TYLER Weir is delighted to have the “buzz” of playing football back again and has vowed to repay Worcester City for sticking by him during his “nightmare” two-month ban.

The 25-year-old full-back said he was left “devastated” when slapped with the suspension from the Football Association in January. The ban from all football activity came after he failed to “immediately declare” to the FA he had been approached to fix a match.

During his time away from the game, Weir said he worked hard to keep fit but admitted it was difficult not to be around the club.

“Anyone who has watched me play knows how much I love football, so to be banned for two months was a nightmare,” he said.

“I could not go to training and could not even go in the changing room, so it was hard not being involved.

“Now I am back and I have got that buzz of playing football on a Saturday again.”

After returning to training, Weir was thrust straight into the starting line-up two days later to face North Ferriby United in Vanarama National League North.

He then helped his side beat Bradford Park Avenue 3-1 last Tuesday and played in the 3-2 defeat to Stockport County at the weekend.

“Worcester have looked after me, so I really appreciate the gaffer, the board and the fans,” said Weir, who should feature for City at Hednesford Town tomorrow night (7.45pm).

“I feel I am one of their own now, so I just want to repay them, keep them in this league and go again next season.”

Delroy Facey, who played with Weir at the now-defunct Hereford United, was jailed for two-and-a-years in April 2015 following his involvement in an international match-fixing ring.

In an FA document following Weir’s hearing on January 28, it revealed Facey made “concerted attempts” to recruit him on November 24, 2013, two days before City’s match against Guiseley.

It also transpired during the City player’s first police interview that month he said Facey offered him £5,000 ahead of the same fixture in November 2012.

Weir declined to take part in the plan and the FA stressed no football matches were successfully fixed by the gang.

On November 28, 2013, the day after Facey was arrested, Weir told the club about the approach and voluntarily went to a police station to be interviewed.

The document also stated Weir accepted he did not report the first approach in November 2012, saying: “I knew what I had to do. Didn’t do it, simple as that.”

Weir admitted breaching two FA rules in January this year and was handed a six-month ban with four months suspended until July 1, 2018.

He said: “It was on my mind for two years, just waiting for action to take place.

“Every day I woke up thinking, ‘Are they going to call me and what is going to happen?’.

“I got cleared this time last year with the criminal side, so I just thought that was over and done with.

“But I had a phone call from the FA out of the blue in August saying they needed to meet me and it was back to square one again.

“It was devastating news.”

Weir believes non-league footballers need to be educated more about match-fixing but admitted he made a mistake.

“At the end of the day I should have reported it straight away,” he said. “That was my fault.

“I did report it, like four or five days later, so I was gutted to be hit with a six-month ban.

“But there needs to be more education across non-league.”