Top 12 Sporting Tweeting Twonks!

We have compiled the top twelve lists of sports stars that are prone to tweet before thinking! If they haven’t in a fit of pique deleted their account we have included their twitter addresses so you can follow the foot-in-mouth incidents as they happen! Search as we may we have been unable to find Ryan Giggs’ twitter account…

Wayne Rooney When not allegedly enjoying the company of a string of various ladies of the night, Wayne enjoys his own brand of PR by challenging errant fans to fight on his tweet feed. A recent tweet of “I will put you asleep within 10 seconds hope u turn up if u don’t gonna tell everyone ur scared u little nit. I’ll be waiting.” wasn’t viewed too favourably by the tabloid press. Oh well; even though a sporting and brand ambassador, at the end of the day he is just another bloke who likes a few smokes, and reputedly loves a chunky punt down the casinos. We aren’t going to condemn his have-a-go tweets, not least in case we bump into him on a black jack table and he wants to put us to sleep! More football violence threats at: @WayneRooney

Shane Warne If you are going to split up from your wife and embark on an affair with an actress famous for wearing dresses made of safety pins, nothing shouts “class” like announcing it on twitter! Perhaps Shane’s modesty was eroded by years as a public face of the Advanced Hair Studio (rent-a-thatch). Cheerful infidelity updates on: @warne888

Paul Bissonette The Phoenix Coyotes Ice Hockey player is good at ice hockey, and even better at rucks on the ice. He is included in the list not just for one or two outrageous tweets, but a whole book’s worth. The NHL player is a bit of a twitter cult hero for constant 140 character outpourings on the subjects of lap dancing (most monetary amounts such as contracts are calculated by how many lap-dances can be bought), casually calling fellow players communists and going around taking pictures of homeless people and updating them to his wall via twitter pics! His agent got him to delete his account, but a public campaign saw him back in black: @BizNasty2point0

Darren Bent features in this list, both for a display of tact, and also for rather misguidedly choosing to cut out his agent from negotiations and instead tweet at the Spurs Chairman: “stop fucking around Levy”. If things aren’t going well in Darren Bent land, he just swears at club directors, simples! We wonder what previous Spurs Chairman Alan Sugar would have made of the tweets? Helpful advice on work place disputes and contract negotiations here: @DBTT39

Carmelo Antony Another one from the other side of the pond, from the Country that brought the world Deathwish (well they can have Michael Winner…) the New York Knicks star tweeted a call to vigilante mob violence against “kiss and tell” professional Kat Stacks. We love that he used the old excuse that his twitter account was “hacked”, kind of like the little boy with a mouth covered in melted chocolate exclaiming incredulity at the missing Twix bars! More calls for mob beatings: @carmeloanthony

Danny Gabbidon The West Ham player displayed a gracious ability to accept defeat in a gentlemanly fashion, with this olive branch of a tweet: “U know what, f*** the lot of you, u will never get another tweet from me again, you just don’t get it do you. Bye bye”. Sadly he is no longer on Twitter so we can’t give you his account, we presume that he is utilising the summer break to try to bring peace to the Middle East. Hope you like the picture, “the game’s the game”!

Rashard Mendenhall The Pittsburgh Steelers running back is given to deep thinking and keen never to judge a book by a cover, in the aftermath of Osama Bin Laden’s demise he tweeted: “it’s amazing how people can HATE a man they have never even heard speak. We’ve only heard one side…”. Hopefully in future topics he will debate, “Hitler, was he all bad?” and “the good things about cholera”: @R_Mendenhall

Carlton Cole Cheerful posts about immigration (including ‘Immigration has surrounded the wembley premises! I knew it was a trap! Hahahaha’) landed the Hammers striker in trouble after the England vs Ghana friendly. It’s a good thing Ron Atkinson isn’t on twitter, er.., hold on, he is: @Ronglish Carlton’s on: @Carlton9Cole

Ryan Babel The Dutch forward dropped himself into hot water whilst a Liverpool player (well subs bench sitter mainly) by putting a Photo-shopped picture of popular referee Howard Webb dressed in a Man Utd shirt, with the caption: “And they call him one of the best referees? That’s a joke. SMH”. More top photo-shop tekkers at: @RyanBabel

Shaquille O’Neal The recently retired basketball legend is not above some twitter Shaq-Attacks! However he is included in this list more for a constant stream of consciousness quotes, mainly concerning that he is listening to his iPod, or considering scratching his back. Join 3.8million other followers looking for enlightenment in the wrong place: @SHAQ

Serena Williams makes the list partly for her often very un-serene tweets, partly for sibling rows with Venus, and partly because she tweets about the ducks in her pool having sex. Also she likes to post somewhat revealing (but artistic at all times folks) pictures on her twitter feed, including accompanying image. Semi-nakedness, sister slamming: @serenawilliams

Glen Johnson Last but not least we are amazed that anyone could launch an attack on a knowledgeable sage like football analyst Paul Merson, but this didn’t stop Glen causing a controversy by tweeting: “Comments from alcoholic drug abusers are not really gonna upset me and who is Paul Merson to judge players, he was average at the best of times” and “The only reason he’s on that show is coz he gambled all his money away. The clown”! More St Francis of Assisi-esq graciousness: @glen_johnson

Chris Denny

I have been involved in the betting industry since the late 90’s and have in that time worked for a on course bookmaker (at now much missed Catford Dogs), spent time at a leading spread betting company, and worked for Betfair in their two year start-up phase.

In 2007 I co-founded iGaming supplier Hyperion Gaming with long suffering business partner Alex Lafferty.

Being involved in the industry for so long has given me a good understanding of the wonderful world of online gambling, and I put effort into giving honest opinions, that remain my own!

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