footwear on incase of such events

Benitez wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:How dare they slander my entire home town by suggesting the football club's manager supports terrorism. I'm absolutely fucking furious, no true Prestonian or Preston fan will ever buy that newspaper again. The Sun have never even properly apologised for what they did, and still pay the editor's wages. I'm absolutely fuming.

Not sure if srs, or making digs at Liverpool fans..

ResurrectionRooney wrote:I am deadly serious about this, some might say too serious. It is an attack on Preston as a city, on Preston North End as a Football Club, and on me as someone who was born in that dump. In fact it's an affront to all the victims of terrorism, and all those who've had their tax money wasted on the 'War On Terror'.

The only way this could be rectified is if The Sun prints a front page headline with only the words WE LIED in block capitals on the front page. Until that day I will not buy that newspaper.

ahlycotc wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:I am deadly serious about this, some might say too serious. It is an attack on Preston as a city, on Preston North End as a Football Club, and on me as someone who was born in that dump. In fact it's an affront to all the victims of terrorism, and all those who've had their tax money wasted on the 'War On Terror'.

The only way this could be rectified is if The Sun prints a front page headline with only the words WE LIED in block capitals on the front page. Until that day I will not buy that newspaper.

They apologized for it and retracted the article. I think that's enough.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

ahlycotc wrote:

They apologized for it and retracted the article. I think that's enough.

I can tell you haven't been personally affected by the disaster that the Sun used to try and make more money.

Sean wrote:What the fuck, how do you even come up with that?