I once knew these two chaps. They barely knew each other, yet the situation arose whereby one owed the other some money. It wasn’t really a significant amount of money, in the scheme of things.
The one that was owed repeatedly asked the one that owed to pay him, even in installments if it helped. But to no avail. When he continued to ask in a reasonable manner for his money, the one who owed …became irritated.
He became irritated to the extent that he attempted to set fire to a property, belonging to his creditor.
The arson was in fact, a botch job.
It was only when the boastful fire-starter’s quote “I think he got the message” emerged, via a third party; that the man who was owed realised he had a bigger problem than a bit of cash outstanding.
Within a day or so, the chap who owed the money had been kidnapped from on his Essex doorstep, thrown in the boot of car and presented bound and gagged, to a relative’s doorstep in Kent, from where he originally hailed.
The purpose of sharing this tale, is that it is an invariably foolish course of action to pick fight with someone you don’t really know.
…And that is what Levy & Co did with this whole Y word fiasco.
They threw their weight about with someone they not only underestimated, but worse, held in contempt.
I’ve covered it endlessly on here, but just in case anyone felt I was embellishing matters.
They encouraged the police into The Lane. They championed the arrests of Spurs fans who cried “Yid Army!” in support of the team. They asked match day stewards to get involved and grass up fans for …supporting the team.
Not one single Spurs fans would ever conceive of offending a fellow fan, of any faith.
But Levy & Co weren’t fussed by this.
The “consultation document” was mailed out by a third party – and as a direct result, failed to reach most intended recipients. The whole process and the document itself, was a sham.
The central issue was the use, in context, of the Y word. It was an issue that was fervently avoided.
Instead, we got a number of quotes/statements wholly designed to encourage “concern” about matters.
The results? Heh, get this: Only 11,500 people responded. And they said they wouldn’t reveal the results of their rigged deck of a document, until AFTER the fate of the 3 fans arrested for cheering Spurs on had been decided.
However, that didn’t stop them issuing banning orders to the 3 fans arrested, BEFORE the results of the doc were revealed.
An investment company took it upon itself to invent a reason to police its customers.
On March 7th 2014, the Crown Prosecution Service discontinued cases made against three Totttenham fans arrested for using the Y-word.
