Welsh footballer Neil Taylor is quite different to the Neil Taylor who was bombarded with abuse on Twitter following his namesake's horror tackle on Seamus Coleman. Photo / Getty Images.
Spare a thought for Neil Taylor, not the Wales full-back but the Liberal Democrat councillor from Greater Manchester.
In fall-out from Friday night's World Cup qualifier between Wales and Republic of Ireland he was innocent victim of a social media assault. Angry Irishman and Evertonians picked up their phones to
vent their frustrations at seeing Seamus Coleman left with a broken leg but targeted the wrong account.
As Mr Taylor celebrated his 10th wedding anniversary with a curry and a beer his mentions began to blow up with his name trended Twitter in the wake of the fiery World Cup qualifier.
Unfortunately, hundreds of people inadvertently directed their fury towards the former Timperley councillor, who before last night was best known for his fund-raising efforts to get a statue of comedian and musician Frank Sidebottom built in the village.
