Wilnis Received Threats

By Aston
February 3 2006

It has emerged today that Town defender Fabian Wilnis received threats from Norwich fans following comments he made about the quality of Norwich’s team.

After Town’s 3-1 defeat against Norwich at Carrow Road in 2004 Wilnis said: “If Norwich were a good side, I wouldn't mind. But they're simply not good enough to be top. They're honest guys but where is the quality?

 

“If they go up, they'll come straight down. They need at least 15 new players. I would rather see any team go up other than Norwich. It should have been all over in the first half.”

 

Although Wilnis was right about Norwich not being able to survive in the top flight he received some very angry letters from Norwich fans.

 

Wilnis: “After what I said in the paper I got a lot of stick from Norwich fans. I got a lot of hate mail and it got to a point where it was very threatening.

 

“They were saying things like they were going to wait for me after a game and deal with me, threatening to break my legs - that sort of thing.

 

“I threw most of the letters in the bin and tried to laugh it off. I showed my wife some of them and thought about going to the police. But in the end I decided to stay quiet. I didn't tell the manager or the police or anyone else, except my wife.”

 

Source: EADT

 

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