South Wales Evening Post


Fans' anger over dead swan pic

Sunday, July 05, 2009, 10:52

A FRESH row has broken out between Swansea City fans and Cardiff supporters — this time on the internet.

It surrounds the shocking profile picture of a Cardiff fan calling himself Brian Jones on the internet site Facebook, which shows three people holding a dead swan upside down.

Some Swansea fans believed the picture was a taunt against their club, and set up a group on the site to complain about the picture and demand that it was removed immediately.

Renee Cullen, aged 32, of Cockett, said she was disgusted by the picture. "I've lived in Swansea all my life and I'm very aware of the Cardiff City rivalry within football, but as an animal lover I was upset to see this picture."

The man behind the Brian Jones profile said it was not his real name and that his listed age, 24, was also fake. He confirmed to the Post that he put the picture on his site because of its message to Swans fans, but insisted it was neither he nor his friends in the picture and that it was all just a joke. He said he found the picture using the search site Google.

The offending picture
The offending picture

 

   
















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