Is the Guardian inflammable material in Stoke?

The game's gone mad… My pal Big Joe had his copy of the Guardian confiscated by an over-zealous steward in the away end at Stoke on Saturday. The steward claimed that supporters might set fire to the Guardian and throw it at the Stoke players. Joe then asked why he could take his programme in and he was told that was OK because it was flame retardant. He wouldn't have minded so much, but he'd got the last copy in Cannock and it was minus the magazine!

The authorities at football have a long history of confiscating ridiculous items, from inflatable bananas in the 1980s to the time my mate Gavin had four yogurts confiscated. Now it seems stewards are concerned about Premier League players being felled by a flaming David Conn feature...