A COUNCILLOR is calling for a ban on the notorious vuvuzelas when AFC Bournemouth begins its new season.

Dave Smith is planning to write to chairman Eddie Mitchell to stop the plastic horns making their presence felt at Dean Court.

He, like millions of football fans, has been driven mad by the horns’ constant blaring during the World Cup in South Africa and fears fans will now bring the craze home.

Cllr Smith, a Cherries fan who also sells tickets for the half time draw, said: “I have no doubt people will come back with them – and if I was an importer I would be bringing them in. I have heard no singing or chanting during the world cup games, just this noise. It sounds like there’s a bee stuck in the TV.

“If they were a regular thing at Bournemouth games I would seriously consider not going.”

Cllr Michael Filer, another AFC Bournemouth fan, said: “I love soccer, I love the Cherries, and I can’t wait for the new season to start. If the ground is packed, it really doesn’t matter if some people want to play them.”

Eddie Mitchell could not be contacted yesterday.

Vuvuzela importers have reportedly been doing big business around the country but trying to buy one in Dorset did not prove easy.

Beales boss Tony Brown said he is not personally a vuvuzela fan – but as a retailer is in the process of trying to source some.

Sainsbury’s said it is the only supermarket selling the horns, and it has nationally sold 40,000 at £2 each. The Boscombe store said yesterday that it had sold out of its own small stocks.

Staff at Wilkinsons and JJB Sports in Bournemouth town centre said there were none for sale and there had been few enquiries from customers.

Humatt, the Ferndown industrial estate toy importer, said it did not have any.