Olympic star and Team GB golden-boy (or at 35 perhaps that’s golden-man) Sir Chris Hoy has found himself in the middle of a rather odd Twitter dispute. Far be it from Cyclo to cast dispersions about the brightness of football fans, but the evidence rather speaks for itself with a large number of disgruntled Spurs fans attacking the veteran cyclist on Twitter after confusing him with referee Chris Foy, who was in attendance at Tottenham’s controversial 2-1 defeat by Stoke City on Sunday.
The avalanche of abuse forced Hoy to tweet the response: ‘Just for the record 1) I don’t need glasses and 2) I do not lead a double life as an English premier league ref. That’s Chris Foy.’ Adding later, ‘Still getting some rather amusing grief from Spurs fans! On the plus side I’ve learned some new 4 letter words today. #FoyNotHoy’.
