A football player who threatened to hit the 'F *** ING Head in' of a fan desperately tried to explain his actions after he had desired the supporter dead by cancer.
Tom Pope, 39, played for Rotherham, Port Vale and Bury in a long career in the Football League before he finally went semi-pro. He has played the most recently for Kidsgrove Athletic in the Northern Premier League Division One West, where he has been Joint-Player Manager.
But now he is flooded in controversy after screenshots were created by the veteran who apparently argued with a fan on social media platform X and told him that he hoped that his chemotherapy cancer treatment killed him.
The situation escalated after Pope originally shared his views on NU formator Port Vale defender Nathan Smith who left the club after 16 years, after he had previously played next to him.
He posted: “Fans can say:” Oh he is your partner “I was a professional for 17 years. I know what League 1 and 2 are about! Last night I watched stockport orient with Horsfall and Beckles who could not string his boots and cannot pass.
'Played 6 months from the back, Smudge in promotion. Bye. '
Fan Nathan Shapland was chipped in the debate and told Pope not to tell 'Darren Moore about managing' because Pope has been 'not a pro -manager'.
Pope seemed to see red and replied: 'That is your last comment, I will not block you, because that is what F ** nies do, but I will not answer you anymore! You don't know football and you are a *** bag, so no more time to offer you. You are a waste of time. '
After Shapland replied: “Good reasonable response,” Pope posted: “You spent reasonably 2 days talking about S *** and pissed me from your little one. That threat clearly did not register yesterday, so now I go away before your mouth leaves you in a situation where you can't run away. '
But the duo had argued online the day before, with Pope Branding A 'Brutale P *** K' and threatening: “You better hope that none of my friends will point you out, I promise you now.”
He had posted in advance: “Oh, I'm far over the size, I'm not going to do back and so” oh you legend “” my son loved you “like any other ex player would! But I now promise you Nath after that comment, I will now know everything about you, you better hope that you are older than 18, I promise you that. '
Shapland replied: “Very adult.” He would then share a screenshot of a private message from Pope, with the text: 'You can put this on Twitter and show everyone you want. I will hit your f *** ING head in my warnings, are not clearly sunk after I had repeatedly told you to leave it and you stayed through your phone in your phone in your mothers' bedroom.
'Of course a big mouth that has never had a good blow, but I will now show you how a mouth gets you. I warned you, so don't start crying. '
Shapland replied: “Mums Dead Pal.” Pope then replied: “Well, I will make sure you come to her then,” before Shapland answered: “Beautiful my chemo can get me first.”
Pope then wrote: “Let's hope.”
After the post was shared, Pope wrote himself: 'I threatened a boy who abused me and he said I have cancer! As if someone would regard that as a gospel.
“I didn't know he did ffs, I thought he took the p ***, I'm not so terrible. I thought he said it because I threatened him. Anyway, fast recovery big GOB. '
When he was accused of 'back tracking', he added: 'Backtracking he follows me, I do not know who he is, I am your idiot. Trying to come out, I would wish someone dead that I don't even know that you can all be able to finish f ***! If you all think honestly that I knew he had it and still sends it to him, then that is on you a lot. You clearly don't know me. '
Shapland replied: “If you look briefly at my account that you knew before you started, I am very open about it, that is my way of dealing with it.”
Pope then replied: 'No, I am not looking at your account, I see your name abusing me and hammer me for months! I told you that I wish the best, I don't really want you to be dead, I have no idea who you are and someone else would say honest enough! I wish you Nath, you know I didn't know. '
Shapland would post later: “Not a fight with your hero, I think.”
Pope played more than 300 times for Port Vale in his career and scored in the FA Cup against Manchester City in 2020.
Pope was contacted by e -mail sport for comment.