seriously, you would have thought by now that football hooligans would have got the message.

You’re morons, nobody’s impressed, it isn’t big, it isn’t clever, and all you’re doing is driving away hundreds of dedicated fans who just want to get passionate about the game, not the seedy promise of thuggish violence afterwards.

But then, of course, they’re probably too stupid and too bloated by cheap beer and lager to have noticed that it’s no longer the 1970s; that football supporters have grown up and matured into real men (and women) who realise that kicking and punching off the pitch isn’t the most enjoyable or rewarding of ways to celebrate our beloved national sport.

Doubtless, here in Oxford, the U’s hugely deserved promotion to the Football League has probably made our own home-grown hooligans, who comprise a tiny minority of the club’s support, think that their mindless stupidity is also worthy of a bigger stage.

Well think again, because the club and its true supporters have now teamed up with police to root you out and shame you.

Naturally, that might make you feel ‘special’, but just see how important, how manly, you feel when you’re banned from attending any football game, either here or across Europe, for maybe the next 10 years.

Bet you shed a tear or two then.

So grow up or stay away – YOU’RE NOT WANTED.