The internet can be such a wonderful place. It allows people a voice and a medium of communication and on this rather chilly Sunday afternoon, it has given Lincoln City fans a smile or two.
That is in addition to the smiles we got from beating MK Dons 2-1 yesterday, ending their unbeaten run and giving us our first ever victory over them. These smiles have been wry and comical, with other fan acerbic wit being the prompt for an afternoon of fun.
It all started yesterday before the game, when the 617 unveiled a flag calling MK Dons vermin. The inference is that their move from Wimbledon to MK was abhorrent and that the football world will never forgive. Whether you agree or not, there’s been worse banners at football matches and it certainly stoked up the atmosphere at a really engrossing game of football.
Twitter user Margaret Faiers wasn’t happy though. As is her right, she thought the banner was a disgrace, no in fact she thought our whole club was a disgrace, eventually. At first, poor old Rob Bradley got the rough end of the stick, but once she’d sorted her City from her United, she said; “Sorry to say but your club are a disgrace. How can you allow fans to have a banner that says they should shoot the vermin. Plus ball boys that have a go at our fans.”
Jack Mulhall, a dry and sarcastic a man as you’ll ever meet (and not a follower of the blog although he did stalk me on Trip Advisor for a while) decided to show what a real disgrace the Imps were with the following tweet and hashtag.
Danny Cowley takes the minus offer on The Chase #LincolnCityAreADisgrace https://t.co/j76TDmp25r
— Jack Mulhall (@JackMulhall92) September 22, 2018
Harry Anderson stands on the left side of an escalator in London #LincolnCityAreADisgrace https://t.co/j76TDmp25r
— Jack Mulhall (@JackMulhall92) September 22, 2018
From there, it appears that every single member of the squad has a character trait or two we should be aware of. Seriously, every single player. If Margaret Faiers thinks the banner was bad, you wait until she hears about Michael O’Connor’s brake lights.
Josh Vickers leaves his beard clippings in the sink and doesn't rinse it #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Ben Ward (@winstano) September 22, 2018
Neal Eardley gets on the tube whilst other people are still trying to get off #LincolnCityAreADisgrace #HadToJoinIn ??
— Matt Wilson (@Matt_Wilson89) September 23, 2018
Never ask Harry Toffolo for TV series or film recommendations, he'll tell you a few to watch and then proceed to tell you everything that happens in them #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Dan (@AKA_DanThompson) September 23, 2018
Jason Shackell and his wife have a joint Facebook account named Mr&Mrs Shackell #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— The Stacey West (@Staceywestblog) September 23, 2018
Michael Bostwick always feeds the animals at the zoo #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Si N Neat Tomlinson (@vinceandpen) September 23, 2018
Michael O'Connor got pulled over by the police for having a brake light out. He told them he was on his way to get it sorted when really he had no intention of getting it sorted #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Dan (@AKA_DanThompson) September 23, 2018
Tom Pett drives with his fog light on and it's not even foggy. #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Major Garland Briggs (@garland_briggs) September 23, 2018
Shay McCartan makes tea by putting the milk in first #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— The Stacey West (@Staceywestblog) September 22, 2018
Bruno Andrade uses a used marmite knife in the butter #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Dan Taylor (@DETaylor1988) September 23, 2018
Harry Anderson pressed the pedestrian crossing button as he walked past #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— roger jeffery (@Brown_van_man) September 23, 2018
John Akinde wears Beats headphones plugged into an Alba medium wave only personal radio. #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Blah Blah (@SausageHead4) September 23, 2018
Even the subs and reserves players are a disgrace.
Kellan Gordon doesn't give his Clubcard to the cashier at Tesco until after she's rung up the bill. He then tells her he is sorry, but he isn't. #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— The Stacey West (@Staceywestblog) September 23, 2018
San Habergham doesn’t respond to people when they say “Happy Birthday” to him on Facebook.#LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— KJ (@KieranJohnFitz) September 23, 2018
Scott Wharton puts his money on the counter with the server holding out his hand…. but demands that the change is placed in his hands #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Kate Jackson (@kjackson1984) September 23, 2018
#LincolnCityAreADisgrace Lee Frecklington says that he put a rowntrees fruit pastel in his mouth without chewing it. But he chewed it.
— steve tindall (@smee1977) September 23, 2018
Matt Rhead beeps his car horn and waves at strangers so they spend all day puzzling who it was in the car #lincolncityareadisgrace
— Charlotte (@Bongelette) September 23, 2018
Joan Luque claps when the plane lands. #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Colin Green (@colingreen81) September 23, 2018
Matt Green leaves the tap running when he brushes his teeth #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Danny Wells (@dannywells82) September 23, 2018
Ellis Chapman goes into Pets at Home to admire the animals without any intention of buying one #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Kate Jackson (@kjackson1984) September 23, 2018
James Wilson doesn't throw the ball back over the fence #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Ally Nicol (@Alistair__Nicol) September 22, 2018
Bernard Mensah puts his Lidl shopping in a Waitrose carrier #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Blah Blah (@SausageHead4) September 23, 2018
Adam Crookes leaves his shoes in the doorway #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Ally Nicol (@Alistair__Nicol) September 22, 2018
If you ask Sam Slocombe to pick you up the Football League Paper from the shop, he gets you the Non League Paper and pretends he didnt realise they were different #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— The Stacey West (@Staceywestblog) September 23, 2018
Grant Smith steals the little pens from Argos without buying anything, because "it's no big deal, they've got hundreds" #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Ben Ward (@winstano) September 23, 2018
Jamie McCombe wears a medium size shirt, when actually he’s an XL #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Clark Edison (@ClarkAEdison) September 23, 2018
Even the gaffer and Nicky are bad buggers.
On his way to training, Danny Cowley approaches the Riseholme roundabout in the right turn only lane , goes all the way round the roundabout and up the A15 …. and wears string backed driving gloves. #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Blah Blah (@SausageHead4) September 23, 2018
Nicky Cowley doesn't put his used towels in the bath at Travelodge #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Kate Jackson (@kjackson1984) September 22, 2018
Clive Nates insists on paying £14.80 for his two meals at a 2 for £10 restaurant telling the waiter “we had a cup run” #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— Jack Mulhall (@JackMulhall92) September 23, 2018
Harry Anderson stands on the left side of an escalator in London #LincolnCityAreADisgrace https://t.co/j76TDmp25r
— Jack Mulhall (@JackMulhall92) September 22, 2018
Liam Scully parks his car across two bays in the supermarket so it doesn't get scratched even though it's only a 05 plate Focus with boy racer alloys and a roll cage #LincolnCityAreADisgrace
— The Stacey West (@Staceywestblog) September 23, 2018
Go to Twitter now, put in Jack’s hashtag #LincolnCityAreADisgrace and find out which two players prefer the Second Coming over the Roses’ early stuff, what the supermarket habits of our players are and who thinks Mrs Brown’s Boys is funny.
Not on Twitter.. but I have the following.
Colin Murphy once offered me his last Rolo, and then proceeded to scoff it himself.
#LincolnCityareadisgrace
The responses are brilliant!
That said, Shoot the vermin is a bit extreme with the word shoot. Most of the fans there are probably too young to remember when they were Wimbledon. As an aside “the football world will never forgive”, where was our banner at the Woolwich Arsenal game? Or for different towns, The Telford games?
I just get a bit tired with all the hate in the game these days
It was never “Shoot the vermin”, it was “Put the vermin to the sword”
Ah much nicer