June 01, 2016
Brian Hickey/Bristol Rovers/PhillyVoice/Twitter
Some English soccer fans are mixing up Philadelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke, pictured left, with Bristol Rovers manager Darrell Clarke, right.
As someone who shares a name with a person much more famous than myself, I can sympathize with Philadelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke.
According to the Bristol Post, Clarke has been getting support, praise and criticism from several Twitter members in England over the past year or so, but not because of his work on the city budget.
Instead, fans of the Bristol Rovers, an English football club, have been tweeting at Clarke because they're mistaking him for the team's manager, who's also named Darrell Clarke. Here are a few examples from the Post, which refers to Philly's Clarke as the "President of Philadelphia":
@nickhiggs14 Spend some money. @Darrell_Clarke needs to improve our team!
— Luke (@LukePhillips94) September 12, 2015
Good luck to @Darrell_Clarke and the boys today.
— Fat Boaz Myhill (@Terry_Nutkin) April 25, 2015
@Darrell_Clarke Nice to see you're proving your doubters wrong, I've always believed you were the man for the job. #UTG
— Luke (@LukePhillips94) February 21, 2015
About a year after the phenomenon started, it's still going on:
Are you coming to Leeds? @Darrell_Clarke #lufc
— The Mad Leeds Fan (@TheMadLeedsFan) May 27, 2016
@Official_BRFC just to be clear - we haven't just signed @Darrell_Clarke as a new overseas signing, right? 🤔⚽️
— ⚽ RG2 Gas ⚽ (@RG2Gas) May 27, 2016
What a bloke @Darrell_Clarke #utg
— Tom (@tdk1ngston) May 27, 2016
Some Brits caught their mistake:
@TheMadLeedsFan @Darrell_Clarke I made this mistake - it's the wrong Darrell Clarke, he's in the USA!
— Keith1963Leeds (@Keith1963Leeds) May 27, 2016
Clarke has recently acknowledged the mix-up, complying with a fan who said a retweet would "mean the world" to him.
— Darrell Clarke (@Darrell_Clarke) May 26, 2016
