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Andre Gray suspended for four matches

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Op · 7 yr. ago

These seem to be the tweets he's in trouble for, note timestamps as well.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqUL6awWgAEI2ed.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqUUBwlWYAAv4-u.jpg:large

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If a girl ever proposed to me id knee her in the face n walk off

lol

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Can only be the ones about gays really. Maybe the one about kneeing a woman in the face at a push.

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I agree with the top tweet.

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There was another tweet added to the charge sheet. In 2014, he tweeted, "I hate lightys"

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Can't believe some people here are saying he shouldn't have been banned. You can't set an arbitrary limit to how far back they can go on your Twitter account. What if it was 2 years ago? 1 year? It's irrelevant in my book as long as it was still on his profile when he was playing in the Football League. Saying "he forgot" isn't good enough to me, no sympathy.

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· 7 yr. ago

What's wrong with the last one?

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I mean that Whitney one...

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These are funny af. They're all in very poor taste, but people need to stop being so damn sensitive.

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Thought Andy Gray Struck again

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Burnley's Statement: http://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/news/article/2016-17/gray-handed-four-match-ban-3324454.aspx

Some comments not in OPs link

Burnley Football Club and Gray accept the Independent Regulatory Commission’s decision, which relate to historical posts made before Andre joined the club in August, 2015.

Gray himself regrets the posts and has pledged, in an apology, to continue to improve, both as a person and role model to others.

Burnley Football Club takes its responsibility in the wider community seriously, and through its charitable arm, Burnley FC in the Community, will be investing close to £2m in community work over the forthcoming season.

We work closely with all of our players, including Andre, on a wide-ranging variety of community programmes and we undertook 300 player appearances last season, which we will be looking to increase in the coming 12 months.

We believe this charge, regarding historical social media posts, should now also serve as a warning to all professional footballers, and participants in the wider sporting field.

Burnley Football Club will make no further comment at this time.

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Guess Benteke will have to step up now.

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Spot on...and case closed!

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Old tweets? Seems like kind of a Gray area

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Well I thought it was funny

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· 7 yr. ago · edited 7 yr. ago
:Manchester_united:

Absolute bollox. They can't ban someone over what they said 4 years ago. Ridiculous. As horrible as the comments are, it was 4 years ago.

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