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An FA official was nearly 'in tears' after being abused by friends of Rebekah Vardy who were sat in her reserved seats during a Euro 2016 game - despite the WAG allegedly moving places to 'maximise her media attention', the High Court has heard.
Former FA family liaison officer, Harpreet Robertson, told how Rebekah ditched her allocated seats so she could sit behind Coleen Rooney for the clash between England and Wales.
The court had previously heard Rebekah sat behind Coleen to ‘maximise media attention’ and it led to ‘a commotion’ with members of Rebekah’s party and ended up causing security concerns.
Mrs Robertson dismissed Rebekah’s claims that she ended up sitting behind Coleen because the WAG had taken her seats and she ‘didn’t want to make a fuss’.
Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy pictured atthe England v Wales football game at the 2016 Euros
Former FA family liaison officer, Harpreet Robertson (Pictured in a court sketch), told how Rebekah ditched her allocated seats so she could sit behind Coleen Rooney for the clash between England and Wales
Happier times: Rebekah and Coleen celebrating England's win against Wales at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in France in 2016. The moment was discussed in court today, during which Mrs Rooney's lawyer accused Vardy of deliberately sitting behind Coleen to 'boost her image' and help her newspaper column, a claim Vardy denied
The court had previously heard Rebekah sat behind Coleen to ‘maximise media attention’ and it led to ‘a commotion’ with members of Rebekah’s party and ended up causing security concerns
Describing the events she said in her written statement: ‘During the game against Wales on June 16 2016, Rebecca and her five guests were given seats several rows in front of Coleen and some 15-20 seats to her left, when looking at the pitch, so nowhere near each other.
‘Around 10 minutes before kick-off, I arrived at my seat to find a number of people already sat in the seats I had reserved for myself and FA security team members.
‘I asked them to move but they refused and were incredibly rude and abusive to me, remarking words to the effect of “we can sit where we like, f**k off”.
‘An altercation followed which almost reduced me to tears. I soon realised that these people were the guests of Becky.’
Mrs Robertson, who had worked for the FA for 10 years, said: ‘Becky was sat in the row in front my seats, and where two of her guests were now sitting, in the row directly behind Coleen and her family.’
She said Coleen’s group were ‘sat in the seats that had always been allocated to them and were not sat in Becky’s allocated seats as Becky contends.
Rebekah also ended up having another seating row with the FA for England’s World Cup semi-final showdown with Croatia (Pictured), the hearing was told
The court heard that Rebekah was annoyed after her large party of seven people were placed in a back row seat
Rebekah Vardy pictured at the 2018 Croatia v England match with her husband Jamie
Mrs Robertson added: ‘Becky could plainly hear what was being said between me and her guests.
‘I recall that Becky’s guests were a man who had a private plane, and his sons, and that Becky would sometimes travel on his private plane.
‘After some back and forth, together with the FA security team, I took the decision to sit elsewhere.
‘This compromised security for the entire players family and friends group to at least some extent.
‘The seat that
