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#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
Several Celtic fans, whom were presumably searching social media for mentions of Fenerbahçe, which had drawn into the same Europa League group earlier that day, spotted the post and shared it as if it was a threat against their teams. As a hashtag, they picked the famous Crocodile Dundee quote: “That’s not a knife...”
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
Interestingly, everything started when a Twitter user named “Ajaxamsterdam” cursed at Fenerbahçe on Aug. 28. Then, a Fenerbahçe fan named Sevgio Auditore posted a photo herself while holding knife, mentioning Ajaxamsterdam while tweeting: “Say it again.”
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
Here are the best posts of Celtic fans showing off spoons, potatoes, bras and other stuff.
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
Fenerbahçe fans quickly got the joke and responded in a similar manner.
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
In the end, Fenerbahçe fan Auditore returned to make sure that her initial knife-wielding photo was just a joke.
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
But it was too late. The social media battle had already become larger than Celtic and Fenerbahçe when fans of other teams, particularly Sporting Lisbon, joined the game.
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
#thatsnotaknife! 40 funny posts from Fenerbahçe vs. Celtic tweet battle
A single Celtic fan’s expletive tweet turned into a social media battle with the Scottish club’s Europa League rivals Fenerbahçe when a Turkish fan responded by wielding a knife. Click through for the remarkable tweets of the epic social media clash that turned anger into fun via sarcasm.
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