Barmy Army has vowed to tone down its offensive chants after ruthlessly sledging Candice Warner over her ‘toilet tryst’ with footy star Sonny Bill Williams in 2007.
The model wife of cricket star David Warner became the target of rowdy cricket fans who wore masks of Williams at a Test earlier this year.
Last Ashes summer, Candice was personally attacked by rowdy English fans who referenced her fling with Williams in a collection of vile chants.
‘And now we’re singin’, Cry cry baggy green dry your eyes, You got caught cheating then you told big fat lies,’ fans were heard bellowing.
On Wednesday, the mother-of-two revealed she suffered a miscarriage in the aftermath of her husband’s involvement in the ball-tampering scandal.
Barmy Army chants during test match between Australia and England in Melbourne (pictured)
On Wednesday, the mother-of-two revealed she suffered a miscarriage in the aftermath of her husband’s involvement in the ball-tampering scandal
Sony Bill Williams with his wife, Alana Williams (pictured)
Barmy Army chief Paul Burnham told the Sunday Telegraph fans would no longer be targeting Candice.
‘It’s certainly not something we’d like to repeat because we’d like to think there’s new things to do and I think there are plenty of songs about David Warner without mentioning his wife,’ he told the publication.
Candice, who couldn’t help but blame herself for David’s cricket scandal, claimed that her husband’s actions were because he was still affected by the way fans mocked her after her cheating scandal so he was ‘determined to win at all costs’.
The Barmy Army was started by David Peacock, Paul Burnham, and Gareth Evans during an English tour in Australia during the 1990s.
Today, the Barmy Army is now a well-known supporters’ club in cricket games all over the world.
They regularly hold overseas tours, where their chants and anthems vary in every country’s cricket games.
English cricket fans acknowledging Barmy Army fans at a game (pictured)
Cricket player David Warner with his wife Candice (pictured)