TOM HANKS has been mocked on social media after tweeting his happiness at Aston Villa’s Carabao Cup triumph, despite the fact they have not yet played the final.
The Castaway and Catch Me If You Can star is a supporter of Dean Smith’s side, who booked their place at Wembley with a last-minute winner against Leicester on Tuesday.
Hanks was mocked after his football-based blunder
However, Hanks did not seem to have quite grasped the fact that the team had merely made it into the final, rather than having actually won the trophy.
He took to Twitter to voice his misplaced joy and was met with a host of responses bemoaning his lack of knowledge about football.
Hanks posted: “Aston Villa took the Carabao Cup! Up the Villa! Hanx.”
One person responded: “They’re in the final against Man City, they didn’t win it yet!”
Another added: “Is this a betting tip?”
Other responses included: ‘Love it, Hanx. But we’ve just reached the final… against Manchester city in a month sooooo’ and ‘You realise they haven’t, Tom? And the tram they’re playing in the Final is the team they lost 6-1 too just a few weeks ago’.
Hanks explained his decision to start supporting Villa in an interview with James Corden last year in typically endearing fashion.
He said: “There was nothing to do except turn on the BBC and catch the football scores.
“These clubs who were Swansea 6, Stoke City 0; Blackfoot 5 Tottenham on Twixby 3…
“I didn’t know where any of these teams were. Then one came on and said ‘Aston Villa 2….’
“And I thought ‘Aston Villa’, what a lovely vacation spot! Aston Villa…
“It’s beautiful villa, you throw open the French doors, there’s the beautiful port of Aston down below you.
“And it turns out it’s in Birmingham. There’s nothing wrong with that, nothing wrong with Birmingham.
“But it’s not a town for light-hearted, I tell you that.
“So I’m a dedicated Aston Villa fan since then. I’ve seen them play once, a friendly in the USA, so yes, I support them.”
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
