The problem is that the ned element has taken over/been allowed to take over whatever the support is at Kilbirnie and now is seen as the club support.Boozing and fighting wherever they can as a badge of village idiot honour -and even if the club bans them(and in a small place like Kilbirnie every single culprit will be well known)they still loom around the club outside grounds or on the hill outside the ground in Glengarnock waiting to return.
And the big problem of course is away games where they manage to organise transport and then turn up for another club to deal with.As a Lok volunteer I saw first hand the boozed up guys try to catch us out and rush through our gates last season in numbers to intimidate gate checkers and avoid paying-the only time I have ever seen that with any club.Some got in but we were ready after many years of experience with stewards as we knew what to expect.
This isn’t a new thing at Kilbirnie as I remember seeing trouble as a boy in the late 70s when we played them in the junior cup and many times after at various games but it has persisted and the club has not dealt with it.A real shame for true fans but the club has to deal with this and be very strong and forceful.Ban this mob or go out of business-and enforce the measures properly to ensure the safety of all fans.No fan of any club should feel unsafe at any game.