The football club defended its actions and apologized for the mistake after receiving a ton of criticism on social media.
, the deadliest attack on United States soil, the team posted an image of New York City with the words "Never Forget 9/11/01."Under the image, the team captioned "The thoughts of all at Streatham Rovers Football Club are with the American people on this, the 21st anniversary of the horrific events of 9/11," the team wrote.
"Okay - we did actually get the date wrong. And we apologise for that. But ultimately that shouldn't be allowed to distract from what was a genuine and heartfelt memorial message," one post read. Foundation pays off mortgages on the homes of 21 fallen first responder families in honor of 9/11 Another post read "Look for the avoidance of doubt we use a different way of writing dates in Britain. This wasn't some ridiculous mistake by the Football Club/me, it was an honest mistake. Write your dates however you like but we in England INVENTED the concept of time so you're in the wrong here."Tribute post gets mixed reaction"This really isn’t something you should be posting to get a laugh. Thousands of people died.
On Sept. 11, 2001, conspirators from the al-Qaida Muslim militant group seized control of jets to use them as passenger-filled missiles, hitting the trade center's twin towers and the Pentagon. The fourth plane was headed for Washington but crashed near Shanksville after crew members and passengers tried to storm the cockpit.
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