{"id":216813,"date":"2023-11-24T21:03:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T21:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=216813"},"modified":"2023-11-24T21:03:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T21:03:04","slug":"peterborough-womens-team-slam-fans-praising-players-for-their-looks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/sport\/peterborough-womens-team-slam-fans-praising-players-for-their-looks\/","title":{"rendered":"Peterborough Women&apos;s team slam &apos;fans&apos; praising players for their looks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Peterborough&#8217;s Women&#8217;s team say they are &#8216;appalled&#8217; and tell new &#8216;fans&#8217; on social media they are not welcome after seeing posts flooded with praise for two players &#8211; because of their looks<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Supposed &#8216;fans&#8217; flooded Peterborough Women&#8217;s social media with comments<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>They appeared to focus on the looks of two players rather than their ability<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It\u2019s the world against Everton \u2013 it can galvanise the players to stay up &#8211; IAKO<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Peterborough&#8217;s Women&#8217;s team have slammed &#8216;fans&#8217; for flooding their social media posts with praise for two of their players purely due to their looks.<\/p>\n<p>Peterborough picked up an impressive 10-0 win against Long Buckby AFC in the Northamptonshire FA County Cup with Tara Mae Kirk and Keir Perkins both scoring twice.<\/p>\n<p>After Peterborough posted images of the two women to celebrate their goals on X, supporters piled in with comments, with many appearing to focus mainly on the players&#8217; appearances rather than their goalscoring ability.<\/p>\n<p>There were also a number of remarks that appeared to be patronising the players, with one writer posting: &#8216;Kirk &gt; Messi and Ronaldo&#8217;, while another stated the forward is &#8216;the goatttttt&#8217; (Greatest of all time) and a fellow &#8216;fan&#8217; claimed &#8216;she must win the ballon d&#8217;Or&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Another &#8216;supporter&#8217; added: &#8216;Another weekend, another Perkins and Kirk masterclass&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/22\/13\/78109111-12779739-image-m-13_1700659114497.jpg\" height=\"584\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Fans&#8217; piled into the comments when Tara Mae Kirk (pictured) scored on the weekend<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/22\/13\/78109107-12779739-image-m-18_1700659263011.jpg\" height=\"565\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Keir Perkins also received plenty of attention from fans after scoring twice on Sunday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/22\/13\/78109417-12779739-image-a-14_1700659157618.jpg\" height=\"258\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>They appeared to be patronising her by claiming she is better than Messi and Ronaldo<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/22\/13\/78109419-12779739-image-a-15_1700659178809.jpg\" height=\"167\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Another &#8216;fan&#8217; stated that Kirk is &#8216;the goatttttt&#8217; (Greatest of all time)<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>The interest in posts involving Kirk and Perkins was also visibly noticeable. The post for Kirk&#8217;s first goal was liked 20,000 times and received over 850 retweets, while her second goal got 17,000 likes and almost 700 retweets.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the post for Perkins&#8217; first goal received 900 likes, and interest went up significantly for her second goal which got 6,500 likes.<\/p>\n<p>By comparison, one of Peterborough&#8217;s other goals from a different scorer received just 65 likes.<\/p>\n<p>Peterborough have noticed this alongside a number of the disappointing comments from supposed supporters, and condemned the behaviour while also calling on social media companies to do more to stamp it out.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement shared on X earlier this week, they wrote: &#8216;Peterborough United Football Club strongly condemn all forms of social media abuse and are appalled by some of the comments aimed at our players over the weekend on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/22\/13\/78109425-12779739-image-a-16_1700659209384.jpg\" height=\"229\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>One &#8216;supporter&#8217; declared that Kirk should be rewarded with the Ballon d&#8217;Or<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/22\/13\/78109423-12779739-image-a-19_1700659297604.jpg\" height=\"121\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>She also appeared to be patronised in the comments section on social media, leading to Peterborough condemning the behaviour online earlier this week<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We would like to reiterate that anyone involved in making or sharing such comments will be reported and are not welcomed in interacting with our football club on any level.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We will continue to support the players who have received any social media abuse and work with governing bodies to find a solution to stamping out any future abuse. The welfare of our players is paramount and will always be our priority.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We hope social media companies will put the relevant legislation in place to stop any form of abuse from happening moving forward.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Peterborough will be back in action on Sunday when they face Wolves in the second round of the FA Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12779739\/Peterboroughs-Womens-team-say-appalled-tell-new-fans-social-media-not-welcome-seeing-posts-flooded-praise-two-players-looks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peterborough&#8217;s Women&#8217;s team say they are &#8216;appalled&#8217; 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