David Cox, a football player of the Scottish fourth division Albion Rovers, announced that he has finished his career, because, as he claims, an opposing player insulted him because of the mental problems he is struggling with.
Cox left the stadium at half-time of last night's game against Stenhousemere and said the opposing player had insulted him by referring to his previous attempts to kill himself.
The management of Stenhousemere informed the Scottish Football Association about this and launched an investigation.
"The club is aware of the altercation. We have spoken to the players involved, David Cox (Albion Rovers) was on the bench and Jonathan Tiffoni (Stenhousemere) was playing. Both claim that there were serious and inappropriate comments during the game, which affected the welfare and the mental state of the players," the club said in a statement, the BBC reported.
Cox has spoken publicly on several occasions about his struggle with depression and the insults he received during games.
He stated on social networks that there was an argument, and that the opposing player insulted him regarding his mental health.
"He told me I should have done it right the first time. Some people think it's no big deal, but I'm sick of hearing about it. I'm not getting paid enough for it. If we were anywhere else, I'd probably break the guy legs," he stated.
"I tried to talk to the referees about it, but they didn't want to know because they didn't hear anything. So I'm going to do something about it and I've decided to quit football. I'm done. Otherwise I'm going to keep playing and I'm going to beat somebody, which it's not good and I'm going to look bad," Cox added.
The Albion Rovers board said it was "an inexcusable incident that should not be downplayed" and that the team would have left the pitch had they known what had happened.
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