The whole City of Stoke seems to have gotten its knickers in a twist over the result of Goal of the Season.
On Sunday night MOTD asked fans to vote on Twitter for the goal of the season, a selection that included Jack Wilshere’s goal against West Brom.
We all knew how that would go.
Arsenal fans have been hijacking polls for years on Twitter ensuring that Arsenal players win awards and ridiculous results are returned for other clubs.
The end result was that Jack Wilshere won the vote with just under 35% while Stoke’s Charlie Adam came second with just over 20%.
It was hilarious…as long as you aren’t from Stoke.
The Stoke Sentinel ran a piece on Monday with the headline ‘Stoke City: Charlie Adam denied goal of the season by Arsenal fans in MOTD shambles’.
In the piece, the reporter, Pete Smith, said
“It meant Arsenal fans around the world skewed the last-minute vote to reward Wilshere for a final day goal against West Brom.
“That saw the BBC reward a goal scored from 20 yards past Boaz Myhill rather than a screamer from 65 yards past Thibaut Cortois.”
He finishes his piece with “It comes three years after Peter Crouch missed out on the prize for his stupendous volley past England keeper Joe Hart and Manchester City. That season’s title was won by Papiss Cisse.”
I suppose that was the fault of Arsenal fans as well, huh?
So as if it wasn’t amazing enough that Jack’s last day winner won the award, Stoke being angry just makes it even sweeter.
Well done Arsenal Twitter.
You really do rule.