IT’S CRIMINAL FOR IRONS TO CALL 999

EMBARRASSINGLY, West Ham supporters have been asked to stop phoning 999 to vent their frustration after matches. Essex Police have taken so many calls from irate fans, they issued a statement following Sunday’s defeat by Watford. As tonight brings the first home game of the David Moyes era, against Leicester, perhaps they fear the worst. Even a handful of comedians attempting to report Manuel Lanzini missing since August are enough to clog an overworked system on a Friday night. Yet, increasingly, our law-enforcement agencies embrace social media leading to some well-publicised attempts to engage football fans in ‘bantz’. Is it any wonder, then, that a few Clever Trevors forget the police are a vital public service, dedicated to more than making facile jokes at the expense of Mesut Ozil?