Former Iron’s sexist outburst at Brady

Benni McCarthy’s waited five years but has finally hit back at Karen Brady after her verbal attack on him in which she described him as a ‘big fat mistake’

He scored a total  of zero goals and injury and weight issues led the vice chairman to declare – according to Goal:”Rather than the super scorer we hoped for, we acquired a super size, a player devoted to filling his belly more than filling the net.

“As time went by he grew bigger and bigger and although in time he made a great effort to slim down, he’d passed the waistline of no return.

“A total of 14 games, 11 of them as a sub, and no goals, isn’t a statistic on which to base confidence in the future.

“So we cut our losses and let him go.”

McCarthy – refusing to mince his words but also strayed into downright sexism declaring: “I saw so many things in my life and in football for me, it was nothing. Woman and football, it’s not such a good combination.

“I was just hurt and when I returned, I was not the same. You have to get into shape. People forget that if you did not feed for twelve weeks and you do not come back for a game, it’s very hard to find your best level. You have to link several games before, maybe, to get fit.”