Hounding fans force Man U midfielder Gibson’s Twitter account to disappear
April 26th, 2011 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANILondon, Apr 26 (ANI): Hounding from fans just two hours after setting up Twitter account forced Manchester United midfielder Darron Gibson to remove his account from the social networking site.
The Republic of Ireland international faced a barrage of abuse from angry United fans unhappy with his performances for the team this season.
Gibson set up an account on the popular social networking site at around lunchtime today under the username @dgibbo28.
United defender Rio Ferdinand confirmed it was real and urged his 842,000 followers to welcome his club-mate, The Sun reports.
But within two hours, the account had disappeared completely with the 23-year-old sent seemingly reeling following a backlash from some of United’s supporters.
One United fan wrote: “Team do all hard work keeping possession then you hit row Z every f****** time! #don’tshootyou’res***”
Another said: “You are an abysmal excuse for a footballer. You’re a one trick pony - a s*** one at that. What Fergie sees in you I don’t know.”
A male United follower even urged Gibson to leave Old Trafford. He said: “Your f***ing awful, get out of the club.”
However, scores of United fans have since leapt to the defence of Gibson and vented their dismay at the treatment he received on the website. (ANI)
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