" Striker charged for Twitter comments from four years ago "
Tue Aug 23, 2016 3:20 pm
Tweets from four years ago were brought to light at the weekend after Andre Gray scored Burnley's second goal against Liverpool in the 2-0 win.
Tuesday 23rd August 2016
The 25-year-old Premier League player asked for 'forgiveness' at the weekend after a series of homophobic tweets came to light.
Gray said he was now a "completely different person" to the one who posted the messages and he did not "hold the beliefs written in those tweets".
The player has until 6pm on 31 August to respond to the charge.
The tweets date from four years ago, when Gray was playing for non-league Hinckley United.
The posts, which also contained offensive terms, were deleted on Saturday, soon after coming to light.
One read: "Is it me or are there gays everywhere? #Burn #Die #Makesmesick".
The tweets were highlighted on the day Gray scored his first top-flight goal, helping Burnley to a 2-0 win over Liverpool at Turf Moor.
It comes just a month after he criticised two Burnley fans for racism during a pre-season friendly
Tuesday 23rd August 2016
The 25-year-old Premier League player asked for 'forgiveness' at the weekend after a series of homophobic tweets came to light.
Gray said he was now a "completely different person" to the one who posted the messages and he did not "hold the beliefs written in those tweets".
The player has until 6pm on 31 August to respond to the charge.
The tweets date from four years ago, when Gray was playing for non-league Hinckley United.
The posts, which also contained offensive terms, were deleted on Saturday, soon after coming to light.
One read: "Is it me or are there gays everywhere? #Burn #Die #Makesmesick".
The tweets were highlighted on the day Gray scored his first top-flight goal, helping Burnley to a 2-0 win over Liverpool at Turf Moor.
It comes just a month after he criticised two Burnley fans for racism during a pre-season friendly
Re: " Striker charged for Twitter comments from four years a
Tue Aug 23, 2016 3:47 pm
give the guy a break everyone got a pastworcester_ccfc wrote:Tweets from four years ago were brought to light at the weekend after Andre Gray scored Burnley's second goal against Liverpool in the 2-0 win.
The 25-year-old Premier League player asked for 'forgiveness' at the weekend after a series of homophobic tweets came to light.
Gray said he was now a "completely different person" to the one who posted the messages and he did not "hold the beliefs written in those tweets".
The player has until 6pm on 31 August to respond to the charge.
The tweets date from four years ago, when Gray was playing for non-league Hinckley United.
The posts, which also contained offensive terms, were deleted on Saturday, soon after coming to light.
One read: "Is it me or are there gays everywhere? #Burn #Die #Makesmesick".
The tweets were highlighted on the day Gray scored his first top-flight goal, helping Burnley to a 2-0 win over Liverpool at Turf Moor.
It comes just a month after he criticised two Burnley fans for racism during a pre-season friendly
Re: " Striker charged for Twitter comments from four years a
Tue Aug 23, 2016 4:02 pm
Subtle insults :')
Re: " Striker charged for Twitter comments from four years a
Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:41 pm
A reminder to everyone that what you say on the internet is permanent. some people may do well to remember that when on this board. (and I'm not saying that I'm necessarily blameless in this either).
Re: " Striker charged for Twitter comments from four years a
Tue Aug 23, 2016 8:05 pm
4 years ago so not sure why they can charge now. The guy has already àpologised