The League Paper

NOW IT’S TIME TO SHAME SELFISH LOUTS…

by
The LeaguePaper Team
29 October 2017

ONE of football’s greatest functions is its capacity for catharsis. Spite and bile, rage and frustration – all of it can be harmlessly vented over 90 mindless minutes.
Far better there than at home or in the pub. Which is why, by and large, moves to sanitise stadiums should be carefully debated.
Nevertheless, what happened during Peterborough’s 2-1 defeat at Scunthorpe last weekend went beyond the pale.
According to Posh chairman Darragh MacAnthony, the wife and children of manager Grant McCann were verbally abused by members of the travelling support. All were left terrif...

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