A local football club in Perth’s north has had its lease cancelled after a player allegedly dressed as the late physicist Stephen Hawking for the club’s end of year celebrations.

The costume included Hawking’s wheelchair and electronic communication system, and displayed a fake pornography site on the system’s screen.

The City of Stirling ended the Osborne Park Football Club’s lease at its Tuart Hill clubhouse after finding out about the costume – created for its “Silly Sunday” event in August – but said it was a matter for the Perth Football League whether the club could continue playing.

On Tuesday evening, the football club posted a statement to its Facebook page to “address a very serious matter that has brought the future of our club into question”.

“A member of our playing group

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