OK - here is the serious response DJS.
I feel that I initially brought about the suggestion of the Singing Section for the Pars game although Lg evidently did the large majority of the prep. and the agreement by the club. I felt that I had to make the effort to travel to a game which I would probably have otherwise missed. That evidently results in a 700 mile round, elongated train journey plus accomodation.
I thought that one of the reasons for putting the section in the outside, uncovered wing was to let the party roll. Personally I now feel that the club did not expect the level of response and went well OTT in the subsequent stewarding.
It was persisting for most of the first half but I tended to rest ma weary bones between songs. The throwing out of the young lads and the close proximity and threatening observations of the stewards led mainly to then fans standing up more. They certainly did go back into the main stand when the torrent came. At half time I walked along to chat to some of the lads in the Main Stand. On the way back I was challenged by a steward who told me, at that stage, that I would be the next out the door. You may anticipate my reply.
I actually sat down fer the first five minutes after the restart and stood up for a Stand Up chorus. The woman then came accross and "warned" me. I more politely responded that she and her colleagues would be better employed at the Pars end and asked if they realised that the Singing Section had been sanctioned by the club. I again sat down but stood up again when the next song started. I was then simply asked to leave the ground.
I really thought it was a practical joke and waved to the other fans. Then the mannie told me that it was no joke and that is when I started gestering to the Main Stand. Again jokingly I added "Do you not know who I am?" and the response was "Yes, we have been told to get you out of here". On the way out the two stewards apologised to me, stating that they were under specific orders, that they thought it was daft but it was more than their jobsworth.
It all leaves a bad taste in the mooth. It suggests that the stewards were specifically tasked to overpolice the Singing Section. I also evidently take marked offence if I was targetted as was put to me.
It was a long lonely desolate Highland March back to the INNES. :001: