Karl Lacey admits he found the behaviour of some Tyrone fans "disgusting".

The Footballer of the Year, who was injured at the time and sitting in the stand, was shocked by the language used by home supporters throughout the league match at Omagh in March. When one of those fans then spat on him, the Donegal centre back was stunned:

"I was shocked by it," he tells The Irish Examiner. "Not only the spitting, the whole day surprised me.

"Michael Murphy got sent off and to hear the whole stand, and there are wee kids there, listening to their mothers or fathers or uncles or whoever. Young people all over the country admire Michael and to hear that, to me it was disgusting.

"And to hear how their supporters went on throughout the game, it was a new environment for me I suppose, to be in the stands and hear what was going on.

"It was horrible and then at the end getting spat on. I didn't do anything, was just walking off. And what good would it have done, having a go back at whoever did it? I suppose May 26 was in my head. I didn't do anything, was just walking off.

"I would have loved to have met that guy in Ballybofey after our championship game. But listen, there's nothing you can do about it. I just walked into the dressing room and in fairness the Tyrone County Board dealt with it fairly quickly, and it's water under the bridge." Tweet

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