A look back at the year in football
Joey Barton after doing a press conference with a slightly dubious French accent:
“In my defence, it is very difficult to do a press conference in Scouse for a room full of French journalists. The alternative is to speak like a 'Allo Allo!' character”
After widespread mocking, Barton responded with several tweets:
“Good moaning...”
“All my tweets for the foreseeable future to be read in a French accent. Thank you for your cooperation in advance...”
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Ashley Cole on the FA in the fallout from the John Terry/Anton Ferdinand saga:
“Hahahahaa, well done #fa I lied did I, bunch of t***s”
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Nicklas Bendtner reveals a bizarre secret (photo left).
Gerard Piqué with a loose definition of the word pleasure:
“By the way, today I had the pleasure to touch Rooney's new hair!! Hahahaha!! Unbelievable!!”
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Tottenham Hotspur seem to be enjoying their pre-season:
“One final photo of @SheyiAdebayor with Andre...it was all smiles at the Lodge today! #COYS”
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One of the more bizarre insights into his life that Nile Ranger has provided this year:
“Had to get rid of cats. Quite upset”
Rio Ferdinand reveals his new hobby:
“Really getting into knitting!!! Helps me relax after high-pressure world of the Premiership”
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Sammy Ameobi, who always seems to tweet about food, is a local celebrity:
“So I went to KFC this afternoon and they asked to take my picture and put me on their wall of fame...not a great look! Ha”
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Emmanuel Frimpong argues with, prolific tweeter and Arsenal fan, Piers Morgan:
“@piersmorgan I hope ppl read this and no am rude and u deserve every abuse I give u fatty go and run on the treadmill like I told u.”
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Swansea’s Ashley Williams perpetuating Welsh stereotypes:
“Ok, so ya'll remember when I had horses on my front garden?? Well look what we had in the back yesterday!” (photo left)
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Michael Owen’s search for a new club gets a bit desperate:
“Having a 5 a side tonight with my mates. If any scouts fancy popping down to assess my form they are welcome!!!”
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Phil Neville fails to impress his teammates in training:
“I did my stepover on Drenthe this morning and he fell about laughing and thought it was a wind up-no respect nowadays!”
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Gary Lineker gives his opinion on FIFA’s rankings system: “England are up to 3rd in FIFA world rankings. Perhaps they looked at GB on the Olympics medal table and got confused.”
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Joey Barton reflects on Europe’s Ryder Cup win in his own inimitable style:
“Where’s Hulk Hogan's song now you posse of face-painted, passport-less, junk-food eating, half-wits?”
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With the year drawing to a close, we begin our series looking back at the highs, lows, absurd and brilliant from the world of football in 2012.
David Cameron's saying that too many tweets might make a twat has never been more applicable than in 2012 with Ashley Cole, Nicklas Bendtner, Rio Ferdinand, and of course, Joey Barton featuring in our rundown of the best tweets of the year.
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