FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Championship - Stoke City v Charlton Athletic - bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, Britain - February 8, 2020 Stoke City's James McClean reacts Action Images/Molly Darlington
(Reuters) - Stoke City have fined midfielder James McClean two weeks' wages for posting an "inappropriate" picture on social media, the Championship club said on Friday.
The Instagram post showed the Irishman wearing a balaclava, which has strong connotations with the Irish Republican Army (IRA). The image showed him with his children and featured a message that said he was teaching them a "history lesson".
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