Sat 12th - Daily Tabloid - Livingstone sues Livingston

Last updated : 12 February 2005 By Henry Morton Stanley

Dr Livingstone yesterday, in 1855
As the Livi players prepare for battle on the field against Dundee Utd at Almondvale today, upstairs the LionHeart board is preparing for a fight of its own – in court.


The fans’ champion Daily Tabloid can EXCLUSIVELY reveal that Pierce Brosnan, Tony Kinder-Egg and Vivien Kylesofbute have all been mentioned on a writ served upon Livingston FC by a Mrs Doris Teacup of Dudley, West Midlands. In her writ, Mrs Teacup claims to be acting on behalf of the late African explorer and emancipator of slaves, Dr David Livingstone, and is suing the club for breach of copyright.


We tracked Mrs Teacup down to her modest bungalow in Dudley where we were warmly greeted by the petite, round, rosy-faced old lady. “Daily Tabloid I presume?” she told us surprisingly. “The spirits told me you were coming” she continued with a jolly giggle.


As we were to discover, Mrs Teacup is a psychic medium, and last month she claims to have been contacted by Dr Livingstone who has been furious since the early 1960’s when Livingston New Town was first begun. “Oh no dear” she told our reporters, “Dr Livingstone is very, very unhappy about that. He hates his name being confused with the town, especially the missing E off the end."  She continued, "He tried to find a medium to sue the old LDC but nobody would help, so he asked me to serve the writ on Livingston FC instead, and I was happy to oblige. He’s such a lovely gentleman you see dear."

"Apart from the blackies though, old Enoch Powell was right there”
she added without blinking. Oddly enough, there were no pictures of Dr Livingstone in her living room, although a large portrait of Adolf Hitler hung above her fireplace. “He’s a very nice man too dear, my lovely füehrershe told us as we left.


As far as the Tabloid is aware, this is the first time posthumous legal action has been taken by a ghost via a human medium, and our legal team say the chances of success are extremely small. Pierce Brosnan seems to agree as when we presented him with a copy of Mrs Teacup’s interview he said “Hmmm, shaken and not stirred. Does she have a grand-daughter?”

Livi supporter Peter Edinburgh is now considering taking legal action against Edinburgh City Council on behalf of his great great great great great great grandfather.