Dan Levene?

[JoeyN]

Who is this dude exactly?

Why do I always see his name on twitter accusing us of racism? 

 

 

Accusing a large portion of the travelling support of being racist?

I didn't hear anything, and nothing was reported according to the police in the area?

Opinions on him?

[Zeta]

12 minutes ago, JoeyN said:

Who is this dude exactly?

Why do I always see his name on twitter accusing us of racism? 

 

 

Accusing a large portion of the travelling support of being racist?

I didn't hear anything, and nothing was reported according to the police in the area?

Opinions on him?

He's just a bitter c**t who seems to have it out for us. Every few games he pipes up with this again, despite him being the only one to hear this stuff.

[Scott Harris]

You can ask him how his day is going and he would accuse you of being racist. The guy is a twat. 

[Munkunku]

Just some bitter, self serving, odious w**ker. It’s best to just ignore him and hope he gets bored. 

[dkw]

He's a c**t journalist who lost his job, then saw an opportunity to jump on the racism thing and basically spends his time inventing situations so he can report them to keep himself relevant. 

[Scott]

Dan used to be alright, but sadly he has become unhinged by two words in two Chelsea songs.

[Zeta]

Is he just going on about the Pikey song again?

[dkw]

9 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Is he just going on about the Pikey song again?

Yep, now he's having a go at the police who tweeted there had been no trouble at all at the Watford game. 

[Munkunku]

14 minutes ago, dkw said:

Yep, now he's having a go at the police who tweeted there had been no trouble at all at the Watford game. 

Well he did inform the via that well know medium of reporting crimes; Twitter. He did once again fail provide any evidence when asked. 
 

I’m wondering where his tweets about United fans using homophobic slurs on Wednesday have gone. Surely he reported them?

[stevo]

Never heard of him until lately. Probably an undercover agent from N17. 

[stevo]

I wonder if he will report the abuse aimed at Son after that tackle?

[Munkunku]

15 hours ago, stevo said:

I wonder if he will report the abuse aimed at Son after that tackle?

He’ll only report any by Chelsea fans. 

[stevo]

10 hours ago, Munkworth said:

He’ll only report any by Chelsea fans. 

Another great journo. Lol. Hope the clubs legal department take an   Interest in him. 

[PloKoon13]

Dan Levene can be legitimately accused of many things:

He can be accused of bandwagoning on a very important cause in the interests of self-promotion. 

He can be accused of engaging with his fellow fans in a manner which is wholly counterproductive to convincing them that they're doing something wrong, but which will be very effective at promoting him personally. 

He can be accused of displaying a level of self-righteousness which is unappealing when one is incapable of expressing it in a manner appropriate for a self-appointed moral leader. 

He can be accused of committing the exact same sins which he is now condemning as a 'disgrace'. 

 

 

Here's the thing though... he is completely right about the 'Pikey' chant. Call it racist, bigoted, whatever - it is a pejorative slur aimed at a particular group of people. It is wrong and we should stop it. 

People who think it's a joke or has no effect, people who will use a personal dislike of the speaker to justify ignoring the message are absolutely part of the problem. If these kinds of attitudes are allowed to fester without any retaliation, it means that an unpleasant enough ruling body can take advantage of that to dehumanise entire groups of people, and can do so completely unchallenged. 

 

Making fun of West Ham is great fun. I think we are imaginative enough to find a less harmful way of doing it. 

[PloKoon13]

Probably worth adding the caveat that I have also absolutely been guilty of this in the past myself.

I've sung about Super Frank scoring 200 at matches, pubs, in groups large and small of fellow fans, with good people and c**ts. I'm almost 100% certain I've said it on here before as well. I surely knew perfectly well that it was wrong, but because of these attitudes being allowed to prevail, it meant I was never challenged, and never forced to feel guilty about it. 

Not to harp on, I just don't want any of us to make the mistake of missing the point because Dan Levene comes across as a massive prick. Call him a self-promoting arsehole, question his motives... but he's got a point. 

[Munkunku]

He also has a point about the sh*t from Tottenham Hotspur...

The problem is he goes about it all the wrong way, is a complete hypocrite and is only trying to further his failing career. 
 

The club should ban him. They’re actually doing good work to address the problems and this prick is undermining them. 

[PloKoon13]

Anyone who thinks that he is solely focused on the behaviour of Chelsea fans, I would suggest taking a look at his reporting on the West Ham game. 

[Ewell CFC]

On 27/11/2019 at 15:29, PloKoon13 said:

Probably worth adding the caveat that I have also absolutely been guilty of this in the past myself.

I've sung about Super Frank scoring 200 at matches, pubs, in groups large and small of fellow fans, with good people and c**ts. I'm almost 100% certain I've said it on here before as well. I surely knew perfectly well that it was wrong, but because of these attitudes being allowed to prevail, it meant I was never challenged, and never forced to feel guilty about it. 

Not to harp on, I just don't want any of us to make the mistake of missing the point because Dan Levene comes across as a massive prick. Call him a self-promoting arsehole, question his motives... but he's got a point. 

He’s got a point if you agree that football fans should adhere to political correctness.

Theres nothing new about risqué songs at football. What’s new is the PC agenda being applied.

Its pantomime for adults, and I don’t see why the fun of many should be outlawed because some priggish killjoys are offended.

[Boyne]

 

[dkw]

Good f**king riddance.

[bluehaze]

I've only pretty recently become aware of this guy and something just doesn't sit right. All football fans are very protective of their clubs doesn't matter how the club or the fans behave generally you turn a blind eye to most things. Not him he seemed to revel in slagging off the club and especially the fans no self respecting Chelsea fan would do that. Be critical yes but not hyper critical and at every given opportunity as far as I'm concerned he was a stooge who was planted just to be a mouthpiece for the anti Chelsea brigade.

[dkw]

7 minutes ago, bluehaze said:

I've only pretty recently become aware of this guy and something just doesn't sit right. All football fans are very protective of their clubs doesn't matter how the club or the fans behave generally you turn a blind eye to most things. Not him he seemed to revel in slagging off the club and especially the fans no self respecting Chelsea fan would do that. Be critical yes but not hyper critical and at every given opportunity as far as I'm concerned he was a stooge who was planted just to be a mouthpiece for the anti Chelsea brigade.

He was worse than that, he blatantly made things up to try and drop our fans in it. He has been outed as a spurs fan on social media. Basically he was a decent reporter that lost his paying job, then he saw a market for finding racism and homophobia in everything knowing he would be backed by the social media warriors. Some of the things he did were sickening, trying to get people sacked and arrested for the most innocent of things. 

[bluehaze]

48 minutes ago, dkw said:

He was worse than that, he blatantly made things up to try and drop our fans in it. He has been outed as a spurs fan on social media. Basically he was a decent reporter that lost his paying job, then he saw a market for finding racism and homophobia in everything knowing he would be backed by the social media warriors. Some of the things he did were sickening, trying to get people sacked and arrested for the most innocent of things. 

As you said good riddance especially if he's an N17 has never been.

[Munkunku]

I don’t think there’s a violin small enough for our club to more this particular loss. Good riddance to a massive prick. 

[PloKoon13]

On 18/05/2020 at 13:21, dkw said:

He has been outed as a spurs fan on social media.

Was this actually true? I heard quite a few people claim it but never saw any 'evidence' so to speak.

Bit of a shame really how it all ended. Levene used to be a decent and well-respected Chelsea reporter before he became the self-appointed moral arbiter of the club and his name became muck with the fans. (Whether that says more about him or us is questionable...)

He did actually raise some points which might have been fuel for self-reflection as a football fan, but he did so in such a humourless and self-righteous manner that we were unlikely to ever take any of it on board. Add to that questions about his motivation (as well as instances of past hypocrisy which he never answered for - those in glass houses, etc.) and it was hard for anybody to take him seriously.

Again, a shame because when he was good he was very very good, but when he was bad he was insufferable.

 

 

P.S. He definitely missed a trick in the above tweet by not saying he had followed Chelsea 'over land and sea (and Leicester)'.