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I saw that PPF has picked up a 6-month ban.

Hmm. How about if instead of saying it to his neighbour, he used his mobile phone to call the Chairman of the club that said dead footballer used to play for and says the same thing. Then called the Chairman of the FA Cup (yes, I know there’s no such post!) to tell him that he’d done so...

Yeah... I see your point. Tricky one...

Nice argument, and I don’t disagree with your fundamental point about a precedent having been set. I don’t even disagree with your assertion about not being sure you like it. Do you sense a “but”? :wink: But... in your second para you say “I can understand how the club felt it had to act...

I’d agree that a more open framework would help make the club’s stance on combatting abuse/whatever stronger. Are you volunteering to design such a framework? And you just know that no matter how hard you tried to cover every eventuality, the first transgression wouldn’t be covered! Witness...

I know - I’ve seen the cages that they fill with starving rats to affix to your face if you step out of line already. “Those?”, said the steward, “if you think that’s bad, wait til you see what we’ve got for you if you really upset us”.

It’s ok, they’ve already got that covered: the tea in 1901 hasn’t been made with hot water for 2 seasons.

Ok - I’ve seen the tweet now. I’d describe it as very tasteless and completely unfunny. In fact, something that a teenage lad might well say down the pub to his mates in a very poorly judged attempt to get a laugh. What elevates the tweet into the sphere of the Albion having to do something...

Seriously? :facepalm:

:lol: That’s the best invitation to get someone a 5-game ban I’ve ever seen!

Two things: it’s possible that the offensive message was broadcast to a wide audience (#BHAFC for example would get a wider circulation than an article in the Argus), so a public response might be appropriate. Secondly, to dissuade others from doing similar in future - a deterrent.

No, we won’t be able to say that we think he’s an overpaid, petulant, prissy, bug-eyed diver ever again.

They’ll need a lot of money to see it through to an actual Court hearing (£50k minimum), and I don’t know this, but strongly suspect that football contracts will have very little to do with standard consumer law...

But everyone is a bit of a jobbie about some topic or other... me included. Especially me.

Gotcha. And yep, NSC is read by the club...

Someon sent an offensive post to the clubs?! Deserves a 5-game ban for moronic behaviour, leaving aside any offensiveness. Did they say in mitigation that their phone had been stolen by Wayne Hennessey by any chance?

Seeking clarification - you’re suggesting that the supporter who has just received a 5 game ban has previously made social media posts that have been sufficiently bad that the Albion have contacted him/her and asked them to stop making such posts in the future, and s/he ignored the warning? Is...

Why will I be banned if the Albion discover what porn Taybha has been watching? Now that does seem unfair.

“A number of complaints...” made directly to the club. So at least 2, then. Say they came from the target of any offensive comment and from WBA. The Albion have to respond, don’t they? Now - if the Albion are randomly trawling Twitter (say) looking for offensive tweets under the #BHAFC tag...