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Saw this old post and made me wonder if anyone knows of any professional players that have posted on message boards / forums.
The only other example I can find is of an obscure Belgian player, Stijn Stijnen...
Footballers on Message-boards
When you log on, guys, try we-pay-your-wages.com Talking online to supporters is fine - but players should be ready to take some abuse Rod Liddle THE MILLWALL striker, Darren Byfield, has attempted to close the vast gulf that exists between footballers and fans by logging on to the...
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THE MILLWALL striker, Darren Byfield, has attempted to close the vast gulf that exists between footballers and fans by logging on to the supporters’ independent website, MillwallOnline, and trying to engage people in rational, good-humoured conversation. It is a story worth telling for the sheer nobility of the enterprise and its, erm, predictable outcome.
Byfield posted a message under the name of “babyboy” (the endearment used, apparently, by his girlfriend Jamelia). “Darren Byfield here,” he wrote. “Fire some questions.” The first two he received were: “Why does it always rain on me?” and “Explain the theory of relativity, please.”
The only other example I can find is of an obscure Belgian player, Stijn Stijnen...
On 20 February 2011 Stijnen was relegated to the B-team, after it became known that he and his family members had engaged in a malicious anonymous campaign on the club's message board, where they were bashing both the club management and fellow team members while simultaneously hailing Stijnen as the "club hero" in order to promote his profile. The following day, both parties agreed to dissolve the contract which bound the player to the club until 2015