The Sunday Herald, which is published in Scotland, took the decision as tens of thousands of people openly defied the courts to go online and name the married Premiership star, who is alleged to have had an affair with the former Miss Wales, Imogen Thomas.
One MP described the public backlash against the draconian gagging orders as the biggest act of civil disobedience for decades and said the law was now becoming a national joke.
On Friday lawyers acting for the footballer launched legal action against the US based website Twitter in an attempt to force the company to divulge the names of users who had breached an injunction.
But within hours of the move being announced, tens of thousands of people began posting his name online, openly taunting the judiciary and making a mockery of the legal system.
Yesterday the Sunday Herald, which is not bound by the terms of the injunction because it is published north of the border, intensified the row by publishing the footballer’s picture on its front page and naming him inside.
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