The amount of times I was called a bitter Bertie during their Pisscan spell were countless - like all of us, I daresay.
But my counter argument was always the same: I have nothing but admiration for a club that plays according to the rules of the game, a club that plays with honesty and integrity, and beats their opponents fairly and squarely. There is no shame in losing to a club who -on their day- were simply better than you.
But when that club picks and chooses who can and who cannot referee their games, when that club is told by the manager to target individual players (SWP) knowing the ref will turn a blind eye, when that club has a manager who can physically threaten match officials and face no sanctions from the governing body, then I cannot and will not accept their so-called 'victories' and the plastic trophies they may have accumulated along the way by employing such disgusting tactics.
Had the refereeing officials in charge of the game during Pisccan's reign been honest, truthful and played by the rulebook, we would have seen a very very different outcome to the majority of their games, and the Pisscan and one or two others would have been doing time in Wormwood Scrubs.