Horan: deeply hurt after “innocent remark”
In the latest twist to the ongoing dispute between renegade Championship club Leeds United and the football authorities, the FA are set to charge the Yorkshire giants over what is being seen as their online bullying of former One Direction member and current solo nonentity Niall Horan.
This latest spat started when Horan remarked on Twitter that “No one likes Leeds”. The United media team, in the name of fun lolz and bantz, responded with “No one likes your solo career” and the hashtag #BringBack1D – upon which the 25 year old Irish millionaire broke down crying and contacted the FA.
An examination of this issue could persuade Leeds to utilise the classic “libel defence” against any charge arising out of the Twitter exchange, ie that their statement was true and no one does like Horan’s solo career. After all, his original X Factor audition was as a solo artiste, and he was eliminated (although Louis Walsh liked him, allegedly).
Derby County fan Horan, in an emotional statement to the football authorities, claimed that he was “deeply hurt”. His remark had been “innocent”, he insisted, adding “Anyway, no one does like Leeds. They don’t, they don’t!“, before stamping his feet and flouncing off, muttering about “Poor Franny and that thug Hunter” and “that spawny 4-1 win at Pride Park”.
When asked about their Twitter riposte to Horan’s tweet, Leeds United would only comment “We should make it absolutely clear, this was just a joke on our part; we’re not really advocating that One Direction should re-form. God, no”. However, the FA’s notorious Boy Band Compliance Unit are said to be taking a dim view of United’s attitude towards one of their fave solo stars, and are likely to relegate the Whites to the Conference with immediate effect.
FA Chairman Greg Clarke is 103.
Life, Leeds United, the Universe & Everything 
Hopefully, Leeds United will only be travelling in “one direction” under the fantastic stewardship of our very capable and unassuming head coach Marcelo Bielsa i.e.; upwards to the Promised Land. ALAW
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Nailed it!
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Being a Luddite, would somebody please tell me who 1D are. I have never heard of them. Am I missing out on something
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It’s One Direction, you old fuddy-duddy. Gosh. Don’t you wish you were a cool, hip groovster like me? 😎
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I thought it meant ‘One Dimensional’ like their dismal music. More of a Sabbath fan meself. They were from Aston so possibly Villa fans.
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Sabbath – quality. Led Zep too. What the hell has happened to music 🙄
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I dunno Rob. Maybe all the good ideas have been used up or we could just be getting on a bit(I know I am). MOT
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Nothing new under the sun – every great song has its roots way back and, every now and then, new classics appear – or so I like to believe! Even though I’m definitely getting on a bit. But getting the odd death threat from Millwall fans keeps me young at heart 🙂
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Typical Millwall animals eh Rob? If Louis liked the Nial the nonentity we all know why eh? Very funny story like it! 1D should be done for crimes to music. We’re LEEDS and we don’t fold anymore after going behind MOT.
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