davieG Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 Source That'll teach her to beat people up with her programme ooops Match Day Magazine!! I'm no thug says gran A GRANDMOTHER has been banned from attending any football grounds for the next three years after being branded a hooligan. Leicester City season ticketholder Diane McGregor, 52, of Capell Gardens, Corby, was given the ban yesterday after she swiped a fellow supporter with her match programme during a game last season. McGregor assaulted John Hill at a home match against Nottingham Forest last season after he allegedly called her a "disabled cow". The altercation came when McGregor told Mr Hill, 36, to support their team rather than criticise after he had offered to sell his season ticket to other fans out of frustration at the team's poor performance in the game, which took place in March last year. Speaking outside Harborough Magistrates Court yesterday McGregor said: "I am devastated. Along with my grandchildren Leicester City is my life. It is my one social activity, I don't do anything else. "When I realised I couldn't watch them for three years I was nearly knocked off my feet. If Leicester get promoted while I am banned I will cry. I will be devastated. I feel like a statistic. If there is any trouble at the World Cup and people start talking about the numbers of hooligans with banning orders it is shocking to think that one of those is me." McGregor admitted to the court that she hit Mr Hill with the programme, but denied punching him on the back of the head during the attack, which happened 15 minutes before the end of the game with Leicester losing 1-0. She was found guilty of common assault, and given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay £414 in costs and compensation, as well as being given the banning order. McGregor was at the game with her husband Robert and grandson Josh Watkins, 15, and has been a regular at home and away games since 1969. She helped set up the Corby branch of the Leicester City Supporters' Club in 1995 and travelled to Madrid when the team qualified for Europe. She first met her husband at an away game against Tranmere Rovers in the early 1990s. She is now banned from all grounds in England and Wales and will also have to hand her passport in at a police station when certain major matches take place abroad. 05 May 2006
Chairman of the Bored Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 A slight case of over reaction from some respected Judge or other. Pitiful. Should we start a "Free Diane McGregor" campaign"?
Ultra Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 I'm sure we'll all sleep better tonight knowing our beloved club is working so hard to protect us from such hardened criminals.
stez Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 maybe there should be a new rule where grandparents can hit people and expect no comeback?
Chairman of the Bored Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 was she babysquad? A long, long time ago.....
Deathside Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 A slight case of over reaction from some respected Judge or other. Pitiful. Should we start a "Free Diane McGregor" campaign"? Where can I get a free Diane McGregor?
SystonFox Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 i heard she ran BabySquad headquaters based in Syston. she handed out spray paint to the youths of the town so they could wreck the train stop some more with there "YBS" symbols. terified middle aged couples can now sleep safe tonight.
stez Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 Where can I get a free Diane McGregor? in corby town centre, any saturday afternoon during the footy season.
stez Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 i heard she ran BabySquad headquaters based in Syston. she handed out spray paint to the youths of the town so they could wreck the train stop some more with there "YBS" symbols. terified middle aged couples can now sleep safe tonight. did she do the 'zombies' one on coombs' wall in the carpark? that one has pissed me off since i was a nipper!
SystonFox Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 did she do the 'zombies' one on coombs' wall in the carpark? that one has pissed me off since i was a nipper! unsure but your right that has been there for donkeys years. what does it mean anyway? represent anything?
stez Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 unsure but your right that has been there for donkeys years. what does it mean anyway? represent anything? i always thought it was systons rubbish version of the GTS (the goscote trendy squad (later the YGP)) the zombies and the jocks
SystonFox Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 goscote trendy squad?! atleast it sounds better than the babysquad. i remember when i was a wee lad living in Anstey the local thugs were called "the Anstey Lot". Syston isnt half full of cocks, especially ones who drive shit cars with lexus lights.
john_lcfc Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 " desire" and "cosk" seemed to be grafitied a lot in leicester,,
SystonFox Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 Desire have been 4 yrs m8. everywhere you go, Anstey, Syston, Thurmaston, Beaumont Leys, Glenfield, Groby, Birstall, City Centre. ... everywhere. must have spent alot on spray paint though
Chairman of the Bored Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 This thread is getting away from the point. Poor old Diane is sitting at home with her bruised ego (and Match Day Magazine). What are we going to do to help her? "Free, free Di-ane McccccGrrrrreggor" as Jerry Dammers was once heard to quip.
Deathside Posted 5 May 2006 Posted 5 May 2006 Desire have been 4 yrs m8. everywhere you go, Anstey, Syston, Thurmaston, Beaumont Leys, Glenfield, Groby, Birstall, City Centre. ... everywhere. must have spent alot on spray paint though Can't say I've noticed
SystonFox Posted 6 May 2006 Posted 6 May 2006 im sure i have seen it. maybe its just cos i see it everywhere else i thought it was in Anstey too.
Steven Posted 6 May 2006 Posted 6 May 2006 When her firm came to Rugby... How can it be Bank holiday footy hooligan horror when No-one was arrested and no-one is reported to have been hurt.
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