By Alan Duffy
Poor old Andy Murray, his tears at the end of his defeat to Swiss tennis-droid Roger Federer will have endeared him to the nation. He is the new Diana, or Gazza, or someone. At least with Wimbledon now over we won’t have to put with too more appalling jokes relating to “Murray will go back to being Scottish now he’s lost” etc. Anyway, following the men’s final result, chunky Spurs midfielder Tom Huddlestone posted a rather inoffensive Tweet applauding Federer’s performance. Although the phrase “in his back garden” is new to me, I must admit.
However, this Tweet (see below) somehow found its way onto the radar of one Andy Gray, no doubt as he sat at his computer in his y-fronts, with a glass of scotch in one hand. Using Richard Keys’ Twitter account, Gray launched a rather unfair little missive in the direction of Huddlestone. As I said, I imagine alcohol had a part to play in it. Read the odd exchange below…