Sunday, February 26, 2006
The Crimes of Derrick Brown
Got a crime to report? Send it to the Down With Brown Police at boycott_brown@yahoo.co.uk
When Brown took over we had just achieved promotion.
1.A year later we had been relegated.
2.A year after that we struggled in the bottom half of Division 3.
3.We are struggling in the same position this season.
4.Season tickets sales have fallen.
5.Player sponsorships have fallen.
6.Advertising boards are less than last year.
7.The Young Fifers have been criticised. Derrick attacked the Young Fifers for running busses to away games because it was “giving money to other clubs”.
8.The Trust have been savaged. Derrick described the Trust as “the biggest off field challenge the club faces”.
9.The respected broadsheet The Scotsman has run a full page article questioning his ability to run a club.
10.He has been described as universally loathed in The Sunday Mail.
11.He has made racist remarks at a supporters club meeting. On a separate occasion he said that he “wouldn’t tell that joke to a darkie” - Meanwhile East Fife supporters team the Bayview Allstars proudly represented the club at a “Show Racism The Red Card” five aside tournament in Kirkcaldy. A campaign that Derrick has avoided pledging support to.
12.He lied to shareholders and directed them to vote against allowing The Trust more shares at The AGM of EFFC.
13.He claimed supporters who enjoyed a pint or two at local hostelries before games were not true supporters.
14.He claimed to be more of a supporter than everyone else.
15.He operates under long term proxy from buddy Neil Rankines girlfriends daughters large shareholding whilst dismissing supporters money for shares.
16.Derrick raised the issue of Hearts manager Graham Rix “not being a fit and proper person” to manage a football club. Derrick Brown is a former close friend and colleague of Julian Danskin. He claimed that “one hundred women” had phoned him to congratulate him on his stance.
17.Derrick thought it was acceptable to tell the players they would need to bring a packed lunch for an away trip to Elgin.
18.He also claimed that players should provide their own towels after matches to cut the risk of spreading HIV (because there have been a lot of cases of stuff like this happening, obviously…).
19.When ex-director Davie Marshall was volunteering as kit man he commented to Derrick that the bags were a bit heavy for a man of his age, instead of getting some help for Davie, Derrick Brown told the manager to take less kit!
20.Derrick Brown argued against the sell of shares to the supporters trust by saying if “they get in we could all lose our places on the board”.
21.Derrick then welcomed an ex-Raith Rovers chairman onto the board without any concern whatsoever.
22.Upon sacking manager Jim Moffat, Derrick stated that the “board has a responsibility to its shareholders” – no mention of supporters, the community or local businesses. Derrick states that he has a duty to look after the investments of his backers, yet he is the sole reason that an average of fifty supporters stand on the mound at home games, whilst hundreds of others stay away altogether.
23.Despite being listed as East Fife FC’s “PR Officer” Derrick refused to comment when 150 supporters and a pipe band marched to Bayview to demand his resignation.
24.The organised supporters protest march against Brown was originally due to pass past the front entrance to the ground. Derrick contacted the police to say this “wouldn’t be safe” because of the roadworks in front of the stadium. In other words it wouldn’t be safe for 150 people to walk past the ground, yet their was a football match on that day and allegedly 375 people were in attendance, it was not “unsafe” for these people to walk past the front of the stadium apparently.
25.Derrick had previously claimed that the protesters, or “those people” as he called them, were not harming him but we were harming East Fife FC. At that point the money the protests had cost the club was only 10% of the money the Trust offered the club to buy shares with no strings attached – an offer that Derrick rejected!
26.Despite stating that the protests were harming the club, Derrick was told that the minute he steps down they will cease. If he really “supports East Fife more than we do” then he might consider putting the club first, he has since point blank refused to step down on a number of occasions.
27.Derrick refused the press entry to a public meeting with supporters on the grounds that it “would not be fair to supporters”, no supporters were asked for their opinions on this at the time however but it was nice of him to speak on our behalf.
28.Being Trust members the Board received their allotted two books of raffle tickets last year. Derrick refused to sell his as half of the proceeds were going to charity (Rachel House, a charity for the care of terminally ill children). Apparently it is the duty of supporter groups to fund raise for the Club only. Derrick had made similar comments when the Supporters Club held two charity "Stars in their Eyes" shows (Maggie Centre and Young Fifers). He said he would return his books unsold and recommended that all Board members do the same.
29. Shortly after protests had began against Derrick on the mound overlooking the pitch he was under the impression that to halt a peaceful protest or demonstration you don’t need to deal with the causes of the dispute, you just need to prevent action from being taken. In which case he tried to have the mound demolished to prevent us from assembling there. Needless to say he had bitten off more than he could chew and was unable to move the mound, he just made an even bigger mess of the place than was already there.
30.In the past Derrick Brown had accused the Trust of “going through the media” to conduct its business with the club. He claimed that East Fife did not operate in this way. In early April of this year he released a statement on the clubs website in which he started by welcoming new boss David Baikie, moved swiftly onto a scathing attack on the protesting fans and finished by stating that the club had received an application from the Trust to buy shares. So much for not “going through the media”!
31.He claimed that “The Board of Directors would be happy to meet with a representative of the protestors to explore the way forward.” four weeks after the supporters had made two requests for such a meeting to take place, both requests had been ignored.
32.After several weeks of East Fife’s home attendances struggling to reach the 300 mark, Derrick claimed that his statement attacking the fans had attracted some hostility from a minority – but this would be condemned “by the wider Levenmouth community” and by “right-thinking people”, one can only speculate as to what drugs he was on when this was written.
33.Derrick makes no secret of the fact that our club does not belong to the supporters, but the major shareholders who invested in the club. Yet he desires to see public monies being invested in East Fife FC to fund a plastic pitch and changing facilities, which is rumoured to be part of his plan to create full time jobs at Bayview for him and his family.
34.Derrick boasted that “East Fife is my pension”.
35.In raising the “fit and proper person” question over Graham Rix at Hearts, the same question has inevitably come back to haunt Derrick after the appointment of David Baikie who has a criminal record for serious assault.
36.When tabloid newspaper The Sun were offering money off vouchers for Scottish Cup matches, Derrick asked club volunteers to go out and buy all copies of The Sun from local newsagents, then fill out all the coupons to claim back money, I am no expert on the law but is this not known as fraud?
37.Derrick doesn’t like women in the boardroom at football matches, except of course his wife and daughter because “he is the Chairman”.
38.When Derrick arrived back at Bayview following his adventures at Cowdenbeath FC (where he remained a bigger East Fife supporter than all of you) a centenary committee was in place (put together by ex-Chairman Bruce Black) made up of lifelong fans and local historians who’s aim was to plan the events for the clubs 100th birthday. Before they knew it however, they were told they were no longer required. Derrick had taken over and decided to do everything himself - like organise the invitations to former players to attend the Centenary match versus Hearts - and invite entirely the wrong people after Jim Beavers had made up a list which was ignored. Then he introduced John McGarrity as one half of Scotland's oldest married couple, thinking he was introducing 1930's 'keeper John Bernard!
39.Derrick refused to attend an away game at East Stirlingshire because they refused to put extra security on to protect him from the evil protesters, he had also requested that anyone with “those t-shirts” on should be banned from the ground. We are always glad to see a representative of our club set such a good example at other grounds around Scotland, as will the wider Levenmouth community and right-thinking people.
40.At a recent home game, former director and season ticket holder Dave Marshall left his seat at half time to collect ticket money on the mound for the Supporters Club POTY dance that evening. He was then refused re-entry to the ground by the stewards through the direct instruction of Derrick Brown.
41.Derrick recently hired a “bodyguard” to watch him at matches, presumably the bill is being footed by East Fife FC.
42.Despite all of the above, our vocal protest against Derrick Brown at an away match at Cowdenbeath was described as “nothing short of disgraceful” and “a stain on the clubs name”. As you can see, irony is not lost on this man.
When Brown took over we had just achieved promotion.
1.A year later we had been relegated.
2.A year after that we struggled in the bottom half of Division 3.
3.We are struggling in the same position this season.
4.Season tickets sales have fallen.
5.Player sponsorships have fallen.
6.Advertising boards are less than last year.
7.The Young Fifers have been criticised. Derrick attacked the Young Fifers for running busses to away games because it was “giving money to other clubs”.
8.The Trust have been savaged. Derrick described the Trust as “the biggest off field challenge the club faces”.
9.The respected broadsheet The Scotsman has run a full page article questioning his ability to run a club.
10.He has been described as universally loathed in The Sunday Mail.
11.He has made racist remarks at a supporters club meeting. On a separate occasion he said that he “wouldn’t tell that joke to a darkie” - Meanwhile East Fife supporters team the Bayview Allstars proudly represented the club at a “Show Racism The Red Card” five aside tournament in Kirkcaldy. A campaign that Derrick has avoided pledging support to.
12.He lied to shareholders and directed them to vote against allowing The Trust more shares at The AGM of EFFC.
13.He claimed supporters who enjoyed a pint or two at local hostelries before games were not true supporters.
14.He claimed to be more of a supporter than everyone else.
15.He operates under long term proxy from buddy Neil Rankines girlfriends daughters large shareholding whilst dismissing supporters money for shares.
16.Derrick raised the issue of Hearts manager Graham Rix “not being a fit and proper person” to manage a football club. Derrick Brown is a former close friend and colleague of Julian Danskin. He claimed that “one hundred women” had phoned him to congratulate him on his stance.
17.Derrick thought it was acceptable to tell the players they would need to bring a packed lunch for an away trip to Elgin.
18.He also claimed that players should provide their own towels after matches to cut the risk of spreading HIV (because there have been a lot of cases of stuff like this happening, obviously…).
19.When ex-director Davie Marshall was volunteering as kit man he commented to Derrick that the bags were a bit heavy for a man of his age, instead of getting some help for Davie, Derrick Brown told the manager to take less kit!
20.Derrick Brown argued against the sell of shares to the supporters trust by saying if “they get in we could all lose our places on the board”.
21.Derrick then welcomed an ex-Raith Rovers chairman onto the board without any concern whatsoever.
22.Upon sacking manager Jim Moffat, Derrick stated that the “board has a responsibility to its shareholders” – no mention of supporters, the community or local businesses. Derrick states that he has a duty to look after the investments of his backers, yet he is the sole reason that an average of fifty supporters stand on the mound at home games, whilst hundreds of others stay away altogether.
23.Despite being listed as East Fife FC’s “PR Officer” Derrick refused to comment when 150 supporters and a pipe band marched to Bayview to demand his resignation.
24.The organised supporters protest march against Brown was originally due to pass past the front entrance to the ground. Derrick contacted the police to say this “wouldn’t be safe” because of the roadworks in front of the stadium. In other words it wouldn’t be safe for 150 people to walk past the ground, yet their was a football match on that day and allegedly 375 people were in attendance, it was not “unsafe” for these people to walk past the front of the stadium apparently.
25.Derrick had previously claimed that the protesters, or “those people” as he called them, were not harming him but we were harming East Fife FC. At that point the money the protests had cost the club was only 10% of the money the Trust offered the club to buy shares with no strings attached – an offer that Derrick rejected!
26.Despite stating that the protests were harming the club, Derrick was told that the minute he steps down they will cease. If he really “supports East Fife more than we do” then he might consider putting the club first, he has since point blank refused to step down on a number of occasions.
27.Derrick refused the press entry to a public meeting with supporters on the grounds that it “would not be fair to supporters”, no supporters were asked for their opinions on this at the time however but it was nice of him to speak on our behalf.
28.Being Trust members the Board received their allotted two books of raffle tickets last year. Derrick refused to sell his as half of the proceeds were going to charity (Rachel House, a charity for the care of terminally ill children). Apparently it is the duty of supporter groups to fund raise for the Club only. Derrick had made similar comments when the Supporters Club held two charity "Stars in their Eyes" shows (Maggie Centre and Young Fifers). He said he would return his books unsold and recommended that all Board members do the same.
29. Shortly after protests had began against Derrick on the mound overlooking the pitch he was under the impression that to halt a peaceful protest or demonstration you don’t need to deal with the causes of the dispute, you just need to prevent action from being taken. In which case he tried to have the mound demolished to prevent us from assembling there. Needless to say he had bitten off more than he could chew and was unable to move the mound, he just made an even bigger mess of the place than was already there.
30.In the past Derrick Brown had accused the Trust of “going through the media” to conduct its business with the club. He claimed that East Fife did not operate in this way. In early April of this year he released a statement on the clubs website in which he started by welcoming new boss David Baikie, moved swiftly onto a scathing attack on the protesting fans and finished by stating that the club had received an application from the Trust to buy shares. So much for not “going through the media”!
31.He claimed that “The Board of Directors would be happy to meet with a representative of the protestors to explore the way forward.” four weeks after the supporters had made two requests for such a meeting to take place, both requests had been ignored.
32.After several weeks of East Fife’s home attendances struggling to reach the 300 mark, Derrick claimed that his statement attacking the fans had attracted some hostility from a minority – but this would be condemned “by the wider Levenmouth community” and by “right-thinking people”, one can only speculate as to what drugs he was on when this was written.
33.Derrick makes no secret of the fact that our club does not belong to the supporters, but the major shareholders who invested in the club. Yet he desires to see public monies being invested in East Fife FC to fund a plastic pitch and changing facilities, which is rumoured to be part of his plan to create full time jobs at Bayview for him and his family.
34.Derrick boasted that “East Fife is my pension”.
35.In raising the “fit and proper person” question over Graham Rix at Hearts, the same question has inevitably come back to haunt Derrick after the appointment of David Baikie who has a criminal record for serious assault.
36.When tabloid newspaper The Sun were offering money off vouchers for Scottish Cup matches, Derrick asked club volunteers to go out and buy all copies of The Sun from local newsagents, then fill out all the coupons to claim back money, I am no expert on the law but is this not known as fraud?
37.Derrick doesn’t like women in the boardroom at football matches, except of course his wife and daughter because “he is the Chairman”.
38.When Derrick arrived back at Bayview following his adventures at Cowdenbeath FC (where he remained a bigger East Fife supporter than all of you) a centenary committee was in place (put together by ex-Chairman Bruce Black) made up of lifelong fans and local historians who’s aim was to plan the events for the clubs 100th birthday. Before they knew it however, they were told they were no longer required. Derrick had taken over and decided to do everything himself - like organise the invitations to former players to attend the Centenary match versus Hearts - and invite entirely the wrong people after Jim Beavers had made up a list which was ignored. Then he introduced John McGarrity as one half of Scotland's oldest married couple, thinking he was introducing 1930's 'keeper John Bernard!
39.Derrick refused to attend an away game at East Stirlingshire because they refused to put extra security on to protect him from the evil protesters, he had also requested that anyone with “those t-shirts” on should be banned from the ground. We are always glad to see a representative of our club set such a good example at other grounds around Scotland, as will the wider Levenmouth community and right-thinking people.
40.At a recent home game, former director and season ticket holder Dave Marshall left his seat at half time to collect ticket money on the mound for the Supporters Club POTY dance that evening. He was then refused re-entry to the ground by the stewards through the direct instruction of Derrick Brown.
41.Derrick recently hired a “bodyguard” to watch him at matches, presumably the bill is being footed by East Fife FC.
42.Despite all of the above, our vocal protest against Derrick Brown at an away match at Cowdenbeath was described as “nothing short of disgraceful” and “a stain on the clubs name”. As you can see, irony is not lost on this man.
# posted by The East Fife Faithful @ 1:27 AM 
