Foolish followers
Tottenham have been asked to refrain from sending Olympic gold medallist
Sir Chris Hoy vile messages via Twitter after they confused the Scot
with referee Chris Foy.
Foy became a hate target for fans of Spurs after he made a number
of perplexing decisions during their team's 2-1 defeat at Stoke
yesterday.
However a number of Tottenham fans clearly couldn't tell the
difference between the letters 'F' and 'H' and subsequently bombarded
Hoy, who was knighted in 2009, with vile messages via his account on the
social network.
Replying to the tirade of abuse that rather unexpectedly came his
way following Spurs' defeat, Hoy commented: "Just for the record, 1) I
don't need glasses and 2) I do not lead a double life as an English
Pemier League referee. That's Chris Foy."
@chrishoy from an educated football fan, I would just like to say
you spoiled a bloody good game yesterday. My bet is you never ref
again!"
- a Spurs fan posting on Twitter today
Despite Tweeting the message this morning the abusive coments
continued to arrive in their droves throughout the day, leading Hoy to
later post: "I'm still getting some rather amusing grief from Spurs
fans! On the plus side I've learned some new four letter words today."
And when asked whether or not he would be available for interview
by Sky Sports' Georgie Thompson this afternoon, he replied: "Sorry
Georgie, I'm in Australia. Maybe Chris Foy would like to instead?"
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