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http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/dec/12/chris-hoy-not-chris-foy-spurs
The four-time Olympic gold-medal winner Sir Chris Hoy has revealed that despite his rise to prominence as one of the world's most recognisable track cyclists it still hasn't prevented football fans from hurling abuse at him.
Hoy has said football fans regularly send him insulting Twitter messages after mistaking him for Chris Foy, the Premier League referee who made a number of contentious decisions during Spurs' 2-1 defeat to Stoke on Sunday, including turning down two penalty appeals for handball and sending off the Tottenham defender Younès Kaboul.
"Just for the record 1) I don't need glasses and 2) I do not lead a double life as an English premier league ref. That's Chris Foy," Hoy tweeted. He continued to protest his innocence, adding: "Still getting some rather amusing grief from Spurs fans! On the plus side I've learned some new 4 letter words today. #FoyNotHoy."
Hoy recently won gold in the sprint in the first of the World Cup series in Kazakhstan as he prepares for the Olympics, where he can expect nothing but good luck messages on his Twitter feed, providing Foy is not overseeing any of the Olympic football matches.
The four-time Olympic gold-medal winner Sir Chris Hoy has revealed that despite his rise to prominence as one of the world's most recognisable track cyclists it still hasn't prevented football fans from hurling abuse at him.
Hoy has said football fans regularly send him insulting Twitter messages after mistaking him for Chris Foy, the Premier League referee who made a number of contentious decisions during Spurs' 2-1 defeat to Stoke on Sunday, including turning down two penalty appeals for handball and sending off the Tottenham defender Younès Kaboul.
"Just for the record 1) I don't need glasses and 2) I do not lead a double life as an English premier league ref. That's Chris Foy," Hoy tweeted. He continued to protest his innocence, adding: "Still getting some rather amusing grief from Spurs fans! On the plus side I've learned some new 4 letter words today. #FoyNotHoy."
Hoy recently won gold in the sprint in the first of the World Cup series in Kazakhstan as he prepares for the Olympics, where he can expect nothing but good luck messages on his Twitter feed, providing Foy is not overseeing any of the Olympic football matches.
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Slow news day at the Guardian?0
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What a bunch of stupid cu.....oh
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As if we didn't need more evidence of the stupidity of some in this country.
There is a young woman on our local news moaning about getting a 10 month jail sentence for rioting this year. She was clearly guilty, caught on camera going into a shoe store and coming out with some trainers.
The best bit is she stole 2 left shoes! What a plonker!Summer - Canyon Ultimate CF SLX 9.0 Team
Winter - Trek Madone 3.5 2012 with UDi2 upgrade.
For getting dirty - Moda Canon0 -
About 10 years ago a Newport paedeatrician had their house attacked because some locals thought it was the same as a paedophile!0
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easy mistake to make when you're thumbing through yellow pages looking for the paedophile section :roll:0
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Football fans thicker than Pigsh*t!0
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rajMAN wrote:Football fans thicker than Pigsh*t!
Talking of which good job they didn't confuse him with Christian Poos - or his brother Drinky. The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.0 -
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Pross wrote:About 10 years ago a Newport paedeatrician had their house attacked because some locals thought it was the same as a paedophile!
Linky thing in case anyone thinks it was an urban myth
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/901723.stm0 -
Pross wrote:Pross wrote:About 10 years ago a Newport paedeatrician had their house attacked because some locals thought it was the same as a paedophile!
Linky thing in case anyone thinks it was an urban myth
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/901723.stm
As if it wasnt bad enough him being welsh.The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
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Cleat Eastwood wrote:Pross wrote:Pross wrote:About 10 years ago a Newport paedeatrician had their house attacked because some locals thought it was the same as a paedophile!
Linky thing in case anyone thinks it was an urban myth
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/901723.stm
As if it wasnt bad enough him being welsh.
She was South African 0
