Haven't they suffered enough?

The BBC reports:

A man bidding to buy Mansfield Town is planning to rename the club Harchester United after the former Sky series The Dream Team

Which just goes to show that the ‘fit and proper person‘ test needs to be extended to cover coin-eyed publicity-seeking nobodies without the sense to understand the what a club’s history and reputation mean to its fans. I mean, Dream Team, for fuck’s sake. Even Fulchester United would be better.

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