Go easy on him, he’s only a kid.
After all, confusing your footballing allegiances between West Ham and Aston Villa is a mistake any one of us could make – even a recently-resigned Prime Minister. Isn’t that right Dave?
West Ham are currently on the other side of the pond as they gear up for the new season, and on Tuesday they faced Carolina Railhawks in their final match of their tour.
Ahead of the game, West Ham’s official Twitter account shared a few pictures of the excited crowd, all decked out in the club’s famous claret and blue colours.
However, as pointed out by several eagle-eyed viewers of the tweet – a young supporter that featured in one of the snaps was actually sporting a Villa shirt.
Plenty of excitement among Hammers fans at @RailHawksFC 🇺🇸⚒ #WHUSTour pic.twitter.com/6vb84oWDZo
— West Ham United (@WestHam) July 12, 2016
Although we’re not in the business of mocking a child who probably didn’t fully understand the significance of wearing one English team’s shirt while watching another English team play, it didn’t take long for the predictable ‘only in America’ / ‘typical West Ham’ responses…
Only in America West Ham fan with Aston Villa shirt on !ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ pic.twitter.com/3tTZ5yBrBE
— kev ball (@ballysafc) July 13, 2016
"I haven't got a West Ham shirt though, Dad!"
"It doesn't matter, just put the Villa one on!"
"Ok…" pic.twitter.com/qNWXBQDWbo
— HLTCO (@HLTCO) July 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/MattISpurs/status/753500864543911937
Poor kid. We’re sure if West Ham get wind of this they’ll send him a new shirt… unless he genuinely is a Villa fan, that is. In which case, well played, kid.
