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Nicole Goodwin

Wetherspoon respond to claims The Mile Castle were refusing entry to Leicester City fans on match day

Wetherspoon have responded to claims that The Mile Castle pub in Newcastle was refusing entry to Leicester City football fans on Sunday.

Ahead of Leicester City's game against Newcastle United, thousands of football fans descended on the city centre with many hoping to stop off for a pint before heading to St James' Park to watch the match. But allegations soon emerged that The Mile Castle, on Westgate Road, was refusing entry to football fans wearing "away colours".

Leics Police Events, an affiliated Leicestershire Police Twitter account, posted on social media: "#LCFC fans, the Mile Castle being quite selective of who they allow in for some reason and they aren't allowing "away colours" in..

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