mid-2000s. "They tell me I was hacked five or six years ago. I have no idea why they should go after me. I'm not exactly high profile." Aldridge opened a Twitter account in March 2011. However, he was soon involved in angry exchanges with Manchester United supporters after referring to them as "scum", and eventually closed his account. A year later he revealed that he had returned to the site. He is a regular contributor to match analysis and phone-in shows on LFC TV and also writes a column for the Sunday World and the Liverpool Echo. Personal life When 96 Liverpool away fans were crushed to death in the Hillsborough disaster of 15 April 1989, during an FA Cup tie held in Sheffield against Nottingham Forest, Aldridge, as a native Liverpudlian and boyhood supporter of the club, was deeply affected by the tragedy. He attended the funerals of many of the victims, gave support to the injured and the bereaved, and publicly contemplated giving up the game. Career statistics Club International Scores and results list Republic of Ireland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Aldridge goal. Honours Player Newport County Welsh Cup: 1979–80 Oxford United Football League Second Division: 1984–85 Football League Third Division: 1983–84 League Cup: 1985–86 Liverpool Football League First Division: 1987–88 FA Cup: 1988–89 FA Charity Shield: 1988, 1989 Individual PFA Team of the Year: 1991–92 Second Division, 1992–93 First Division, 1994–95 First Division English Second Division top scorer: 1984–85 First Division top scorer: 1987–88; 1994–95, 1995–96 BBC Goal of the Season: 1987–88, 1988–89 FAI Senior International Player of the Year: 1992 Manager Tranmere Rovers League Cup runner-up: 1999–2000 See also List of Republic of Ireland international footballers born outside the Republic of Ireland List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals References External links Profile at LFCHistory.net Thisisanfield.com Forgotten Heroes Official Liverpool FC profile at Liverpoolfc.tv John Aldridge index at Sporting-heroes.net 1958 births 1990 FIFA World Cup players 1994 FIFA World Cup players Association football forwards English expatriate footballers English expatriate sportspeople in Spain English footballers English people of Irish descent Expatriate footballers in Spain First Division/Premier League top scorers Irish expatriate sportspeople in Spain La Liga players Liverpool F.C. players Living people Newport County A.F.C. players Oxford United F.C. players Singing talent show winners Real Sociedad footballers Republic of Ireland association footballers Republic of Ireland expatriate association footballers Republic of