27.02.10
A MILLWALL breed of mine called Tatts was up before the magistrates last week
on a racism assign, a consequence of him using the word “pikey” while
watching our stereotypical defeat at Gillingham. There but for the grace of God. I
cannot recall ever watching Millwall freedom Gillingham without uttering the
word “pikey”, or making a tripper-related slur. Except we don’t think of
it is a traveller-tied up slur, just a Gillingham-related slur. I’m pretty
assured that four or five years ago I joined in with a spirited rendition of
“You can shove your timely heather up your a***.” And long before that, the
magnificently obnoxious “You can’t read, you can’t write, you erosion gold and
Nikes, you are all from Gillingham and you are f****** pikeys.”
I’m charmed to say that Tatts was found not guilty. His successful defence
included presenting to the beaks a T-shirt that was on selling to the
Priestfield faithful, bearing the proud slogan “Solid Pikey”. Also, the
prosecution case was subtly undermined by the administer admitting that the
Gillingham fans were habituated to sing, every resemble without fail for the
past 20 years, “We are the Pikeys!”
Source: Times Online