{"id":138373,"date":"2025-10-22T13:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/138373\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T13:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:47:10","slug":"shane-duffy-apologises-for-odd-social-media-attack-on-norwich-city-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/138373\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Duffy Apologises For Odd Social Media Attack On Norwich City Fan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Norwich City continued their dreadful start to the Championship season, losing 1-0 against Derby County at Pride Park last night.<\/p>\n<p>That result left the club languishing in the relegation zone, having taken just eight points from their opening eight fixtures. In fact, their last win in the league came all way back in August.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the club had promotion aspirations coming into the campaign, that run of form has led to quite a bit of criticism from supporters. That is something that led to a bizarre response from Ireland defender Shane Duffy in the aftermath of last night&#8217;s fixture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/steven-ireland-over-35s-premier-league-642623\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Ireland Starring For Sunday League Galacticos With Over 1500 Premier League Appearances<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/ireland-nations-league-2027-world-cup-631991\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Explained &#8211; Why Ireland v Belgium Is Pivotal For 2027 World Cup Hopes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shane Duffy Under Fire For Bizarre Social Media Attack On Norwich City Fan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the loss to Derby County, Norwich City manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/ckg1849827eo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">suggested<\/a> that this season was always going to be a difficult one for the club due to the players that left during the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Those words have not gone down well among the supporters. When one particular fan criticised Manning for his comments, he would be subjected to a rather odd set of insults from Shane Duffy on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Norwich are in the bottom 3, not won for 2 months with a head coach under real pressure and now our centre back Shane Duffy, who hasn&#8217;t kicked a ball this season is calling a fan a knob and a gimp. This football club man <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ncfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#ncfc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4h4i5jjpfM\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/4h4i5jjpfM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Canary Cast (@CastCanary) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CastCanary\/status\/1980888938769522804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Those were not the only posts from the Irishman.<\/p>\n<p>Duffy would reply to a number of users on X, with all of the posts having since been deleted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fucks happening with shane Duffy \ud83d\ude2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/shfjpDkyET\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/shfjpDkyET<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PUSB \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f (@ccfc_07) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ccfc_07\/status\/1980766341717000685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n        Recommended\n    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a :href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.url\" :title=\"article.title\" :aria-label=\"article.title\" class=\"not-prose col-span-2 md:col-span-1 ga-event\" data-category=\"Recommended Article Tracker\" data-action=\"click\" :data-label=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.url\" :data-value=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.url\"><\/p>\n<p>                                            <img class=\"aspect-video\" width=\"130\" height=\"73\" :src=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/article.image\" :alt=\"'Image for: ' + article.title\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>A strange one.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, this behaviour from Shane Duffy has resulted in quite a bit of criticism.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just in from work and catching up on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#NCFC<\/a> fallout. Blimey. If those tweets are really from Shane Duffy, there\u2019s surely a \u201cmeeting without coffee\u201d coming between player and club. And surely big, big changes are imminent.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan O&#8217;Hagan \u26bd\ufe0f\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f (@danohagan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danohagan\/status\/1980778251917340787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So to recap, last night Norwich dropped into the bottom 3 for the first time since being relegated in 2009, Liam Manning tried to gaslight us into believing the aim was never top 6, and Shane Duffy took to twitter to call a fan a knob and a gimp. Truly an iconic day. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ncfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#ncfc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Brigham (@dan_brigham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dan_brigham\/status\/1980891016032121062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shane Duffy beefing with fans, our 7th loss in 11 games, putting ourselves in the relegation zone, and a board who can\u2019t make their mind up on what they do and don\u2019t want<\/p>\n<p>By far the lowest the club has been in some time, sleepwalking to League One. <\/p>\n<p>What a mess. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#NCFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Freddie Humphry-Wakefield (@FHWakefield02) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FHWakefield02\/status\/1980761734458814639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The player would later apologise for the remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Duffy took to X on Wednesday afternoon, saying the comments came out of &#8216;frustration&#8217;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s been a tough period, and seeing the criticism towards the team has been hard. We have to accept the criticism right now. Everyone here cares a lot about performing well, and sometimes emotions get the better of you when things aren\u2019t going as planned. (1\/2)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shane Duffy (@shaneduffy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shaneduffy\/status\/1980964171744153932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My comment came out of frustration, not a lack of respect for the supporters \u2014 we really do value your passion and backing. I apologise for my comments. (2\/2)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shane Duffy (@shaneduffy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shaneduffy\/status\/1980964240459440473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Shane Duffy has yet to play a single minute of football this season. In fact, he has made the matchday squad on only one occasion, although he has been unavailable in recent weeks due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>While it has been suggested that the defender is close to a return to full fitness, this outburst is unlikely to do his chances of returning to the team any favours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/football\/the-game-was-on-tv-i-was-going-to-be-shot-james-mcclean-was-sent-death-threat-on-ireland-duty-642619\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UK Media Headlines On James McClean Petrol Bombs Story Provoke Online Backlash<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Norwich City continued their dreadful start to the Championship season, losing 1-0 against Derby County at Pride Park&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[18,19,17,82013,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-138373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-shane-duffy","12":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}