That was footballing business and I doubt that people thought Brighton were a "laughing stock" - merely that they were a club in financial peril.
This incident with Crystal Palace is crude, lowbrow and disgusting and reflects badly upon the club. The Archer years reflected badly on Archer...
I think that Bozza is bang on with all of this. People need to be very careful of what they post as certain bit of rumour and conjecture can be taken as libellous.
The former (General) Manager of the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs, Brian Burke, has filed a defamation lawsuit against 18 people...