A DISABLED football fan says he feels ‘humiliated’ after being told he would have to walk around the ground to visit the toilet with his carer.

Graham Helm has been a Burnley fan since he was a child but lost his sight 10 years ago.

His ordeal came when he visited Turf Moor on Saturday to watch the Clarets take on Brighton, sitting in the James Hargreaves stand.

The 44-year-old said: “It was just ridiculous. I got to the ground at 2.30pm and I wanted to go to the toilet and I asked where the disabled toilet was, and they told me they did not have one in that stand.

“So I asked if it was okay for my female carer to come into the toilets in the stand and they said no.

“I managed to get the phone number for someone at the ground who I had talked to about disability and asked where the disabled access toilets were.

“He said he would ring me back and they told me the solution was to make my way down the concourse and then walk to the far right-hand side after going with the steward along the side of the pitch.

“But I said I was not going to do that as the only people who walk along the side of the pitch are people who are being kicked out, and I was not being humiliated like that.

“The whole point is to make it a normal experience for disabled people as possible where you can sit with friends and enjoy the game.

“Everywhere you go in life, there are accessible toilets in community centres, pubs and in towns yet they don’t have one in the main stand catering for eight or nine thousand people.

“I cannot believe that nobody had the foresight to put accessible toilets in the main stand.

“I am just at a loss, as when you go to watch Burnley away such as West Ham or Man City they all have facilities.

“I have no problem walking when you go to a lower league club and they tell you the toilet is near the clubhouse, but this is a club that is getting hundreds of millions of pounds and they don’t have disabled facilities in the main stand.”

A club spokesman said: “Burnley Football Club is currently investing £5m to upgrade our Accessible Stadia facilities.

“We fully appreciate they do not come up to the required standard currently and, in this instance, we made every effort to help Mr Helm by offering alternative arrangements, including using accessible toilet facilities within the same stand in corporate areas.

“However, Mr Helm was adamant that he wanted an accessible toilet in the concourse of the James Hargreaves Stand.

“At this time, regrettably, there are no such facilities in this location and never have been since the completion of the stand in 1996.

“The multi-million-pound investment will make Turf Moor fully accessible, with new facilities available to all disabled supporters attending Turf Moor.”