Seani's response

Being a blogger of longstanding, and [*sound-of-trumpet-marked-"Ebren"-being-blown*] published Over By Over, Minute By Minute, Game By Game , Fiver, and Knowledge contributer I have Sean Ingle's email address.

So I asked him why I was banned.

He took time out of his day to respond to me, which I appreciated.

I'm not sure if I'm legally allowed to publish the resonse - but in effect he told me that there had been over 100 complaints about the Harry Pearson blog, and that if I was annoyed I should have simply complained about it . He said the moderator's stance seemed fair.

I had decided to try and make my point in a humourous way, in an attempt to get the banter back on topic, rather than report the comment - which always feels like telling tales to teacher.

This appears to have been the wrong option.

So no more Ebren. I now go to join SirOliverReed in exile in a foreign land - far from the halls and sacred places of our fathers.

I deeply appreciate comments made in my favour by other bloggers.

So big hugs to andrewm, bluedaddy, MouthoftheMersey, guitougoal [stop dancing already], offsideintahiti, tonyellis, paulita [don't worry, my messianic tendancies were in place decades ago, this changes nothing], Marcela [down andrewm - it's just a friendly hug], fancaise, Doleywino, octavemouret, miro and others who I can't remember.