Why is there no fun in the SPL??

Last updated : 10 October 2004 By Fanny the wonderdog

It’s official; the SPL is the worst league in the world. It’s also a league that bars fun from all matches. On sitting in the public house one day (I was supping orange juice, honest guv), a group of supporters had a little discussion about how much fun it used to be when the Lions were in the lower divisions. The atmosphere at matches were great, there was always decent crowds, and the banter was second to none. Supporters used to all be welcomed into the local pubs, pies and cucumber sarnies were always served with the corners chopped off them (we’ll maybe not, but it sounds good).

You used to be able to go into grounds hassle free, play musical instruments, and generally have a good day out. So why has it changed so much now?

The problem lies with the clubs inside the Second-rate P*sh League (the SPL). These clubs actually think that supporters should be treated like animals, and we generally are. At Pittodrie, you are asked to pay £20 for the privilege of being heckled by hundreds of people with nothing but pure hatred running through their body for ninety minutes, the police and stewards ignore it, and if you react, ohh boy, your in trouble.


You get a dunderhead of a spotty faced arse of a steward marching towards you, behind him is the wee boy that used to get bullied all the time at school, he can hardly walk he is that stupid, and they think that they can wag their finger in your face and tell you not to celebrate when Livi score a goal.


DON’T CELEBRATE, that’s the last thing you want to hear when all those wee Aberdonian ned-wannabes have gone from giving you pure evil abuse to sitting their with their face in their hands, DON’T CELEBRATE you say. I’m going to celebrate like it’s my last day on the planet. The Aberdeen supporters is going to get laughed at for the rest of the match, and there is nothing the spotty steward can do about it.


Did you see you see the difference in what I was doing to them, and what they were doing to me? A majority of them was sitting there giving me the finger, (where there is a police officer in full view of these supporters, laughing about it with his colleague), they begin to spout even more abuse (including words f*ck C*nt W*nk P*ick and so on) and are generally being offensive, where I was just laughing and pointing at them.


The biggest problem is the size of our away support; we have the second worst support in the Ess Pee Hell (thank god for Caley). If we had thousands at matches, they wouldn’t get a chance to act like jobsworths, but we only have a couple of hundred, and that’s when the boys (and girls) in blue really do show their worth.


I remember at the CIS cup semi final, we had the police all over us, they took details of supporters names because they had BALLOONS, Jesus Christ, no wonder our support is getting worse. These people are clueless when it comes to policing football matches. Thank god the person in charge of security at Livi was sacked, he was as bad as all that lot.


Then at the final, Derek Lilley nearly got lifted because a poor excuse for a Police officer decided to manhandle him as he tried to celebrate with his friends and family, but when Derek tried to push the officer off him, he was nearly lifted. The Police officer then ran to the referee and MADE him report it to the SFA, but thankfully they saw sense and no action was taken.

Then last season when we went to play Hearts at Tynecastle, the Police BANNED us from Robbo’s Pub, just next to the stadium. They also banned us from all the pubs in the vicinity of Tynecastle, to prevent trouble. Ehh? Yes Livi supporters are just like Shadwell, we go out to trash pubs every week, slash supporters, and fight with the police. I would agree with us getting banned from pubs if we behaved like this, but we don’t.


Again, this just shows the mentality of the Scottish Police force, they’re not exactly Mensa material are they??