Question for the supporters club?

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

I have it on authority that at the supporters club meeting the other night during the "Any other business" section, inbetween discussing complimentary season tickets for comittee members and the serving of caviar and champers a question was raised about the banning on future coaches by the boy Costello?

The outcome appears to be that he is banned.

 

Here is my question, in the eyes of the supporters club (and other supporters feel free to chip in) what is worse, a drunken lad being a bit loud and excitable or somebody quite high up in the supporters club also being loud and excitable but also vandalising the coach. Was the second incident I speak of also once discussed under "Any Other Business"?

[Electric ~soul~]

Who is the second person of which you speak?

 

I know that in a previous meeting, Ian Bangs took a member of the Supporters Committee to task over vandalism of the coach.

 

Just wonder if it's the same person.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

If that person is very very high up, as high as you can go, then yes it is the same person!

 

Vandalised on the way home from Weymouth it was. That's the sort of scandal that should see heads rolling but poor Costello talking to people and asking on a few* occasions why we weren't there yet (which as paying customers we are surly entitled to) is deemed a banning offence!

 

* numerous

[Electric ~soul~]

Okay, well name and shame, and see if the Mods have the balls not to delete it.

 

It does seem there's one rule for SCC members, and another for paying customers.

 

Perhaps someone who was at the meeting a month ago could outline Ian Bangs' disapproval??

[gertcha EFM]

The two crimes you describe are different.

 

It seems to me that had Costello actually vandalised the coach, then he wouldn't have been banned as the precedent had been set that this behaviour does not warrant a ban.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Well considering the underground went through a period of naming and shaming fare dodgers a few years back, as he worked for them I'm sure he'll approve of this, it was Ian Rogers!

 

You're right actually gertcha, I hadn't thought of it that way. I look forward to some vandalism next time I'm on board, I will have to check with the chairman of the supporters club though if it's just restricted to the toilet or can I vandalise seats and windscreens as well!

[Sun]

dealing with the costello issue

 

is he retarded?

was he aware that there were 2 players on board?

who on not the most pleasant of journeys the last thing they need is some whining 5 year old constantly asking are we there yet.

very embarassing and tiresome

 

just a thought

[Electric ~soul~]

Yeah, you're right, mate.

 

Ban him.

 

Sigh. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

[Electric ~soul~]

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was he aware that there were 2 players on board?

Really? Players? [sharp intake of breath]

Gosh, we can't go upsetting players, can we? They really must be held in the highest of esteem.

Enough of the hero-worship, mate. They're no better than you or I.

[Zagreus]

Electric ~Soul~ - the next home game after the Dorchester game, when you spotted me and Mrs Zag, you apologised on Costellos behalf? What were you apologising for?

[Electric ~soul~]

Laz told me he had been rude to you, making comments about you being 'northern' - I assumed you'd realised that?

 

He can be boisterous and tiresome, but ban him from the coach? Seems a little extreme, particularly when the Supporters Club chairman allegedly vandalised the toilets on the coach on the same journey.

[Sun]

firstly, i wouldnt ban him

 

secondly, hero worship? u aint got a clue have you

 

"boisterous and tiresome" a very thin line that

[AFF]

My knowledge of any incident involving Costello comes only from this thread so I couldn't possibly comment. My knowledge of 'another incident' on the coach home from Weymouth comes from the Supporters Club AGM when a fascinating discussion prompted by an impassioned speech from the Executive in charge of Transportation was halted, prematurely in my view, by an equally impassioned speech from the rottweiller.

 

As far as the trip to Dorchester is concerned, the players would know that "Football is a simple game for simple people", and I wouldn't imagine that their sensibilities were overly affected by someone saying 'how much longer before we get there?' every 5 minutes. Just wait until they have kids. They will have to put up with it for about 15 years.

 

If it was rugby, it would be different, of course. Cerebral. The players begin their match preparation 3 days beforehand. Trance-like states for periods. Reciting the mantras. The biting the heads off live kittens phase comes on the way to the stadium so they probably wouldn't have worried about it too much, either.

 

If someone has been banned, I would be interested to know the reason he/she was/is to be given. I can't imagine that it's anything to do with the prescence of two highly paid superstars.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

The two players in question seemed to find it all quite amusing, probably relaxed them before the big game, Costello was certainly more entertaining than watching the Bedford play off final on the big screen <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

 

It wasn't the same journey Zeal, it was the last game of last season, although there is only about 2 miles between the destinations

[Zagreus]

The thing is, I'm thick skinned. I've lived away from "the north" for over 16 years. In that time I've enjoyed banter with people who taken the mickey out of my accent, whippets, clogs etc. I've never been offended my this, the majority of the time it's just people having a laugh. However, when people say things to their friends just quietly enough so the person who they are referring to cannot hear, and then burst out laughing, well it's stops being friendly banter in my eyes. I don't really give a toss, I just find it a bit boring, but if you consider:

 

- saying that someone has aids,

- saying that some one does not have very long left to live anyway

- singing a w@nky "IRA" song (WTF?)

- hassling a particular passenger

- asking "are we there yet" every two minutes for nearly 2 hours

 

then I can understand why people do get fed up.

 

Then we move on to the subject of the the "Supporters Club chairman allegedly" vandalising the toilet on the way home from the Weymouth game last season. I seem to remember that at the Sutton games last season that there were rumours that some members of the EFM allegedly said some racist comment. Of course it wasn't true. I was on the coach home from Weymouth, (who else was on the coach who is contributing to this thread?). It's all a little hazy - due to time and beer - but i don't recall any "vandalising" (is this in the same context as maliciously damaging property like throwing a brick through a window?). I remember someone slightly falling, because of the movement of the coach, and breaking something on the outside of the toilet. Completely accidental, and it was not the Chairman of the supporters club.

[Electric ~soul~]

My mistake.

 

Yes, the alleged "vandalism of the toilets by the SCC Chairman" incident was at Weymouth away last season, just to clear up any confusion.

[Sun]

re: the players

your missing the point

 

the bloke was acting like a prat

 

 

 

 

still keep bigging up your own self-importance

[Electric ~soul~]

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still keep bigging up your own self-importance

Who is this directed to, Sun?

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Funny you should mention racism at Sutton, I've actually seen two examples of it at Sutton, the first was last season and came from the mouth of somebody else on the supporters club comittee, the second time, the previous season saw a rather burly black Sutton player reminstrate with the offender, this offender attends every game and travels on the coach every game!

 

The thread did start off as a cheap shot/wind up to the powers that be, my point simply was that Costello was a annoying pratt that day to the sober amoung us but his behavior was no worse than many people on the coach after a few drinks.

 

As Zeal said 'boisterous and tiresome', he was sailing close to the bone with some of the things he was saying to you Zag I agree! But you didn't ban him from the coach just reconised him for the pillock he can be sometimes

[Electric ~soul~]

re: racism.

 

Can you name and shame again, please?