Footballers on Twitter

http://twitter.com/#!/boxall2 - Michael Boxall Vancouver Whitecaps

 

http://twitter.com/#!/rileythree - Ali Riley Western York Flash USA

 

 

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9:16 AM Tuesday Apr 26, 2011

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Manchester United soccer midfielder Darron Gibson's social networking experiment proved short-lived when he closed his Twitter account just two hours after opening it following a flood of abusive comments.

Gibson, a bit-part player at Old Trafford, followed United teammates Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen in joining Twitter, and Ferdinand encouraged his followers to "show him some love" on Monday.

But Gibson was instead greeted by some less-than-welcoming remarks, many of which appeared to be from United supporters. One of the posts said "nothing would make me happier than if we sold you this summer."

Sports stars and celebrities are often the target of abusive comments on Twitter - but not usually from their own fans.

- AP

 

Kris Bright Budapest Honv�d FC   http://twitter.com/#!/brighty9

 

Chris James APIA Leichhardt http://twitter.com/#!/cjamesnz7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Makes you feel congruent.

 

posted a herald article about this earlier in this thread

 

Darren Bent (5under1and) http://bitter&twisted.com/#!/beachballsRus 

 

 

 

 

New one up.  Genius stuff.  Check his blog for a link.

A few of the young All Whites

 

Anthony Hobbs - http://twitter.com/#!/anthonyhobbs91

Andrew Milne - http://twitter.com/#!/andrewmilne9

Nick Branch - http://twitter.com/#!/nickbranch91

Colin Murphy - http://twitter.com/#!/murphmateNZ

 

http://twitter.com/#!/JamesMcPeake1