LIVERPOOL HAVE BEEN forced to apologise after their official Twitter account appeared to make fun of the Munich air disaster.
As part of their #anfieldplaylist hashtag, @LFC asked followers to pick three songs to be played at Anfield before Sunday’s Premier League clash with Manchester United.
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However, when one person suggested Frank Sinatra’s Come Fly With Me, seemingly a reference to the plane crash which saw eight Manchester United players lose their lives in 1958, they responded insensitively, tweeting: “Have you been sneaking a look at the dressing room iPod?”
It is the latest in a number of recent PR disasters at the club and, after signalling a Twitter backlash last night, the tweet was deleted and Liverpool have since apologised.
“Liverpool Football Club responded quickly to correct the error of judgement that was made last night on it’s official Twitter account in responding to a distasteful and inappropriate Tweet,” read a statement released to the Manchester Evening News. “The Club took decisive action and the comment was deleted swiftly.”
“We apologise, unreservedly, for any offence that was caused by this mistake.”
Liverpool apologise after Twitter account jokes about Munich disaster
LIVERPOOL HAVE BEEN forced to apologise after their official Twitter account appeared to make fun of the Munich air disaster.
As part of their #anfieldplaylist hashtag, @LFC asked followers to pick three songs to be played at Anfield before Sunday’s Premier League clash with Manchester United.
However, when one person suggested Frank Sinatra’s Come Fly With Me, seemingly a reference to the plane crash which saw eight Manchester United players lose their lives in 1958, they responded insensitively, tweeting: “Have you been sneaking a look at the dressing room iPod?”
It is the latest in a number of recent PR disasters at the club and, after signalling a Twitter backlash last night, the tweet was deleted and Liverpool have since apologised.
“Liverpool Football Club responded quickly to correct the error of judgement that was made last night on it’s official Twitter account in responding to a distasteful and inappropriate Tweet,” read a statement released to the Manchester Evening News. “The Club took decisive action and the comment was deleted swiftly.”
“We apologise, unreservedly, for any offence that was caused by this mistake.”
Read the Twitter exchange below:
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