NI supporters treated 'shamefully' in Bulgaria

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Northern Ireland fans spokesperson Gary McAllister says supporters received "shameful and wholly unacceptable treatment" successful Sunday's Nations League crippled successful Bulgaria which included "being subjected to convulsive attack".

The president of nan Amalgamation of Official Northern Ireland Supporters' Clubs said fans had been been denied "basic authorities of h2o and toilet facilities" aft being locked into their conception of nan stadium successful Plovdiv.

"It besides created a superior information issue. We contacted Irish FA staff, who successful move said to nan Uefa delegate, and eventually, nan gates were opened," said McAllister.

"Some of our fans were besides subjected to convulsive onslaught arsenic they made their measurement backmost to nan metropolis centre, and 1 instrumentality was hospitalised."

BBC Sport NI has contacted nan Irish FA and Uefa for comment.

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