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(The Guardian) Everton condemn online abuse of James Tarkowski
The club have released a statement following the online abuse aimed at James Tarkowski and his family. The player’s wife, Samantha, posted on social media last night that her husband had received death threats following the controversial challenge on Alexis Mac Allister that earned him a booking in Wednesday’s Merseyside derby, a punishment the PGMOL subsequently admitted should have earned the Everton skipper a red card.
“Everton Football Club is aware of threats made towards James Tarkowski, and his family on social media,” it reads. “Such behaviour is completely unacceptable and has no place in football or society. “The club is liaising with James and his wife Samantha, and stands ready to engage with the social media companies and assist the police with any potential investigation. Everton strongly condemns any form of online or offline intimidation, threats or abuse directed at players, staff, or their families.”
In her Instagram post, Samantha Tarkowski vented her spleen against her husband’s detractors in an often potty-mouthed tirade which made little or no attempt to conceal her contempt for those “so called fans” who were levelling vitriolic abuse at her and her husband, the Everton captain and father of their two children.
“I wasn’t actually going to say anything because we usually just laugh if off but fuck it,” she wrote. “The level of abuse my husband is receiving - wishing death on him, vile comments about me, about us as a couple, and about him as a person - is beyond disgusting. People forget that he is more than just a footballer. He is a husband, a father, a brother, a friend, and most importantly, the father of our two children.
“He goes out there and does his job and does it very fucking well yet he’s subjected to so much hate. For those acting like he deliberately set out to hurt someone - r u serious?! Football moves at speed, and tackles are split-second decisions. No player goes out there to injure someone and do you think any player would feel good about it if they did? But the pure shit messages, the threats? That’s intentional. That’s on you. Football is a sport, but the way some so-called ‘fans’ behave is disgraceful. The abuse, the threats - it’s not passion, it’s pathetic. We’re real people, and this goes far beyond football.”
The club have released a statement following the online abuse aimed at James Tarkowski and his family. The player’s wife, Samantha, posted on social media last night that her husband had received death threats following the controversial challenge on Alexis Mac Allister that earned him a booking in Wednesday’s Merseyside derby, a punishment the PGMOL subsequently admitted should have earned the Everton skipper a red card.
“Everton Football Club is aware of threats made towards James Tarkowski, and his family on social media,” it reads. “Such behaviour is completely unacceptable and has no place in football or society. “The club is liaising with James and his wife Samantha, and stands ready to engage with the social media companies and assist the police with any potential investigation. Everton strongly condemns any form of online or offline intimidation, threats or abuse directed at players, staff, or their families.”
In her Instagram post, Samantha Tarkowski vented her spleen against her husband’s detractors in an often potty-mouthed tirade which made little or no attempt to conceal her contempt for those “so called fans” who were levelling vitriolic abuse at her and her husband, the Everton captain and father of their two children.
“I wasn’t actually going to say anything because we usually just laugh if off but fuck it,” she wrote. “The level of abuse my husband is receiving - wishing death on him, vile comments about me, about us as a couple, and about him as a person - is beyond disgusting. People forget that he is more than just a footballer. He is a husband, a father, a brother, a friend, and most importantly, the father of our two children.
“He goes out there and does his job and does it very fucking well yet he’s subjected to so much hate. For those acting like he deliberately set out to hurt someone - r u serious?! Football moves at speed, and tackles are split-second decisions. No player goes out there to injure someone and do you think any player would feel good about it if they did? But the pure shit messages, the threats? That’s intentional. That’s on you. Football is a sport, but the way some so-called ‘fans’ behave is disgraceful. The abuse, the threats - it’s not passion, it’s pathetic. We’re real people, and this goes far beyond football.”
