Rob Parker | October 26, 2009
Hull striker’s social networking habits hit him in the pocket
Jozy Altidore has been told he will face a club fine after revealing that Hull manager Phil Brown had dropped him for Saturday’s match against Portsmouth via Twitter. Altidore tweeted an apology confessing that he had turned up late for the game.
He wrote: “Apologize to all [...]
Rob Parker | October 2, 2009
Hull striker was tweeting during the excitement
Following Phil Brown’s heroic tales of talking a woman out of jumping from the Humber Bridge, the fine folks at Twofootedtackle alerted us to this tweet from Jozy Altidore.
The message confirms that the Tigers were on the bridge on Wednesday morning but while Altidore found the time to comment [...]
Rob Parker | June 24, 2009
USA stun Spain to reach Confederations Cup final
Remember we told you that Spain full-back Joan ‘Rivers’ Capdevila had taken a bit of a pop at the USA’s Jozy Altidore? Just to refresh your memory, Capdevila said of his Villarreal team-mate: “Yesterday he sent me a message and told me that we had to be careful. [...]
Rob Parker | June 24, 2009
European champions think they are supposed to be scared…
Spain laughed off a pre-Confederations Cup semi-final warning SMS by attributing it to poor language skills. USA forward Jozy Altidore sent a text to Villarreal team-mate Joan ‘Rivers’ Capdevila urging the hot favourites to watch their backs. Naturally, the Spaniards assumed something had been lost in translation.
Capdevila [...]
