Spitting Jamie Carragher

Spitting Jamie Carragher

Updated Mar 13, 2018 at 06:13PM EDT by Matt.

Added Mar 13, 2018 at 05:26PM EDT by Matt.

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Spitting Jamie Carragher refers to a series of jokes and online discussion regarding a video Sky News sports commentator Jamie Carragher spitting at a motorist.

Origin

On March 10th, 2018, following a Manchester United football match in England, Sky News commentator Jamie Carragher was recorded spitting at a nearby motorist, who was heckling him from their car (shown below).[1]



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Shortly after the incident was reported, people began photoshopping the image of Carragher spitting onto various images. On March 11th, Twitter[2] user @MarkSummy photoshopped it onto the t-shirt of former player Kenny Dalgish. They added the caption "The spitting was misunderstood. Where Jamie Carragher comes from it’s a way of greeting someone; almost treating them like family." The post (shown below, left) received mroe than 2,000 retweets and 4,800 likes in less than one week.

Over the next few days, more fans began posting jokes about the incident and inserting images from the video into various pictures (examples below, center and right).


The spitting was misunderstood. Where Jamie Carragher comes from it's a way of greeting someone; almost treating them like family. 12日ETI ISkY SPORT 匝! 12日E BARCLAYS BARCLAYS @ManUnitedOnion Jamie Carragher teaches spitting for self- defence 0 Save ALL RIGHt, HERESTHE 411, FOLKS. SAy SOME UNITED FAN AND HIS DAUGHtER IS DISSIN, yOLe Sky Sports open investigation into Jamie Carragher spitting incident: iI ANALYSIS ACCURACY 30% SHOTS ON ARGET: DRIBBLES: TOUCH MAP PASS MAP

On March 11th, Carragher tweeted,[3] "Totally out of order & Ive apologised personally to all the family this evening. I was goaded 3/4 times along the motorway while being filmed & lost my rag. No excuse apologies." The post (shown below) received more than 7,300 retweets and 27,000 likes in two days.


Jamie Carragher @Carra23 Totally out of order & Ive apologised personally to all the family this evening. I was goaded 3/4 times along the motorway while being filmed & lost my rag. No excuse apologies. Mirror Football @MirrorFootball EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Carragher spits at football fan and his 14-year- old daughter in shocking video following Liverpool's defeat to Manchester United mirror.co.uk/sport/football...

Various Examples


BREAKING NEWS: @SkySports confirm Jamie Carragher will not face the sack, but measures will be put in place to prevent anybody else being spat on by Jamie in the future Gary Neville analysing where Jamie Carragher's sky career went wrong.. LIVE OMG I'M SO F------ WET! TAXI FAKE @_PapaBeats
Sky Sports open investigation into Jamie Carragher spitting incident: iI ANALYSIS ACCURACY 30% SHOTS ON ARGET: DRIBBLES: TOUCH MAP PASS MAP All this carry on about Carragher spitting... Clearly can see it's a Nike logo #watc #MCFC #aguero RT for Triple H FAV for Carragher #jamiecarragher

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