Promotion hopefuls Sheffield United have apologised after their X account was hacked.
Barry Bannan, captain of the club's rivals Sheffield Wednesday, was targeted in several posts on Monday and other offensive and derogatory comments were made.
The club, who take on Sky Bet Championship rivals Sunderland for a place in the Premier League at Wembley on Saturday, later regained access to their profile and deleted the offending posts.
A club statement read: "#SUFC can confirm that the account has been reclaimed, and all posts made by the hackers have been removed.
"The club would like to apologise to anyone offended by what the hackers posted to our page; these posts do not represent the views of anyone at Sheffield United."
