Footballer Faux Pas

9 Home @ Connections # Discover Me Search FOOTBALLER FAUX PAS Before it's even started, 13 million World Cup tweets are online. Social media platforms will be a 'second screen' for many watching the matches, voicing their opinions, feelings and advice on players, managers and the game itself. To celebrate the social side of the beautiful game, we're taking a look at some of the hot water that footballers have found themselves in over the years. THINK BEFORE YOU TWEET These footballers TWEETS PHOTOS/VIDEOS FOLLOWING FOLLOWERS FAVIOURITES clearly didn't Edit profile 2,358 116 811 616 151 More v Tweets Tweets and replies Who to follow · Refresh • View all Think before you tweet Premier League @premierieague X Followed by PixelBLtd. @Pixel8Ltd FOLLOWS YOU Wayne Rooney @WayneRooney · Jan 1 My resolution - to start the year as a champion, and finish it as a champion... #makeitcount gonike.me/makeitcount E PREMER LEAGUE Sifting through the social media haystack to find footballer fails and embarrassing errors 2 Follow A A Promoted TheA The FA OFA Followed by Pixel8Ltd . O Manchester +2 Follow O pixel8ltd.com O Joined May 2009 t7 2,277 * 355 sky Sky Sports askyFootball SPORTS Followed by Pixel8Ltd. FOOTBALL Pixel8 @Pixel8Ltd. Jan 1 . O 166 Photos and videos +2 Follow England striker Wayne Rooney was banned by the Advertising Standards Authority after passing off a Nike advertisement as his own tweet. Popular accounts · Find friends Details Reply tRetweet Favorite ** More Reply to @WayneRooney Trends · Change #footyfauxpas A Rio Ferdinand @rioferdy5. Jul 14 #naughtyfootballers #worldcupwoes @CarltonEbanks I hear you fella! Choc ice is classic hahahahahahha!! #thinkbeforeyoutweet #worldcupworries t7 231 * 76 #terribletwits #foolishfootballers Pixel8 @Pixel8Ltd · Jul 14 Rio Ferdinand was fined £45,000 after he indirectly responded to a tweet from Ashley Cole referring to him as a 'choc-ice'. #PRnightmare #tackledbytwitter #pixel8bullets Details 6 Reply t Retweet Favorite More