WORCESTER City comes under the spotlight more than any other step five club I can think of – the fan base and presence of a daily paper sees to that.

In National North, players were one step away from full-time football. Now they are one step above a league that features amateur clubs.

It puts a focus and attention on players, many of whom are young lads without the experience of dealing with it.

Last season we had a duty to report on a social media storm involving Brad Birch and Tyler Weir and then Nathan Hayward's row with a fan.

Covering those things was not universally popular. Some felt we should have steered clear but others found what had occurred unsavoury.

There could have been little doubt over the fact they were unlucky, though. At any another club at this level reporters are seldom present to pick up on such things.

With that in mind we felt equally duty bound to highlight the unseemly behaviour of two men at City’s game on Saturday and the calm way in which a 21-year-old lad batted it away.

Only they will know whether or how much alcohol played its part but it was telling that they could not identify George Forsyth or realise that John Snape was not present when asking the City manager to hook “whoever took that penalty”.

Any regular City supporter would have realised with 19 minutes still to play that Forsyth's influence could, indeed probably would have been important in the push to snatch three points from a pretty awful day.

Granted, frustration over the performance and then seeing a golden chance go begging in such fashion can spill over for a few seconds. Perhaps the odd bit of industrial language would have been forgivable.

But on what planet does a fairly-lengthy character assassination do any good?

The bright side was another example of Forsyth’s professionalism and grounding. His pedigree and support from a family that knows the game inside out stands him in a good stead for a career at higher levels of non-league football.

Let's hope he hasn’t been put off climbing that ladder with City.

As for those involved, let's hope they spend as much time reflecting on their own behaviour as City will on Saturday's performance – either that or consider staying in the pub next time.