Airbus UK Broughton boss Andy Preece was the subject of alleged racist abuse during his side’s 2-2 draw at Port Talbot Town.
The Football Association of Wales confirmed it has been made aware of the allegation and will decide whether to take action once the match official’s report has been received.
Preece said the abuse occurred during the second-half while he was exchanging words with a home fan at the Genquip Stadium.
“We were having words, me and one of the spectators, I gave him some back, he gave me some back and then he’s just racially abused me which is totally out of order,” said Preece.
“So all I just asked for is could they sort it out and just get him out of the ground, it just took a while for him to get out of the ground and then it was sorted.
“As far as I am concerned that’s the end of the incident and we cracked on.”
In a statement, Port Talbot said the club would be investigating the matter: “The club are aware of an alleged incident of racial abuse directed at Airbus UK Broughton’s director of football Andy Preece during Saturday’s home fixture at the Genquip Stadium.
“We are conducting a full investigation into the incident, and would like to take this opportunity to make clear that Port Talbot Town does not condone any acts of abuse, be it racially aggravated or otherwise. The club is fully co-operating with all parties involved to ensure a correct resolution is achieved.”
An FAW spokesman said: “The Dafabet Welsh Premier League are aware of the allegation made. The assessor who was at the match has until Tuesday to finalise his report and once that is received a decision will be made on what steps to take moving forward.”
Airbus twice led during the game with goals from Chris Budrys and Tony Gray but the visitors pegged them back through Chris Jones and Martin Rose’s 98th minute equaliser in an action-packed contest that saw both sides reduced to 10 men after red cards for Ryan Wignall and Jonathan Hood.
“The game had pretty much everything, we are obviously disappointed to only come away with a point,” said Preece.
“On the balance of play we totally dominated, I think the equaliser was the first shot on target that Port Talbot had.
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“You can’t count the first one as a shot on goal because it was a mistake by James Coates and we’ve had numerous opportunities, missed a penalty, (Steven) Cann has made a couple of good saves, we’ve scored two goals and we should be coming away with three points.”
Airbus ended phase one in fourth place and begin the second phase with a trip to Llandudno on January 30. The Wingmakers have lost the services of forward Ellis Healing after the 21-year-old moved to Australia to continue his career with Armadale.
