Oh agreed, and I'm actually feeling a bit sorry for the little scote which I don't want to. However even allowing for the fact we're now living in the Neo-Puritan era I do hope he did something more than has been reported.
To warrant the severity of the punishment I really, really hope so. I hope that 'does your boyfriend know you're here?' was all that the Argus dared print.
Indeed, it's quite pathetic and shows the double standards in society. A few dozen people or so heard him swearing and asking about peoples' boyfriends. For that he gets prosecuted, banned from football and has to surrender his passport if England play away. In all probability if he'd sworn on...