I appreciate your response. But maybe issues akin to those referenced are better brought to the attention of club officials, who can the communicate directly with the club concerned, rather than have all sorts of unproven claims over internet forums. As club secretary I am always available to anyone wishing to pass any such correspondence.
With the utmost respect Gaz, I'm concerned that we might be in danger of over egging the pudding here - as far as i'm concerned there were no issues to bring to anyones attention. What we have are two idioms, namely "Couldn't hold their drink" and "letting the side down" made within the context of a light hearted exchange on a football forum. Quite how we've gone from that to the suggestion that people are making "all sorts of unproven claims" or alleging "misconduct" on the part of East Stirlingshires supporters is quite the leap. The editorial in Saturdays programme referenced "banter going back and forth on the internet forums" and i'd suggest that this is at the milder end of just that. Whilst i'm delighted to offer an apology to our friends at East Stirlingshire in the event that this has caused any misunderstanding, i'd be far from content for this to rumble on fuelled by the suggestion anyones alleged any impropriety. I'd politely suggest that this could do more to heighten the molehill than any turn of phrase that might have been used elsewhere in the thread.