German club Schalke have released a statement condemning their fans who attacked a photographer in Dublin.Schalke travelled to the Irish capital on Saturday for a friendly match against local side Bohemians, which they lost 3-2.Schalke fans marched in Dublin and confronted a photographer@ClarkeCarly XFootage that appears to have been taken pre-match was released on social media and shows a large number of Schalke fans in the city.They were walking down Abbey Street Lower and chanting as people watched on from the pavement.Carly Clarke, an award-winning documentary photographer, stood in the middle of the oncoming crowd.One supporter is seen shoving her camera away, whilst another then pushed her friend Steve to the floor as he tried to intervene.As Steve, who is said to be 70-years-old, attempted to get back onto his feet, another supporter kicks him in the head.“Today in Dublin, I went to photograph what I thought was a parade. They grabbed my camera & pushed Steve over,” Clarke said on X.“They then kicked him in the head, unable to get up they continued to kick him. They were Schalke football hooligans. I’m so appalled and disgusted!!”On Sunday, Schalke posted a statement to express their disgust with the images that circulated on social media.“FC Schalke 04 travelled to Dublin to spend a special trip away with our fans for the purposes of a friendly match. Around 2,000 Schalke supporters accompanied the team and the S04 delegation.“The photos that have been circulating on social media since yesterday afternoon [11/10] are disturbing and hard to process.View Tweet: https://twitter.com/hashtag/schalkehooligans?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwA man was then shoved to the ground in dismal scenes@ClarkeCarly XJust before the video ends, the man is see being kicked in the head@ClarkeCarly X“These incidents are completely unjustifiable and have overshadowed the trip to the extent that we, as a club, feel the need to issue a clear statement:“FC Schalke 04 expects everyone who supports and follows the club to behave in a manner that is respectful and responsible. This type of incident cast the club and our community in a light that is not fair to S04, nor to the thousands of peaceful Schalke fans.“The perception that his creates is damaging to the culture at the club and the identity of Schalke 04. We utterly condemn these incidents and, as announced, will rigorously investigate the events and take appropriate action.“This review process began yesterday, despite the fact that the information at our disposal is still unclear. FC Schalke 04 wants to express its sympathy for those affected by the incident and wish them a full recovery.” Bohemians photographer recalls being spat atDarren O’Hanlon is the content and media manager at Bohemians and was sat pitchside with his camera for the match.In footage posted onto his Instagram story, a Schalke fan appears to spit in his direction when walking in the away end.View Tweet: https://t.co/08FHAFHxW3At Dalymount Park, another Schalke fan spat at a pitchside photographer@yourdailydohs Instagram“So a couple of people are asking what happened there and that’s the thing, you’re not missing any context, what you see is what happened,” O’Hanlon explained on a separate story. “So, Schalke fans were doing this call and respond thing, so quite a few fans would shout something, and then the whole fan base respond to them.“I was like, ‘That’s cool, I’m going to go down the end and get pictures of them’, because as they’re shouting, they’re doing these fist pumps and throwing their scarves.”He added: “So I went down the corner to shoot it, and what you see in the video is… This camera is what I’m shooting on, you can see the lens in the video. “But what captured the video is this 360 camera so while I’m taking pictures with this [main camera], I leave this running all the time, just to hopefully capture something cool or whatever. “I just leave it running and then I make TikToks and stuff out of it. So, I didn’t even see him. I was looking through my camera, I didn’t see him, I wasn’t taking pictures of him… I didn’t speak to him, he didn’t speak to me.O’Hanlon said he didn’t know what happened at the time@yourdailydohs InstagramHe explained how his 360 camera caught the shocking footage@yourdailydohs Instagram“He just walked up and spit on me and I didn’t even realise what happened. It took about ten seconds, 15 seconds to go, ‘Did he f****** spit on me?’ And I realised there was spit on my cheek, I was like, ‘What the f***?’“As I said, I had the 360 camera running the whole time so you can see me sitting with my arse on the grass in front of the Des Kelly [stand] when the chant was happening. “In the video, I’m sitting and I’m looking at the fans as they’re singing, and I’m nodding my head going, ‘This is deadly’. And I’m smiling, and that’s when I was like, ‘I’ve got to get a video’. I just walk down and you see what you see, so that’s why it was mad. “There was no interaction, I don’t know if the problem was that I had a camera full stop, or if it was the fact I was wearing a Bohs jacket, or what? There was just no interaction. “And then someone’s asked as well, ‘What was the German guy saying?’ Because you hear someone else saying something to him, he was giving out to him. I don’t f****** speak German, but it sounds like something along the lines of, ‘F*** off, or stop all that s****’. “So someone else said something to him, and he kind of gave them a look like, ‘What are you talking about?’ and he kept walking. Just nuts… When I realised what happened, I was f****** fuming, so I end up leaving for like 20 minutes, I miss most of the second half.”