CumbrianRam Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 A football club’s number one fan has been banished from the stands for “mercilessly winding up” a Premier League manager. Crawley Town fanatic Paul Prendergast spent most of Saturday’s friendly against Crystal Palace taunting opposition boss Ian Holloway from his seat just yards from the touchline. But after Palace lost 3-0 to the lower league club, a furious Holloway complained to Crawley,which has now banned Mr Prendergast for four home games. Yesterday Mr Prendergast resigned his position as chairman of the Crawley Town Supporters’ Alliance, saying it would “cause too many issues” for him to stay. But fellow fans said his behaviour was “just Paul being Paul”. Ian Townsend, spokesmanfor the Crawley Town Supporters’ Alliance, said Mr Prendergast had been banned for “pushing Holloway’s buttons”. He said: “Paul has been sat in that same seat behind the opposition manager for the last 16 years and to be honest he does tend to wind them up mercilessly. “On Saturday he could see that Ian Holloway was getting hot under the collar when Palace started losing so he started making some observations about the quality of their team. “Some other fans might have been ribbing Holloway about his West Country accent but that wasn’t Paul. “The problem was that he worked out which button to press, pushed it and then wouldn’t remove his finger - until it all went wrong.” Mr Holloway withstood Mr Prendergast’s taunts for most of the match until Crawley’s third goal went in, when he finally snapped. According to fans, the manager whipped round to face his tormentor and yelled “Why don’t you shut up?” When the final whistle blew, the enraged Palace boss marched straight to the stewards and demanded that Mr Prendergast be punished. A spokesman for Crawley Town said: “Ian Holloway made the complaint and the club followed it up. “He wasn’t happy and it was noted by the stewards and the head of security. Mr Prendergast was spoken to and subsequently banned for four games. “We had a duty to act to preserve the integrity of the club.” http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10577282.Fan_is_banned_for__winding_up__Crystal_Palace_boss/?ref=twtrec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastKentRam Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Quality. I know everyone loves Holloway and he does make me laugh but he always strikes me as believing his own hype, bit of a bellend. Well done that man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JW- Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Mardy fecker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 How ridiculous. Unless using foul and abusive language, how can they ban him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 I don't like Holloway. Never have. Can't stand the bloke now. Crawley are pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams71 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Holloways a complete feckwit Cant stand the bloke,never have liked him or his 'witty' after match interviews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Feckin Idol The Crawley fan that is.. You can't wind someone up by being personal.. That's just wrong.. But by simply criticising his work is classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsilks Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Why is Holloway being unreasonable? Why should he have to sit there and take abuse from fans? It's unreasonable and Crawley are right to ban the fan from attending games. I wish more clubs would have the courage to ban fans for using foul and abusive language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Why is Holloway being unreasonable? Why should he have to sit there and take abuse from fans? It's unreasonable and Crawley are right to ban the fan from attending games. I wish more clubs would have the courage to ban fans for using foul and abusive language. Foul and abusive language? There wouldn't be anyone in the stadium if that was the case.. Not only do fans use bad language, but so do the players and coaching staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Plus, as if Holloway has never once continually ranted abuse at an official.. The hypocritical **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Ban this mug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 There are a lot of people going to get banned next season if this is anything to go by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsilks Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Foul and abusive language? There wouldn't be anyone in the stadium if that was the case.. Not only do fans use bad language, but so do the players and coaching staff. You've not been to a game lately then I guess. Football fans are now largely made up of youngsters out with their dads and abusive language is in the main, a thing of the past. Yes, you do hear it from a small group of ****** but generally, it's been driven out of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smyth_18 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 You've not been to a game lately then I guess. Football fans are now largely made up of youngsters out with their dads and abusive language is in the main, a thing of the past. Yes, you do hear it from a small group of ****** but generally, it's been driven out of the game. Come on mate, many fans are abusive in some way or another. Not often I agree with Bris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastKentRam Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 You've not been to a game lately then I guess. Football fans are now largely made up of youngsters out with their dads and abusive language is in the main, a thing of the past. Yes, you do hear it from a small group of ****** but generally, it's been driven out of the game. You definitely cant have been to game lately, not in England anyway, or you were sitting in a private box. I've heard even the most mellow and innocent looking people go beserk at football in the past year. At the very least, you're almost guaranteed to be sitting within a few seats of someone ranting and swearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 You definitely cant have been to game lately, not in England anyway, or you were sitting in a private box. I've heard even the most mellow and innocent looking people go beserk at football in the past year. At the very least, you're almost guaranteed to be sitting within a few seats of someone ranting and swearing. You can't ALL be sitting within a few seats of me. When Atwell disallowed 107 perfectly fair goals against Forest, gave two Derby players the death penalty, threw Nigel Clough into a black hole and finished up by letting everyone's tyres down in the car park, I used every swear word in the book, invented a few new ones and would have impaled him with my walking stick given the chance. The Crawley incident wasn't supposed to be foul language though, so you can't blame me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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