Leeds United striker Patrick Bamford has revealed that followers confirmed up at his home after he missed a penalty in a match in opposition to Newcastle United final season.
The incident led to him receiving “a lot of flak” from supporters and in the end resulted within the Whites failing to remain within the Premier League, Leeds Live experiences.
Bamford, 30, determined to deactivate his X (previously Twitter) account after his household was focused with on-line abuse. Speaking on the My Mate’s a Footballer podcast with Joe Wilkinson, Bamford shared how the followers’ behaviour left his companion Michaela feeling unsafe.
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The former England worldwide admitted he confronted heavy criticism for the workforce’s efficiency after scoring solely two objectives in 28 video games final season. Their 2-2 draw with Newcastle occurred simply two weeks earlier than their relegation to the Championship was confirmed.
Bamford recalled a chilling incident when he returned residence from Elland Road to search out individuals ready outdoors his home. “As I turn up the drive to get in I can’t even cross the gate, there’s two cars [blocking it],” he mentioned.
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He continued: “I went to put my window down. As I did, they put their windows up and just started at me. Then the gate opened because my dad had opened it and they drove off.” Reflecting on the incident, Bamford mentioned: “I think it was a culmination of the last few weeks. I took a lot of flak for it. The way they expressed it was crazy.”
“It goes from conversations with David [Bamford’s sports psychologist] about sorting out how I’m feeling to then I’ve got to deal with [the fact] Michaela doesn’t feel safe in her own home. I rang him literally straight after that happened. He was like ‘how do you feel?’
“I mentioned ‘I’m not upset in regards to the abuse, I’m indignant that somebody’s come as much as the home’. The membership ended up placing safety on the home for the night time.”
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Nick Pope saved Bamford’s Twenty eighth-minute penalty. If Bamford had scored from 12 yards, Leeds would have been 2-0 up in a match they ended up drawing 2-2. “The situation Leeds were in was a pretty diabolical one – we were looking like we were going to go down, which we eventually did,” the previous Chelsea star mentioned.
“I always had Twitter, until about mid-March. The abuse got so bad – threatening my family and even my little girl.” Bamford says working with a sports activities psychologist has helped him navigate tough occasions and made a giant distinction to his wellbeing.
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He has rediscovering his goal-scoring contact, discovering the again of the online 4 occasions because the flip of the 12 months. Bamford is anticipated to play a key position of their promotion push over the approaching months. Daniel Farke’s males are at the moment third within the Championship, a degree off the automated promotion positions.