End of The Beards?

Last updated : 18 November 2014 By Covsupport News Service

Coventry City might have a few bearded wonders or blunders depending on your view point but footballers and club employees with beards is being oulawed by one club.

Turkish side Genclerbirligi will fine any player who takes to the pitch with a beard 25,000 Turkish lira after Ilhan Cavcav, chairman of the Ankara-based club imposed a ban on players and club staff with beards

"I'm 80 and I shave every day," said Ilhan Cavcav "Is this an imam school? You are a sportsman. You should be a model for the youth," Cavcav said in an interview with the Dogan news agency.