5 ways in which trolling is ruining the football experience

#4 Attack on personal lives

Raheem Sterling’s personal life was mocked due to fabricated memes

How many children does Raheem Sterling have?

Forget for an instant that whatever number it is, us fans have nothing to do with it and no reason whatsoever to be interested in it. Forget for an instant how Sterling and his family might be feeling when varying rumours circulate over the internet. What is the answer to the above question? Well, to those of you who have been following social media trolls too much, the answer might be shocking – just one.

Outside the football pitch, when the trolls begin to target personal lives, that too based on unconfirmed and questionable news sources, the matter begins to escalate beyond the world of football – such personal heckling is nothing short of cyber crime. Even Irina Shayk was the target of heavy social media trolling when she broke up with Cristiano Ronaldo. Such poisonous attacks on personal lives have to stop.