The Sun Issue Pithy Apology To QPR Striker Charlie Austin After ‘Unnamed Man’ Caption Balls-Up

Chris Wright

9th, December 2014

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By Chris Wright

Sterling stuff from The Sun newsdesk this morning, with the following caption appearing at the top of a photo from QPR’s blood-soaked Christmas shindig on Sunday evening…

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The “unnamed man” of course, being one Charlie Austin: QPR striker/the Premier League’s fourth-top goalscorer/the highest scoring Englishman in the division.

Robbie Keane feels your pain, Charlie. He really does.

Anyway, after realising their caption cock-up, The Sun emitted the following tongue-in-cheek apology to Austin via Twitter – crow-barring a sly dig at QPR in there in the process…

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Yeah, yeah, we know it’s The Sun and everything, but that tickled us.

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  1. David Allison says:

    I think a better punishment would have been to force said journalist to read The Sun for the rest of the season…

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