A NON-LEAGUE football star has been sacked by his club after an explicit video posted online showed him allegedly involved in a sex romp in a dugout.

Clitheroe FC forward Jason Hart was dismissed yesterday after the clip was circulated on social media.

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The film is believed to have been shot in the away dugout after the Blues’ 4-1 defeat at Mossley AFC, in Tameside, on Saturday afternoon.

Mr Hart, from Oswaldtwistle, a 73rd minute substitute, was filmed post-match wearing his club tracksuit while romping with an unidentified blonde woman at Mossley’s Seel Park stadium.

A graduate of the Blackburn Rovers’ academy, Mr Hart, 24, known as Jay, previously played for Colne FC and Padiham FC before joining Clitheroe, who currently sit 14th in the Evo-Stik League First Division North, last October.

Clitheroe chairwoman Anne Barker said the player had ‘brought the club into disrepute’.

She said: “I can’t have somebody wearing the Clitheroe FC tracksuit bringing us down.

“It has brought the club into disrepute and it’s not proper for him to scupper our reputation. I expect our players to act professionally.

“It was brought to my attention on Saturday night and dealt with through the management. I did offer to speak to him myself but Simon (Garner, the manager) said he would take care of it.”

Mr Hart and his girlfriend, Bryony Hibbert, could not be reached for comment yesterday.

Miss Hibbert, however, took to the Clitheroe Football Club Facebook page to vent her frustration at those who had made light of the incident.

She said: “Have a bit of decency for the people it’s affected. Thank God my kids are too young to read. It’s disgusting. I bet their families are far from perfect.”

An official club statement posted on Clitheroe’s official website yesterday morning read: “Following a non-football related incident at Mossley AFC yesterday, Jay Hart has been dismissed from the club.”

When Mr Hart moved to Clitheroe from Padiham last year, he was described as ‘a prolific goal scorer’.

First team manager Simon Garner, who signed Mr Hart, said: “At the time of this unfortunate occurrence on Saturday, I wasn’t there. I had already left the ground.

“I found out when I saw how it played out on Twitter. I’m disappointed but we can’t control what the players do outside the time we are with them.

“Jason was wearing the club tracksuit and he knows he has let the club down, so the club has done what it has done.

“He’s disappointed it has gone this far. It’s going to have consequences for him beyond leaving this football club; with his family and possibly beyond that.

“Football is only a small part of it. If he had thought about what would have happened when he did it, he wouldn’t have done it. He will pay for it. When I spoke to him, he sounded very apologetic. I’m disappointed for him. He will regret what he did and it was totally wrong.”

One person who saw the film, which was shared on Twitter and Instagram, said Mr Hart was unaware he was being filmed at first.

He said: “The camera came round the dugout and there was a blonde female with her head down.

“The man couldn’t see the camera because his eyes were closed. After a few seconds, he opened his eyes and laughed and the camera panned away.”