Mark Lawn will let the fans decide if they want to hear vuvuzelas at Valley Parade.

The constant drone of the South African horns has whipped up a storm of complaints during the first week of the World Cup.

And there is a fear that the vuvuzela is set to become an unwanted addition to domestic football next season.

Previous crazes such as tickertape and the Mexican Wave have hit the English game after being seen in World Cup campaigns. Now the ear-splitting plastic horn is expected to follow.

Joint-chairman Lawn, who has watched football in South Africa, admitted he would leave it to people power should the craze hit City.

He said: “I think we would have to see the response from the rest of the fans. Being realistic, we wouldn’t ban them (vuvuzelas) straight away until we found out what the other supporters thought of it.

“Maybe we could put it to a text vote or something to go with the majority view.

“I’m sure you’ll get them at some grounds here for the first couple of games but then I think it will just die out. That’s after their mates have punched them in the face!”

Lawn feels the problems in South Africa have been magnified because of the large attendances.

He said: “When I’ve been to games over there, it’s not been that bad. You normally only get about 1,000 people turning up, unless it’s someone like Kaiser Chiefs playing, so it’s not a noise that is consistently there.

“I don’t think you would get that consistent noise here. The British psyche is different to South Africa, so I could see it being more intermittent and just for important parts of the game like corners and goals.

“On a lighter note, it would help to drown out the moaners in the crowd!”