Blackpool FC Obeys the Twitter Command 'Delete Your Account'

Those "football" fans are so passionate.

English Football–or what we Yanks call soccer–is growing more popular in the States. In fact, NBC Sports just signed a six-year extension to broadcast Premier League matches until 2022.

The mojo is flowing along with the pints, so the last thing the sport needed was a shot of #PRFail. But, thanks to Blackpool FC, that’s what happened.

The Tangerine Seasiders (we’d go by “Blackpool FC” too) created a corporate account specifically to deal with its efforts among vendors and other corporate partners.

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