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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!After Peterborough United spanked four goals without reply past Sheffield Wednesday in the first leg of the League One playoff semi-final last Friday, a number of things happened on Social Media Disgrace Twitter; some of them funny, others not so much. With the tie ostensibly over after their humbling at the hands of a team that had finished 19 points below them, a photo of a flyer hawking seats on an Owls supporters’ bus to Wembley was published to much ridicule. The subtext: “Tee-hee! Look at these guys getting ahead of themselves! That’ll learn them.” On a far more sinister note, there were other posts, many of them toxic and abusive, calling for Wednesday coach Darren Moore’s head despite his side having amassed 96 points over the season, a tally that would have earned them automatic promotion every year in history if Football Daily could be bothered climbing up to the attic to check through the dozens of old Tobacco Yearbooks that are responsible for the worrying bulge in our bedroom ceiling. One particular keyboard warrior even saw fit to racially abuse Moore and was promptly banned from Hillsborough for life. The lowlife in question may well be cowering in his mum’s box room waiting for a knock on the door from members of the local constabulary eager to feel his collar.After the controversy over the overlooking of Simon Mazier’s ‘Fenerbahce Sequence’ (Football Daily letters passim) now we get Richard Hirst’s ‘Inter City 125’ being snubbed (yesterday’s letters). Are the judging committee on the sauce?” – Jeff Lloyd (and others).I may have made some erroneous comments a few days ago (Monday’s letters) regarding Sheffield Wednesday’s shambolic loss to Peterborough in the first leg of the League One playoff semi-final. Given new evidence that has now come to light, I would like to profusely apologise for misspeaking regarding this issue and issue a correction stating that ‘We are, by far, the greatest team the world has ever seen’. Of course, we’ll obviously now lose the playoff final, but still” – Noble Francis.This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions. Continue reading...