Friday marked the final day of the January transfer window in the Premier League, and one lower division club's social media staff decided to have some fun with it.
AFC Wimbeldon's official account poked fun at the seriousness of deadline day with a string of lighthearted tweets that left the Twitter world in stitches. They currently play in League Two, which is the fourth division of English soccer.
They began with a play on the whole "transfer window" thing.
Transfer update: No players spotted out the window, although bizarrely this chap is carrying a hawk #DeadlineDay pic.twitter.com/hGg8CkjTKN
— AFC Wimbledon (@AFCWimbledon) January 31, 2014
Then they had a deal to announce.
DONE DEAL: Safety Officer Phil completes a deal to bring a sandwich & steak bake to AFC Wimbledon for under a fiver pic.twitter.com/2Z14EaqPlU
— AFC Wimbledon (@AFCWimbledon) January 31, 2014
Later, they joked about their status as a small-market club.
Transfer update: A car just parked outside. If it belongs to a player he is probably in our price range #DeadlineDay pic.twitter.com/A3svZxitEm
— AFC Wimbledon (@AFCWimbledon) January 31, 2014
Then, some more big news followed.
The latest spot through our office (transfer) window: A genuine actual player!! Knew the last 5 hours were worth it pic.twitter.com/qtMkgedbRq
— AFC Wimbledon (@AFCWimbledon) January 31, 2014
They got a bit distracted.
LATEST: No new player news, however this learner driver just managed to mount the curb whilst reverse parking #Fail pic.twitter.com/NuhRoeo3bc
— AFC Wimbledon (@AFCWimbledon) January 31, 2014
There was finally some real news to report.
Oops too busy looking for an exclusive to notice that we officially extended Charlie Wyke's loan until 4 April: http://t.co/VI6Q3rPfLd
— AFC Wimbledon (@AFCWimbledon) January 31, 2014
After a long day of hijinx, it was finally time to close the window.
Sadly Neal has confirmed no further signings to http://t.co/kpuW49GvSu so time to close our office transfer window 🙁 pic.twitter.com/NXdbLycaQ8
— AFC Wimbledon (@AFCWimbledon) January 31, 2014
It's great to see so many team twitter accounts have fun with social media and be legitimately funny. Hopefully more do the same in the future.
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