Football review 2012: Tweets of the year

A look back at the year in football

Monday 17 December 2012 08:30 EST

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With the year drawing to a close, we begin our series looking back at the highs, lows, absurd and brilliant from the world of football in 2012.

David Cameron's saying that too many tweets might make a twat has never been more applicable than in 2012 with Ashley Cole, Nicklas Bendtner, Rio Ferdinand, and of course, Joey Barton featuring in our rundown of the best tweets of the year.

Click here or click 'VIEW GALLERY' to launch our guide.

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