By Chris Wright
“Say…’I look like a complete dipstick!'”
Thanks to some tireless campaigning and protestation from hardy members of The Fighting Cock supporters group, Tottenham have done the decent thing and become the first Premier League club to officially ban the “selfie stick”.
For those of you basking in glorious ignorance, the “selfie stick” is a telescopic rod which allows awful people to take awful “selfie” photos from beyond arm’s length.
Yep, this is what mankind is doing with the freedom we’ve been afforded.
Anway, the victory was announced by Fighting Cock associate @LiamCSWY on Twitter earlier this afternoon, after he received an email from the club to confirm the ban will come into effect for Spurs’ upcoming FA Cup replay against Burnley at home on January 14th…
Victory! pic.twitter.com/6qXPr1WGMe
— Liam (@LiamCSWY) January 7, 2015
However, rather than any high-minded moral standpoint, Liam freely admitted that his quest to banish selfie sticks from The Lane was really just an attempt to stop his beloved club descending (any further) into farce…
Had a lot of nice msgs from people. Cheers. But I only did it to stop us looking like we were a tinpot club with embarassing fans @Arsenal
— Liam (@LiamCSWY) January 7, 2015
Fightin’ the good fight. Kudos gentlemen.