Welling appeared in the Guardians sport section yesterday.
the article basically said that someone had contacted andy townsend via twitter and the reason he did not reply was that it was because someone was impersonating him and that he is not on twitter himself. He also said that in future he will do anything he can to help the club.
Andy Townsend's Twitter impersonator almost contributed to putting Welling United out of business last week. The non-league club that was Townsend and Steve Finnan's alma mater last week faced a winding-up order in the high court following a petition by HM Revenue & Customs. Dan Chapman, the Leathes Prior solicitor who successfully defeated that petition could only do so after a successful appeal to fans for contributions towards the £60,000 needed to keep the club alive. Supporters forwarded the appeal message to Townsend, through "his" Twitter account, and Finnan, through his agent. Neither got back in touch. When Digger contacted Townsend to ask why he had not done so, he explained that there is an imposter pretending to be him on Twitter (and from reading the posts it is difficult to see how the fans did not immediately notice the satire). But Townsend said he will do anything he can to help the club in future. Finnan's reasons for not getting back are less clear. The agent did not get back to Digger, either.
Once upon a time I read the Guardian - then I realised I don't wear sandals and hang out in coffee bars listening to Damien Rice.
But it's nice of them to give us some exposure. After all, every little helps. And it's also good to hear that Townsend has publicly stated he will help us - he'd look a fool now if he went back on his word. So an evening with, charity match etc, etc ... potentially?
I do read the Guardian and think it is a really good read. I didn't realise that I had to wear sandals and listen to Damien Rice. I will get some sandals immeditaley, but I draw the line at Damien Rice
-- Edited by chelwing on Thursday 23rd of December 2010 09:10:16 AM
