Football: Gibson forced to sign off Twitter

LONDON: Manchester United midfielder Darron Gibson was forced to cancel his newly-created Twitter account after just two hours when the Irish international was subjected to a tirade of abuse. The 23-year-old, who was born in Northern Ireland but has won 16 caps for the Republic of Ireland, was also targeted for his controversial switch of national allegiance. Some of the messages posted on his Twitter page included, “Darron Gibson is on Twitter, a traitor to his country”. Another one said, “You are an abysmal excuse for a footballer.”



Published in The Express Tribune, April 27^th, 2011.