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Lynsey Sharp is at the centre of a internet storm after marking Novak Djokovic’s
Wimbledon triumph with a tweet based on a football smear campaign.
Rangers fan Sharp, 25, posted: “Just catching up on [HASHTAG]#Wimbledon[/HASHTAG].....Big Djok Knew.”
The tweet, which has since been removed, was widely interpreted as a reference to the slogan “Big Jock Knew.”
Sharp then prompted further ridicule by claiming she thought it was a reference to former Rangers manager Jock Wallace.
The jibe refers to claims Parkhead icon Jock Stein was aware of sexual abuse committed by the former Celtic Boys Club manager, Jim Torbett, but did not notify the authorities.
Torbett was subsequently jailed for two and a half years in 1998.
But former Scotland boss Stein has never been implicated in any criminality or knowledge of the abuse and the slurs have caused distress to his family.