The World Cup is ripe fodder for Twitter. Just ask Phil Neville or Thierry Henry's cardigan. But some of the football-themed banter tickling us over this past week has come from an unlikely source... the police.

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While much of the force focuses it social media output solely on serious matters, a few choice Twitter accounts have taken a more humorous approach to their coverage of the tournament.

First prize goes to the South Warwickshire division (@SWarksCops) who took full advantage of poor Phil's duff commentary...

https://twitter.com/SWarksCops/statuses/477945817488437248
https://twitter.com/SWarksCops/statuses/477960813094125568

The former Manchester United and England defender was also on the receiving end of Preston North End Football Intel Unit's sharp tongue...

https://twitter.com/PNEPolice/statuses/477953944153767936

Special mention goes to Solihull Police (@SolihullPolice) who just can't resist a football pun.

https://twitter.com/SolihullPolice/statuses/477200709117816833
https://twitter.com/SolihullPolice/statuses/477183245487198210

Mixed with a healthy dose of sarcasm.

https://twitter.com/SolihullPolice/statuses/477553578484449280

Cynicism...

https://twitter.com/SolihullPolice/statuses/477555397583470593

...and a plea for good behaviour (presumably so those football-obsessed coppers can enjoy the game in peace):

https://twitter.com/SolihullPolice/statuses/477178517101486080

And lastly there's Staffordshire Police (@StaffsPolice) providing us with plenty of handy footballing facts to impress our mates with. Just because.

Stoke City striker Peter Odemwingie is in Nigeria's 23-man squad for tonight's game against Iran #interestingfact #WorldCup2014

— Staffordshire Police (@StaffsPolice) June 16, 2014

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Keep an eye on this lot tonight ahead of England's clash with Uruguay. There's sure to be plenty more where that came from...

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Susanna LazarusAssociate Editor, RadioTimes.com

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