This morning the RTE soccer twitter account tweeted news of reports that Shamrock Rovers had sacked their under pressure manager Trevor Croly.

Within minutes Shamrock Rovers had denied the reports forcing RTE into an apology only 25 minutes after the original tweet was posted.

Shamrock Rovers say reports of Trevor Croly’s departure ‘totally untrue’. Earlier tweet from this account was incorrect. Apologies. — RTÉ Soccer (@RTEsoccer) August 19, 2013

RTE went further.

Trevor Croly story untrue. We are investigating who gained access to the @rtesoccer account and have updated all security settings. — RTÉ Soccer (@RTEsoccer) August 19, 2013


It's not the first time RTE's twitter account has posted rumours of a Shamrock Rovers manager. They were a bit premature with news of Stephen Kenny's sacking last year too.

Shamrock Rovers aren't happy.

Shamrock Rovers very unhappy with Twitter rumours this morning. "No truth whatsoever" in Croly stories. — Daniel McDonnell (@McDonnellDan) August 19, 2013

Croly's high spending Shamrock Rovers team lie in 5th place in the league and are closer in points to the bottom side Bray than they are to leaders St Pats. They've lost their last 3 games. We'll have our weekly Airtricity League wrap up later.

(Cover image Pic; David Maher/Sportsfile - tweet screen grab via @RuiDunsta )