Wednesday, 19 November 2008



Dhindsa 'ashamed' by Leeds antics

Jaspaul Dhindsa said he was ashamed of his late-night drinking antics which saw him escorted out of a Leeds nightclub for being drunk and disorderly.
Dhindsa has since been reprimanded by the management at Welton Sports & Social and disciplinary action is to follow.
He said on Monday: "I'm embarrassed and ashamed. It shouldn't have happened.
"Being thrown out for these reasons is something I'm upset about and I never want it to happen again."
The 23-year-old was one of six players fined for a breach of team discipline following the night out in Leeds to celebrate Dhindsa’s birthday.
After leaving a nightclub close to the team's hotel on Dominion Avenue, Dhindsa climbed onto a roof in the early hours and later needed to be rescued after falling off it, according to media reports.
"There's no secret we had a few drinks on Friday. It's been documented in the press what happened afterwards with a little bit of poetic licence," a downbeat Dhindsa told reporters at his shop in Wragby.

"There was a roof involved and a traffic cone. But I don't want to go into detail. I don't think my life was in danger."
More revelations about Friday's antics appeared in local newspapers on Monday, with some witnesses saying the players were so drunk in the nightclub they were kissing each other.
Will Carter, Tom Wilkinson, the Drabble brothers and Tom Bowey were the other players fined.
Dhindsa went on: "It was a horrible feeling. I enjoy playing for Welton and want to continue doing that.


"Hopefully, I get picked on Sunday to play against Waddington. I've had things in my career before when I was younger that I had to come back from.
"I desperately want to perform. I feel I let the team down over the weekend. All I can do is apologise."
Dhindsa was applauded by Wragby residents and Welton fans on the village green after the news conference.
Welton coach Alistair Taylor criticised the judgement of all the players involved in the late-night revelry and said he could find no excuses for their behaviour.
However, he said he wanted to draw a line under the affair and hoped the disciplinary action taken would galvanise the team into going on and winning the Kelly Read.
"In 48 hours, some really tough decisions have been made but hopefully the right ones have been made to enable us to do what we want to do," he said.
"You hope every decision you make is correct but you don't really know until you look at it in hindsight.
"They have come and apologised. Hopefully, these decisions will pull the side together again. Sometimes this can have a good effect as long as they pull together."
And he hoped that Dhindsa especially would be able to put the controversy behind him.
"He realised he has let the team down and knows he has a big job to do from here on in," he added.