England fans’ fury at FA bigwig who posts snaps online of personalised head rest after humiliating Iceland defeat
Supporters blast PR chief Andy Walker after he posts snaps of jetset luxury online ... and then deletes account
FANS were furious last night after an FA fat cat boasted he jaunted in luxury around Euro 2016 as England flopped.
Communications manager Andy Walker’s bragging came as he posted an online snap of his VIP seat on the Three Lions’ plane home.
The PR man told of his glee at having stayed in “nine different hotels” and said: “It has been some experience!”
Shrugging off our 2-1 loss to Iceland, he said: “What I have learned over this last six weeks will benefit my career moving forward.”
The snap of the charter jet seat — personalised with his name on the head rest — sparked a furious backlash from supporters who saw it on LinkedIn. One fumed: “This picture just sums up what is wrong with the national game.”
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Paul Cosgrove blasted: “Maybe you need to look beyond your club class seat and measure your triumphs against English football’s continuing under-achievement.”
Fellow supporter Michael Reynolds said: “Nice to see money is not being wasted on embroidering silly disposable head rests.”
Scott Mellon said: “Wonder if the senior communications manager of Iceland had a nice seat like that with a little sign on it?”
The FA chartered the luxury private jet from Gainjet, which it said provided the named head rest covers at no extra cost.
According to the company website, the Boeing B737-400 provides “lavish comfort”.
Other pictures of Mr Walker showed him with England duds including Raheem Sterling, who last week marked his team’s humiliation by posting a video boasting of his millionaire lifestyle.
Last night Mr Walker had deleted his profile. He said: “Apologies if it caused offence.”
Fan Mark Elgar accused the PR boss of an own goal while Julian Jackson called the FA “a bunch of f****** losers”.
The defeat to Iceland saw boss Roy Hodgson quit. Last night France thrashed the minnows 5-2.