Rooney Story getting pretty old

Wayne Rooney really milked that hat trick against Westham to provide Manchester United with a 3-2 lead last week.

I recently went on YouTube and tried to watch Wayne Rooney’s last goal against Westham to complete his hat trick, which was then followed by him swearing into the camera.

It appears, however, that the FA Premier League is now claiming copyright and blocking the videos.

A bit late there I think, considering millions of people seen it live in action and it played out in the press for days after.


It was an impossible story to get away from, I haven't heard this much hype about a match in a long time and it wasn't even about the match.


 It was all about how Wayne Rooney would be punished for saying a curse word.


The footballer was later forced to publicly apologize. ‘I want to apologize for any offence that may have been caused by my goal celebration, especially to any parents or children that were watching,’ said Rooney.


‘Emotions were running high and my heat-of-the-moment reaction was inappropriate. It was not aimed at anyone in particular.’


To make this story even more exciting is that for some strange reason, the Police Superintendent of Wolverhamton, Mark Payne, decided to publicly slam on his blog Rooney and his oh so terrible crime of swearing on the pitch.

“I have seen a thousand Rooney's, and I am sure most police officers will have. The same aggressive stance, the bulging eyes, the foul mouthed rant, fists clenched, surrounded by his mates, all cheering him on. I have seen this on Friday and Saturday nights, as young men (and more often young ladies) engage in a ‘good night out.”

Now, am I the only one that thinks that this is all very extreme? First of all, I would be right in believing that a superintendent has much better things to be worrying about then blogging about Wayne Rooney cursing on the pitch and to be fair everyone has there moments of madness.

Rooney was completely wrong in cursing, especially due to the fact that a lot of young children look up to him as a role model, but he now has to pay for his 2 second public outburst with a £250,000 fine and a ban from an FA cup semi final.

What was even more shocking to come from this story was an actual real live public outburst from Sir Alex Ferguson following his disgust at the blog entries published by Payne.

“This is not the first time we have seen a player swear on the pitch, so why is this time any different. There is an issue in the modern world of a need to be noticed. There is a wee guy, sitting down there in the Midlands, probably never been recognized in his life, managed to elevate himself to whatever it is in the police force.

"Have you ever seen Wolverhampton on a Saturday night? Do police ever arrest anyone for swearing on a Saturday night? Deary me. That is a good one.”

Twitter craze catching celebrities out

Twitter has become the newest craze in today’s media obsessed society. Its short word count makes it easy to update frequently, but also easier to express yourself quicker to the entire social networking world.

Perhaps that’s ok for your average Joe, but a complete PR crisis for any well known sports personality, especially when in a lot of cases their short 140 words turns into a disgraceful rant that appears on the front of every newspaper the next morning.

Celebrities were one of the first to join the obsession and you will now find it very easy to find any sports star that’s life interests you on twitter.

Twitter has become a PR nightmare for any agent as sports stars are inclined to give information to the press, feelings, emotions and thoughts without even speaking to them directly because they tweet without thinking.

This is of course great for journalists, but yet again not so great for the celebrities after they realize what a mess they have made by ranting on their twitter accounts.

Journalists no longer have to beg for a quote after a game, they can simply go on twitter later that evening and see Wayne Rooney ranting about the recent match they lost or Steven Gerard talking down his competitors.

Celebrities are now giving an ‘inside’ experience of the game, before and after. Football players are ‘twitpicking’ photos, whether its capturing players running onto the football field, at training, or showing celebrities sitting courtside at the NBA, the goal is to give fans greater access and supplement what they're getting from the broadcast, other media and various apps.

Some teams are really embracing twitter and using it to there advantage. Wayne Rooney gained good media attention in his first 24 hours after joining the site as he expressed his admiration for team-mate Javier Hernandez, and also for his Chelsea rival, Fernando Torres.

Twitter also allows fans to converse with sports fans and for a lot of celebrities this is not always a good thing.

For the likes of Manchester United midfielder Darren Gibson, it has been the complete opposite, when he was forced to close down his account only just 2 hours after setting it up.

Gibson received so much abuse, presumably from Red Devils supporters, with tweeters questioning his importance to the team.

“You are an abysmal excuse for a footballer. You’re a one trick pony – a s*** one at that. What Fergie sees in you I don’t know,"

Whether it is a good or bad for celebrities, it will certainly always stay entertaining if they continue to tweet and give their fans an inside view into there ever exciting lives.