Man City, United and Celtic had the best responses to Twitter's new 280-character limit

The change was best summed up by a would-be Roy Keane quote!

Man City, United and Celtic had the best responses to Twitter's new 280-character limit

Twitter has confirmed the roll out of an expanded 280-character limit for tweets after a brief trial, writes Stephen Barry.

While there has been a mixed reaction from users online (briefly summarised as 'Edit button please'), football clubs have been quick to make use of the doubled space.

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