Wigan Athletic manager on 'towelgate'

Leam Richardson has offered his take on the 'towelgate' row that's overshadowed Wigan Athletic's 2-1 victory at Doncaster.
By Paul Kendrick
Published 16th Jan 2022, 13:19 GMT
Updated 16th Jan 2022, 13:41 GMT
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According to Rovers boss Gary McSheffrey, Latics brought with them half a dozen towels which they placed in tactical positions around the pitch to aid their throw-in restarts.

He even went as far as suggesting Latics had 'borderline cheated' their way to three points.

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Richardson, though, insisted nothing untoward had taken place.

When asked what had taken place, Richardson replied: "I have no idea!

"They obviously had a problem with towels being spread out for both teams to use.

"It was a fair competition, they were there for both teams to use.

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"I've been to many stadiums in my career where towels have been there for both teams to use.

"I thought the officials handled it well to be fair."

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