Twitter users that get abused because their profiles are similar to footballers, managers or clubs

3) @adamjohnson

Adam Johnson has give Adam Johnsons worldwide a bad name

Sometimes it’s bad enough when you share the same name as a footballer and get abuse coming your way when he performs badly and Twitter users aren’t bothered to find out the player’s actual profile. It’s another thing when said player is arrested and sentenced to prison for sex offences involving an underage, 15-year-old girl!

That’s exactly what Twitter user Adam Keith Johnson found out when former England player Adam Johnson was found guilty of grooming a young teenage girl.

@adamjohnson you're a sick sick man you need help

— Adam (@AdamDelRay) March 2, 2015

Wow you should be ashamed @adamjohnson

— . (@64_bit_hero) February 10, 2016

The poor guy received a ton of abuse on Twitter and he had to clarify that he was in no way associated with the former Sunderland player.

This account is not in any way associated with the soccer player who shares the same name.

— Adam Johnson (@adamjohnson) March 2, 2015

He wasn’t the only Adam Johnson on Twitter to get abused, though. As you can imagine, it’s not exactly an uncommon name.

Christ... I'm getting tweets from strangers thinking I'm the footballer from sunderland

— AJ (@Adam__Johnson) March 2, 2015