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Post by gw on Oct 28, 2006 12:03:51 GMT -1
A man has been fined £150 for stealing the goalposts from Britain's least successful football league club. Mark Rice, 37, of Ladysmill Road, Falkirk, admitted carrying off both sets of metal posts from East Stirlingshire's ground near Falkirk.
The club have come bottom of Scotland's Scottish Third Division for the past four seasons, conceding 166 home goals.
But since the raid in August, home form has at least improved - the club are currently second bottom of the league.
Prosecutor Eilidh Smith said a woman living near the ground phoned police after seeing unemployed Rice tying them on the roof of his car in August.
"Don't say I'm an East Stirlingshire supporter, because I'm not".
Mark Rice Goalpost thief
Ms Smith said: "He told officers he had found them lying on a scrapheap."
Rice's lawyer, Lynsey Maclean, said he appeared to have given East Stirlingshire a bit of a boost.
She said: "Since the posts were stolen they've started moving up the league."
East Stirlingshire are currently second bottom of the Scottish Third Division, on 10 points.
Ms Maclean added: "The posts were lying on the ground - he didn't have to dig them up."
Rice had intended to sell the posts for scrap.
Leaving court, he refused to comment on his crime. But he did say: "Don't say I'm an East Stirlingshire supporter, because I'm not."
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Post by darrenwooler on Oct 29, 2006 22:18:13 GMT -1
Scunthorpe had theirs nicked too but they never found the thief
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Post by CHOPPER READ on Oct 30, 2006 7:50:23 GMT -1
Someone knicked Goalposts For Jumpers? Why?
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Post by darrenwooler on Oct 30, 2006 10:19:11 GMT -1
Someone knicked Goalposts For Jumpers? Why? No reason I expect, just little hoodlums
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Post by CHOPPER READ on Oct 30, 2006 10:58:27 GMT -1
But i can think of better things to steal than that big ugly git! ;D Someone knicked Goalposts For Jumpers? Why? No reason I expect, just little hoodlums
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Post by ESR on Oct 30, 2006 17:13:29 GMT -1
You would have thought East Stirlingshire would have done better without the nets!
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Post by Fizzy Bread on Oct 30, 2006 20:55:29 GMT -1
But i can think of better things to steal than that big ugly git! ;D No reason I expect, just little hoodlums Lol ;D
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Mar 20, 2007 9:33:11 GMT -1
Agreed.
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Post by danthered on Mar 20, 2007 10:23:37 GMT -1
Fook Me is this the MATRIX?
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Mar 20, 2007 10:26:12 GMT -1
Welcome to the real world.
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Post by Arnold on Mar 24, 2007 13:11:31 GMT -1
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Post by gw on Mar 24, 2007 20:27:42 GMT -1
what the hell is going on?
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