To entertain, inform and, hopefully provoke discussion. It is above all a vehicle for YOU to express YOUR opinions and ideas about the club, on whatever subject—provided, of course, that your comments are not racist, sexist or injurious. . . . BTB will offer constructive criticism of officials, players and the club in general, especially when criticism is merited, and especially when it has come to our attention via the people who really count—THE FANS. (Pete Mason, “The Latics Report,” Issue 4, 1989)