Alan Shearer And Palace Chairman Steve Parish Engage In Twitter War

Retired footballer and TV pundit Alan Shearer engaged in a Twitter beef with Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish over comments he made about Wilfred Zaha on Match of the Day.

Parish took offence by Shearer's critique of the Palace winger on MOTD following the Londoners picking up all three points on the road at Middlesbrough with Zaha getting himself on the score sheet.

Though before he got into it, Palace faithfuls started to pipe up;

Then Parish sparked the bickering between him as he took to Twitter with this post:

Followed by:

Needless to say, the legendary former Newcastle frontman replied:

While Parish offered some advice:

Meanwhile, daughter Jess is just looking for a text back..

What do you guys make of the back-and-forth? Who are you siding with? Sound off in the comments section below.

Topics: Alan Shearer, Crystal Palace

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