{"id":13438,"date":"2025-03-24T17:35:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T18:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=13438"},"modified":"2025-03-25T13:00:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T13:00:38","slug":"football-club-in-real-shock-to-discover-their-vice-captain-has-been-jailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/football-club-in-real-shock-to-discover-their-vice-captain-has-been-jailed\/","title":{"rendered":"Football club in \u2018real shock\u2019 to discover their vice-captain has been jailed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Evan Press has left Barry Town in ‘real shock’ (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Barry Town United admit it was a ‘real shock’ to hear that their captain, Evan Press, has been jailed for two and a half years, as they only heard about the case after he was sentenced.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old was sentenced at Newport Crown Court last week after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of Class A drug cocaine.<\/p>\n

The midfielder has been with Barry Town since he joined from Newport County in 2018 and has played for the semi-professional side 33 times this season.<\/p>\n

He initially pleaded guilty at a court appearance on February 11 and has played three times for Barry Town since then, but the club say they knew nothing about the case until after he was sentenced.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson told WalesOnline<\/a>: ‘Being brutally honest we only heard about this on the day he was sentenced. He had never told us. <\/p>\n

‘We were unaware until half an hour after the sentencing on March 19 when we were contacted by a family member.<\/p>\n

‘Since the sentencing we’ve heard bits about the case but we don’t have all the information. <\/p>\n

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Evan Press has been jailed for two-and-a-half years (Picture: South Wales Police)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘We have been processing the news. It is a real shock. Evan is a wonderful young man. He’s been part of our club for seven years. <\/p>\n

‘He has made a mistake and my understanding is it happened some time ago. We are a family club who want our players to be role models. This was news to us.’<\/p>\n

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Press had been with Barry Town since 2018 (Picture: Barry Town\/WALES NEWS SERVICE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Press, who has captained Barry Town on 19 of his 33 appearances this season, admitted dealing cocaine between February 2021 and November 2023.<\/p>\n

As well as the jail term, he was ordered to pay a \u00a3190 victim services surcharge.<\/p>\n

His contract with Barry Town is due to expire at the end of the season and the deal was structured on a pay-as-you-play basis, so the club will not be hit financially by his unexpected departure.<\/p>\n

The Barry Town spokesperson continued: ‘The boys are playing [on Saturday] and they’ll carry on as normal. It is what it is. The reality is when a player leaves our care we can’t control what they do outside of football.<\/p>\n

‘We’re just coming close to European play-offs but in reality the timing of the season is irrelevant. We didn’t want this and we can’t control it sadly.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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