A sports writers' association has apologised after an after-dinner speaker at its awards allegedly littered his speech with off-colour jibes, prompting a walk-out by female attendees.
Eilidh Barbour, who reports for Sky Sports News and BBC Sport, criticised the tone of ex-criminal defence lawyer Bill Copeland's speech at the Scottish Football Writers' Association (SFWA) dinner on Sunday.
In a tweet that has since gone viral, she wrote: "Never felt so unwelcome in the industry I work in than sitting at the Scottish Football Writers Awards.
