Footballer Warren Barton's 'tackle' picture becomes internet sensation
Published Jul 11 2012, 17:20 BST | By Mayer Nissim
The official Barclays Premier League website took down an archive picture of ex-Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Vincent Samways today after it went viral for all the wrong reasons.Football fans on Twitter noticed that opposition defender Warren Barton was showing more than he intended when sliding in for a tackle.
We've saved Barton's modesty with a cockerel borrowed from Samways's shirt, but screengrabs of the uncensored image are still circulating on social networking websites.
As the link was shared around the web, the Barclays site - quick as a flash - took down the offending image, replacing it with a placeholder showing a ghostly cut-out.
By then though, the damage had obviously been done.
Barton currently works for Fox Soccer in the US and is a keen Twitter user himself, but is yet to comment on the picture.
hardly worth bothering looking...seen bigger ! lol
July 12th 2012 at 7:23pm
The irony of the whole story is that if anyone has ever lived in America and seen Warren Barton's punditry on ESPN, then you'll know he's talking a load of balls.
July 12th 2012 at 1:33am(+1 like)
Barclays is not improving on its checking problems image is it!
July 11th 2012 at 7:43pm
Can I see a couple of ghost balls popping out the side there.
July 11th 2012 at 7:33pm
I just thought I should tell everyone, but....... all men have penises.
I know that's a shocking thing to say to those who were amazed by the picture, but the more people who are aware of this the less this becomes an "internet sensation".
July 11th 2012 at 7:19pm(+8 likes)
Not true. I wanted to see this one because he is fit, I have no interest in seeing most of them.
Your post is also hypocritical from your gender as most men (not saying you) would not think 'all women have breasts' if this was the other way round. They would be scouring the internet for a copy.
July 11th 2012 at 7:40pm(+5 likes)