I Have absolutely no evidence for this as I don't know anyone involved in the decision, but my guess would be that they were disbanded because the image didn't fit. In other words having 'non-standard' cheerleaders was great when we had a 'non-standard' football ground, but once we moved into a...
Oh indeed. In retrospect it WAS the right decision, despite the fact that at the time a load of Internet nerds thought the opposite. Proof that fans always tend to be a bit reactionary and sometimes have to be dragged along, which isn't the same as saying of course that every new innovation is good!
One of the complaints seems to be that we (the fans) weren't consulted before the axe fell. Fair point, but then we weren't consulted before they were introduced either. Before Gully (never mind his girls) was introduced I remember NSC's views when someone said we should have a mascot - they...
Quite. It's the classic 'good cop bad cop' set-up. TB is seen as the great guy who gave us the stadium and the Demon Barber is the hard-nosed bastard whose job is to piss everybody off in order to make a few extra quid. They're a team. I haven't agreed with everything the club has done over the...