Patrick Bamford says Leeds United followers turned up outdoors his home after he missed a penalty towards Newcastle United in Could 2023.
Bamford, 30, added that he needed to deactivate his Twitter account just a few months earlier than the incident as a result of “the abuse obtained so dangerous — threatening my household and even my little woman”.
The sport towards Newcastle was on Could 13, with Bamford lacking a Twenty eighth-minute penalty which might have seen Leeds take a 2-0 lead at Elland Street. Newcastle then went 2-1 up thanks to 2 profitable penalties from Callum Wilson, earlier than Rasmus Kristensen equalised late on.
Leeds have been then relegated from the Premier League after defeats towards West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur, having spent three seasons again within the prime flight.
Bamford, talking on the BBC’s My Mate’s A Footballer podcast, remembers that his companion phoned him after the Newcastle recreation and advised him there have been folks outdoors his home who had not moved for “20 minutes”.
“As I flip into the drive to get in, I can’t even get to the gate, there’s two automobiles blocking it,” Bamford stated.
“That they had their home windows open. I went to place my window down and as I did, they put their home windows open and simply stared at me. Then the gate opened as a result of my dad had opened it they usually drove off.
“I feel it was a end result of the previous few weeks. I took quite a lot of flak for it, rightly or wrongly. The best way they expressed it was loopy.”
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Bamford added that his companion didn’t really feel secure of their residence following the incident and he needed to name on his private sports activities psychologist for help.
“I rang him (Bamford’s sports activities psychologist) actually straight after that occurred,” Bamford continued. “He was like, ‘How do you’re feeling?’
“I stated, ‘I’m not upset concerning the abuse, I’m offended that somebody’s come to the home and completed that’. The membership have been good, they ended up placing safety on the home for the entire night time.
“I used to be like, ‘How do I clarify to Michaela — don’t fear, the whole lot’s secure’, although we’re sitting there with safety and a safety canine outdoors the home all night time.”
The day after the Newcastle recreation, Leeds launched an announcement condemning on-line abuse and threats Bamford had obtained following his missed penalty.
Bamford stays at Leeds and has scored 4 targets in 23 appearances this season for the Championship membership.
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