HOMOPHOBIC and sexist rants from gay row footballer Andre Gray are still on his Twitter feed.
The £9million Burnley striker, 25, has deleted vile messages from 2012 calling for gays to “burn and die”.
However other offensive posts remain, including one from 2013 which declared: “Would love to see women do pre season yano see if they moan about there period then.”
Others from 2014 include: “Lesson learnt today is….. Dont do a womens job washing machine done F’d up my s***”, and: “Why are women so bitchy? #JelousyFemalesTrait.”
In August that year he also sneered: “Lighties are puffs #MixedRace.”
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Gray scored his first top-flight goal against Liverpool on Saturday in a 2-0 win. But he was later forced to issue a “sincere and unreserved apology” after anti-gay posts emerged.
One asked: “Is it me or are there gays everywhere? #Burn #Die #Makesmesick.”
Another ranted: “Ladies stop dressin ur sons as women in heels and make up. Do you want him to end up like #PeteBurns #f*****.”
The FA is investigating the comments, made when Gray was playing for Leicestershire non-league side Hinckley United.
The footballer has denied he is homophobic and begged for forgiveness, claiming: "Firstly, I want to offer a sincere and unreserved apology to anybody I may have offended in relation to these tweets.
“The tweets were posted four years ago when I was a completely different person to the man I am now.
“I was at a very different point in my life since then. I have experienced a lot over the past four years and have to take responisbilty for a number of things in my life which has enabled me to mature and grow as a person since that time.
“I can assure everyone that I am absolutely not homophobic and as said previously I can only apologise and ask for forgiveness to anyone I offended.
"Thankfully I am not the guy I was back then and will continue to work hard both on and off the pitch to become a better person."
But a spokesman for anti-discrimination campaign group Kick It Out said yesterday: “Prejudice such as this has no place in football.
"This incident should act as a reminder to all players of their conduct on social media.”
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