Hampshire Police have some brass neck. The force which fined itself £500 (out of the public purse, naturally) over its failure to find which of its officers was speeding in one of its own cars has well and truly screwed non-league football side Havant & Waterlooville. Having forced the club to switch the match to Fratton Park against the advice of the football authorities (Hampshire Police know football much better, it seems), they then charged the club £35,000 for policing the match. Thirty-five grand? Was it two officers per supporter, or were certain officers having a free evening out yet againat the public's expense?
