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Spurs tweet Star Wars puns and the replies are absolutely merciless

Published 22:53 17 Dec 2015 GMT

Nooruddean Choudry
Spurs tweet Star Wars puns and the replies are absolutely merciless

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Poor Tottenham. They try and get into the spirit of things and the response from fans is non-stop p*sstaking.

With Star Wars mania is taking over every aspect of our lives right now, football is not immune to its charms. Spurs clearly decided to capitalise on the trend and have some fun at the same time. So they tweeted a 5-a-side team of punny names and invited their followers to follow suit... https://twitter.com/SpursOfficial/status/677456004511113216 It didn't quite work out that way. Rather than take the concept and run with it, cynical supporters were scathing in their replies... https://twitter.com/_Samperred/status/677459560097906689 https://twitter.com/TransitionTHFC/status/677456436595712000 https://twitter.com/bridyid5/status/677483076474290177 https://twitter.com/dech_97/status/677456749201371136 https://twitter.com/smiffythfc1612/status/677539196114866176 https://twitter.com/_Meredinho/status/677456393348251648 https://twitter.com/Ramseyinho/status/677459184418451456 There was however at least one message of support for the idea... https://twitter.com/WilshereEra/status/677458954075684864

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Spurs tweet Star Wars puns and the replies are absolutely merciless