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Middlesbrough fans unhappy with the BBC’s Adam Johnson tweet

Published 21:19 2 Mar 2016 GMT

Updated 23:47 2 Mar 2016 GMT

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Middlesbrough fans unhappy with the BBC’s Adam Johnson tweet

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On Wednesday, former Sunderland Adam Johnson was found guilty on one charge of sexual activity with a child, and found not guilty on a further charge.

In the aftermath of the jury reaching their decision, BBC Sport published a story charting Johnson's 'fall from grace'. The report was tweeted from their official Twitter account, accompanied by a picture of Johnson in a Middlesbrough shirt. Johnson played for Middlesbrough before joining Manchester City - the team he represented before joining Sunderland. FullSizeRender However, although clearly no offence was intended by it, the decision to include this particular picture didn't sit well with some of the people that replied. https://twitter.com/SimplyRhodes/status/705107540074483712 https://twitter.com/Chris_harrow83/status/705109225731727360 https://twitter.com/Stuaxi/status/705106801923112960 https://twitter.com/davidgibb45/status/705107528661733376

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Middlesbrough fans unhappy with the BBC's Adam Johnson tweet