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20th August 2016
07:04pm BST

The response to Gray's tweets has been broadly condemnatory - just because they're four years old, back when he was in his early twenties, doesn't mean people are condoning what the striker said.
https://twitter.com/germainearnold/status/767035878573236224
https://twitter.com/ffsOsian/status/767029886796128256
https://twitter.com/retfordred1234/status/767034663953174528
https://twitter.com/Swan_1878/status/767023433863589889
https://twitter.com/fishoutdolanout/status/767038157086945280
Footballers playing in England have been suspended for offensive tweets in the past, so a ban for Gray would not be out of the question.
Robert Huth missed two games in the 2014/15 season for transphobic tweets, while a homophobic remark from Coventry defender Chris Stokes saw him banned and fined by the football association.
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