Evening Herald Columnist evicted from Home Park

Quality quote from 'a club spokesman' in the Herald.
Smoke bombs are ok then are they?
Must have missed that in the Herald about those involved in the Exeter Shenanigans being banned from the ground.
Easy target Argyle.
Or is it a diversionary tactic?

BBC1 wrote:

Quality quote from 'a club spokesman' in the Herald.
Smoke bombs are ok then are they?
Must have missed that in the Herald about those involved in the Exeter Shenanigans being banned from the ground.
Easy target Argyle.
Or is it a diversionary tactic?

if a steward fails to spot them after checking fans bags then they should be sacked i say. too many are getting in somehow.

Angry wrote:

BBC1 wrote:

Quality quote from 'a club spokesman' in the Herald.
Smoke bombs are ok then are they?
Must have missed that in the Herald about those involved in the Exeter Shenanigans being banned from the ground.
Easy target Argyle.
Or is it a diversionary tactic?

if a steward fails to spot them after checking fans bags then they should be sacked i say. too many are getting in somehow.

Doesn't have to be just bags though mate.
You can carry them in in a large jacket pocket.
There was some targeted searching of 'young hoodlums' at the Northampton match, but there's nothing stopping an 'older' person carrying in said item and then passing it on inside to the 'twisted firestarter'.
Especially if beer is involved

Rickler wrote:

So who let Pieface down?

He had only just said this in his previous Herald blurb:

"I have since spoken to some people close to the club and sorted this issue out and I will be returning to home games again from next week".

Possibly his "agent" is the club president whose word he accepted as gospel.

Tease them argyle tease them !

I can think of about 100 really violent people at Argyle that would deserve a ban more than Pieface but crack on guys. Mow them really small poppies.
Sterility is the future.

What a load of shite. Actually feel sorry for the lad, he's annoying to be around but a permanent ban!? for.... kicking an advertising hording and not listening to a steward?!

Hardly Heysel behaviour is it?

I started following football when it was a routine event for hundreds, sometimes thousands, of fans to chant in unison "you're gonna get your feckin heads kicked in" EVERY time the other team scored and for monkey chants to "greet" nearly every black player we saw play. I'm not excusing either of those things but if people are going to be banned from Home Park for a bit of inconsequential effing and blinding then those responsible for complaining and banning him need to man up a bit. The kicking the ad thing is neither here nor there. So what? No harm done, really, is there?

I suspect he cooked his goose when he caused dismay in the director's box, or whatever it was.

All the "there's kids near by" stuff is delusional. It must be a long time since anybody making such a point was anywhere near a playground in any school in the country. Kids have heard it all before. The only thing that surprises them is how loudly it is sometimes shouted.

Back when we were doing horribly under Sturrock there was one character in the Lyndy who used to regularly stand and yell the most foul abuse imaginable towards Sturrock and the board, not that they could hear it over on the other side of the ground, and then sit down to be back-patted by his buddies. My son, who was quite young at the time, asked me "Daddy, why is that man being so horrible?" he wasn't shocked or upset by the language or the volume it was expressed with but at the mindset of the individual concerned.

Pieface should be allowed back into the ground but should wise up a bit and stop making himself look like a twat - for his own good as much as anything else.

Sir Francis Drake wrote:

I started following football when it was a routine event for hundreds, sometimes thousands, of fans to chant in unison "you're gonna get your feckin heads kicked in" EVERY time the other team scored and for monkey chants to "greet" nearly every black player we saw play. I'm not excusing either of those things but if people are going to be banned from Home Park for a bit of inconsequential effing and blinding then those responsible for complaining and banning him need to man up a bit. The kicking the ad thing is neither here nor there. So what? No harm done, really, is there?

I suspect he cooked his goose when he caused dismay in the director's box, or whatever it was.

All the "there's kids near by" stuff is delusional. It must be a long time since anybody making such a point was anywhere near a playground in any school in the country. Kids have heard it all before. The only thing that surprises them is how loudly it is sometimes shouted.

Back when we were doing horribly under Sturrock there was one character in the Lyndy who used to regularly stand and yell the most foul abuse imaginable towards Sturrock and the board, not that they could hear it over on the other side of the ground, and then sit down to be back-patted by his buddies. My son, who was quite young at the time, asked me "Daddy, why is that man being so horrible?" he wasn't shocked or upset by the language or the volume it was expressed with but at the mindset of the individual concerned.

Pieface should be allowed back into the ground but should wise up a bit and stop making himself look like a twat - for his own good as much as anything else.

Spot on.

It's a life ban?

Not long enough.

Sir Francis Drake wrote:

I started following football when it was a routine event for hundreds, sometimes thousands, of fans to chant in unison "you're gonna get your feckin heads kicked in" EVERY time the other team scored and for monkey chants to "greet" nearly every black player we saw play. I'm not excusing either of those things but if people are going to be banned from Home Park for a bit of inconsequential effing and blinding then those responsible for complaining and banning him need to man up a bit. The kicking the ad thing is neither here nor there. So what? No harm done, really, is there?

I suspect he cooked his goose when he caused dismay in the director's box, or whatever it was.

All the "there's kids near by" stuff is delusional. It must be a long time since anybody making such a point was anywhere near a playground in any school in the country. Kids have heard it all before. The only thing that surprises them is how loudly it is sometimes shouted.

Back when we were doing horribly under Sturrock there was one character in the Lyndy who used to regularly stand and yell the most foul abuse imaginable towards Sturrock and the board, not that they could hear it over on the other side of the ground, and then sit down to be back-patted by his buddies. My son, who was quite young at the time, asked me "Daddy, why is that man being so horrible?" he wasn't shocked or upset by the language or the volume it was expressed with but at the mindset of the individual concerned.

Pieface should be allowed back into the ground but should wise up a bit and stop making himself look like a twat - for his own good as much as anything else.

Well said and broadly agree. I wonder what the miscommunication was between being told he'd be let back in and being told actually no, you aren't being let back in. Surely not a few emails of complaint from people who in all likelihood sit nowhere near him.

I'd agree with the notion that he probably pissed off enough 'people that matter' when he was in the directors box to have his card well and truly marked. Any excuse, as has since been the case, would be snaffled gratefully to ban him.

He isn't a thug by any stretch of the imagination. But his problem is that he obviously revels in the infamy of his perceived low-level notoriety.

Give him a cooling off period for the rest of the season at worst, but a permanent ban is way over the top.

Sir Francis Drake wrote:

I started following football when it was a routine event for hundreds, sometimes thousands, of fans to chant in unison "you're gonna get your feckin heads kicked in" EVERY time the other team scored and for monkey chants to "greet" nearly every black player we saw play. I'm not excusing either of those things but if people are going to be banned from Home Park for a bit of inconsequential effing and blinding then those responsible for complaining and banning him need to man up a bit. The kicking the ad thing is neither here nor there. So what? No harm done, really, is there?

I suspect he cooked his goose when he caused dismay in the director's box, or whatever it was.

All the "there's kids near by" stuff is delusional. It must be a long time since anybody making such a point was anywhere near a playground in any school in the country. Kids have heard it all before. The only thing that surprises them is how loudly it is sometimes shouted.

Back when we were doing horribly under Sturrock there was one character in the Lyndy who used to regularly stand and yell the most foul abuse imaginable towards Sturrock and the board, not that they could hear it over on the other side of the ground, and then sit down to be back-patted by his buddies. My son, who was quite young at the time, asked me "Daddy, why is that man being so horrible?" he wasn't shocked or upset by the language or the volume it was expressed with but at the mindset of the individual concerned.

Pieface should be allowed back into the ground but should wise up a bit and stop making himself look like a twat - for his own good as much as anything else.

I remember a character that looked like Robert Powell in Jesus of Nazareth in block 15 that used to hurl abuse consistantly back in those days. McCormick was a particular favourite target

I've made those points myself Franny, the only one I'd add is that it is block 15 were talking about not the family area. There has always been singing and more lively areas of the ground compared to slightly more library like areas, the shrinking violets should move to the Spion.

I think the permanent ban is harsh too. When I was younger I'd often swear and shout at HP, I'm not so vocal these days. Anyone who sits around the back of Block 14, will know of a bloke called 'Swilly Chris' who uses the f and c words quite often- I imagine there are similar around the ground.

I've not sat near pieface at HP so haven't heard him, I've seen him at away games acting a clown but also not been stood near enough to him, to hear him.

In the club's letter to Pieface they do say he can appeal so no doubt Nool and Webb will help his cause?

Pieface also needs to learn about social media and that anything put on twitter can be seen by potentially millions of people and media outlets can use tweets without permission.

luckily he doesnt Tweet & Drive, imagine the damage that could do

BBC1 wrote:

Angry wrote:

BBC1 wrote:

Quality quote from 'a club spokesman' in the Herald.
Smoke bombs are ok then are they?
Must have missed that in the Herald about those involved in the Exeter Shenanigans being banned from the ground.
Easy target Argyle.
Or is it a diversionary tactic?

if a steward fails to spot them after checking fans bags then they should be sacked i say. too many are getting in somehow.

Doesn't have to be just bags though mate.
You can carry them in in a large jacket pocket.
There was some targeted searching of 'young hoodlums' at the Northampton match, but there's nothing stopping an 'older' person carrying in said item and then passing it on inside to the 'twisted firestarter'.
Especially if beer is involved

I took 4 fifteen year olds to Newport including my Boy. All 4 got searched with me completely ignored despite clearly being with them. I had an old Tommy Hilfiger big padded jacket on that would have concealed anything. I was very surprised. Probably thought I was a great grandfather or something !

Chemical Ali wrote:

I think the permanent ban is harsh too. When I was younger I'd often swear and shout at HP, I'm not so vocal these days. Anyone who sits around the back of Block 14, will know of a bloke called 'Swilly Chris' who uses the f and c words quite often- I imagine there are similar around the ground.

I've not sat near pieface at HP so haven't heard him, I've seen him at away games acting a clown but also not been stood near enough to him, to hear him.

In the club's letter to Pieface they do say he can appeal so no doubt Nool and Webb will help his cause?

Pieface also needs to learn about social media and that anything put on twitter can be seen by potentially millions of people and media outlets can use tweets without permission.

I havent been that end in a while. I take it he hasn't calmed down!

BBC1 wrote:

Angry wrote:

BBC1 wrote:

Quality quote from 'a club spokesman' in the Herald.
Smoke bombs are ok then are they?
Must have missed that in the Herald about those involved in the Exeter Shenanigans being banned from the ground.
Easy target Argyle.
Or is it a diversionary tactic?

if a steward fails to spot them after checking fans bags then they should be sacked i say. too many are getting in somehow.

Doesn't have to be just bags though mate.
You can carry them in in a large jacket pocket.
There was some targeted searching of 'young hoodlums' at the Northampton match, but there's nothing stopping an 'older' person carrying in said item and then passing it on inside to the 'twisted firestarter'.
Especially if beer is involved

They should be checked in anycase its in the steward 101 and thats probably how they are getting in too many lazy stewards not doing their job correctly and actually doing searches.

Hugh Watt wrote:

Chemical Ali wrote:

I think the permanent ban is harsh too. When I was younger I'd often swear and shout at HP, I'm not so vocal these days. Anyone who sits around the back of Block 14, will know of a bloke called 'Swilly Chris' who uses the f and c words quite often- I imagine there are similar around the ground.

I've not sat near pieface at HP so haven't heard him, I've seen him at away games acting a clown but also not been stood near enough to him, to hear him.

In the club's letter to Pieface they do say he can appeal so no doubt Nool and Webb will help his cause?

Pieface also needs to learn about social media and that anything put on twitter can be seen by potentially millions of people and media outlets can use tweets without permission.

I havent been that end in a while. I take it he hasn't calmed down!

Slightly- not as vocal but still has the odd rant.

Chemical Ali wrote:

Hugh Watt wrote:

Chemical Ali wrote:

I think the permanent ban is harsh too. When I was younger I'd often swear and shout at HP, I'm not so vocal these days. Anyone who sits around the back of Block 14, will know of a bloke called 'Swilly Chris' who uses the f and c words quite often- I imagine there are similar around the ground.

I've not sat near pieface at HP so haven't heard him, I've seen him at away games acting a clown but also not been stood near enough to him, to hear him.

In the club's letter to Pieface they do say he can appeal so no doubt Nool and Webb will help his cause?

Pieface also needs to learn about social media and that anything put on twitter can be seen by potentially millions of people and media outlets can use tweets without permission.

I havent been that end in a while. I take it he hasn't calmed down!

Slightly- not as vocal but still has the odd rant.

Sad about midway up, this was when they sat in Block 15. there was also a guy who look a bit like Robert Powell in Jesus of Nazareth. who used to have the occasional meltdown. Mainly about McCormick, is he still there?

Communication between the various bits of the club seems crap, as is between the general masses and the club.

It seems strange it has gone from a voluntary stay away by PF to a life ban!

As has been stated twatter and FB are monitored so best not slag off too many people at once,

This almost seems to be running as an ongoing column inches grabber for all concerned.
I agree with Franny and 'Amster, the guy is a goon, but I couldn't condone a life ban for a bit of bad language and kicking a hoarding. What's this club of puritans becoming ? Argyle sharia law.

I suspect he is being made an example of, with Brent bigging up his family routine. Will probably be let back in under some sort of penance. He's a bit thick, so he's going to be taken advantage of by those concerned.
What a mess of a club.
I bet Newell dreams of being in a position at the club one day to ban any ATD poster he doesn't like from Home Park for posting "anti Argyle" rhetoric.

All a stunt, pie face will be back after an appeal. It seems his attend every game this season is dead.

harvetheslayer wrote:

BBC1 wrote:

Angry wrote:

BBC1 wrote:

Quality quote from 'a club spokesman' in the Herald.
Smoke bombs are ok then are they?
Must have missed that in the Herald about those involved in the Exeter Shenanigans being banned from the ground.
Easy target Argyle.
Or is it a diversionary tactic?

if a steward fails to spot them after checking fans bags then they should be sacked i say. too many are getting in somehow.

Doesn't have to be just bags though mate.
You can carry them in in a large jacket pocket.
There was some targeted searching of 'young hoodlums' at the Northampton match, but there's nothing stopping an 'older' person carrying in said item and then passing it on inside to the 'twisted firestarter'.
Especially if beer is involved

I took 4 fifteen year olds to Newport including my Boy. All 4 got searched with me completely ignored despite clearly being with them. I had an old Tommy Hilfiger big padded jacket on that would have concealed anything. I was very surprised. Probably thought I was a great grandfather or something !

I'm just wondering what to take in with me tomorrow?
Hip flask? nah, done that already this year.