Protests at Blackpool
Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:08 am
Looks like Blackpool fans will be planning a protest infront of the sky cameras for Friday nights game, he is a statement from the supporters trust;
BSA Statement in regards to the Cardiff match.
Blackpool Supporters' Trust - The Cardiff Walk-in protest
This is a reminder, in case you missed our earlier statements, that Blackpool Supporters’ Trust is targeting the televised match against Cardiff City this Friday as a focus for fans to demonstrate their feelings about the unsatisfactory way the football club is being run by its current owners.
BST calls on all Blackpool fans to attend the game in significant numbers and give a clear message to the viewing public that we expect our owners to Put Football First. The eyes of the country and the world’s media will be centred on Bloomfield Road on Friday night. So let's use the occasion to let everyone know loud and clear how we feel about what’s going on at Blackpool FC.
We were assured by Karl Oyston that the £11 million paid out to his father “for tax planning purposes” would be made available to the club should it be required. We are rock-bottom of the division, the only club without a win, a team that is woefully under-financed to survive in the Championship yet the owners seem unwilling to materially support the manager’s ambitions for the club. The rot has to stop.
BST hopes that even those fans who have chosen not to go to Bloomfield Road this season will consider making an exception for Friday night’s game. Please come in your thousands and unite with one voice. You will be aware of a number of planned initiatives. If you elect to support these, we’d encourage you to do so in a manner that respects your fellow fans and the law. Let the night be a show of strength on behalf of the supporters, a show of solidarity with the manager and the team. Let the owners know that the fans will not allow them to continue to treat our football club the way they have in the recent past. Let’s tell the world. The message is clear - this is our team, our town, our community and we want our club back!
The BST Committee
The same poster on their forum posted some of the things they will be doing;
Firstly I'd just like to apologise for being late in posting this as I've been busy with things.
I thought it went rather well and there were lots of ideas put forward. Not all of them should be put on here though for obvious reasons. We have now ordered 1000 black balloons for the Cardiff City match. Having spoken to our ground safety officer he is fine with the balloons, the walk out on the 53rd minute and the banners. Any banners that we take in need to have a fire safety certificate and can't be crude. But other than that the club are fine with us taking them in. I'll speak to them again about stewards showing a bit of common sense towards fans as I think this will be a very volatile match. Let's be honest, it's going to be toxic.
We urge all fans to buy tickets or swap their tickets for the east stand. As you know it's the east stand you can see on TV. Stewards probably won't just let you walk around from the south to the east stand but that's something I'll ask the club about in the next few days.
We would also urge all fans to bring in banners to show our chairman that enough is enough. Let's have some facts, figures and Karl quotes on these banners instead of 'rapist XXXXXX' etc. Sky will be informed of the protests and we will be sending out a press release also. On 53 minutes(hoggy will give the signal) we all walk out and slowly. You can watch the remainder of the match in the Seasiders bar or go to the casino/number1 pub which are both next door. I know this is controversial for some but we need to show that family what a very empty ground looks like. Empty seats will be a clear sign that we've all had enough and they'll see it as potential money lost in the near future. We will be going to visit the players this week to explain and reassure them that the protests are in no way directed at them.
We will also be putting up banners on the railings outside the west stand so let's get that road filled with messages to our owners to sell up. They don't need to be really expensive banners, old bed sheets will do. So long as the message gets across that we want them gone. The family will see the messages from the west stand and again the media will pick up on this.
Something else we discussed was that the whole town needs to be educated in what they have to our club and to local businesses. So we will be leafleting Blackpool fans on the way to the ground as we just don't feel the majority of fans know the truth. We've got an accountant on board who has had dealings with that family in the past and is prepared to help. That person wants to remain anonymous but has said we might be having some glamour models handing out leaflets and flyers. We are also looking into doing a mail shot of the whole town with facts, figures and quotes. The more people that know what we know will enable the mob to increase and get stronger over time.
Different fans will be doing different things on Friday from what I've been told. But we just ask all the fans to go with these ideas we've put forward for now, even if you don't agree with the walk out please just go along with it. We promise it will gain media attention. We need constant sustained pressure on them to sell up. Doing nothing and showing apathy will get us absolutely nowhere, admitting defeat before you've started a war is not the British way. So let's all stick together and get our beloved BFC back.
http://www.backhenrystreet.co.uk/thread ... ge-15.html
BSA Statement in regards to the Cardiff match.
Blackpool Supporters' Trust - The Cardiff Walk-in protest
This is a reminder, in case you missed our earlier statements, that Blackpool Supporters’ Trust is targeting the televised match against Cardiff City this Friday as a focus for fans to demonstrate their feelings about the unsatisfactory way the football club is being run by its current owners.
BST calls on all Blackpool fans to attend the game in significant numbers and give a clear message to the viewing public that we expect our owners to Put Football First. The eyes of the country and the world’s media will be centred on Bloomfield Road on Friday night. So let's use the occasion to let everyone know loud and clear how we feel about what’s going on at Blackpool FC.
We were assured by Karl Oyston that the £11 million paid out to his father “for tax planning purposes” would be made available to the club should it be required. We are rock-bottom of the division, the only club without a win, a team that is woefully under-financed to survive in the Championship yet the owners seem unwilling to materially support the manager’s ambitions for the club. The rot has to stop.
BST hopes that even those fans who have chosen not to go to Bloomfield Road this season will consider making an exception for Friday night’s game. Please come in your thousands and unite with one voice. You will be aware of a number of planned initiatives. If you elect to support these, we’d encourage you to do so in a manner that respects your fellow fans and the law. Let the night be a show of strength on behalf of the supporters, a show of solidarity with the manager and the team. Let the owners know that the fans will not allow them to continue to treat our football club the way they have in the recent past. Let’s tell the world. The message is clear - this is our team, our town, our community and we want our club back!
The BST Committee
The same poster on their forum posted some of the things they will be doing;
Firstly I'd just like to apologise for being late in posting this as I've been busy with things.
I thought it went rather well and there were lots of ideas put forward. Not all of them should be put on here though for obvious reasons. We have now ordered 1000 black balloons for the Cardiff City match. Having spoken to our ground safety officer he is fine with the balloons, the walk out on the 53rd minute and the banners. Any banners that we take in need to have a fire safety certificate and can't be crude. But other than that the club are fine with us taking them in. I'll speak to them again about stewards showing a bit of common sense towards fans as I think this will be a very volatile match. Let's be honest, it's going to be toxic.
We urge all fans to buy tickets or swap their tickets for the east stand. As you know it's the east stand you can see on TV. Stewards probably won't just let you walk around from the south to the east stand but that's something I'll ask the club about in the next few days.
We would also urge all fans to bring in banners to show our chairman that enough is enough. Let's have some facts, figures and Karl quotes on these banners instead of 'rapist XXXXXX' etc. Sky will be informed of the protests and we will be sending out a press release also. On 53 minutes(hoggy will give the signal) we all walk out and slowly. You can watch the remainder of the match in the Seasiders bar or go to the casino/number1 pub which are both next door. I know this is controversial for some but we need to show that family what a very empty ground looks like. Empty seats will be a clear sign that we've all had enough and they'll see it as potential money lost in the near future. We will be going to visit the players this week to explain and reassure them that the protests are in no way directed at them.
We will also be putting up banners on the railings outside the west stand so let's get that road filled with messages to our owners to sell up. They don't need to be really expensive banners, old bed sheets will do. So long as the message gets across that we want them gone. The family will see the messages from the west stand and again the media will pick up on this.
Something else we discussed was that the whole town needs to be educated in what they have to our club and to local businesses. So we will be leafleting Blackpool fans on the way to the ground as we just don't feel the majority of fans know the truth. We've got an accountant on board who has had dealings with that family in the past and is prepared to help. That person wants to remain anonymous but has said we might be having some glamour models handing out leaflets and flyers. We are also looking into doing a mail shot of the whole town with facts, figures and quotes. The more people that know what we know will enable the mob to increase and get stronger over time.
Different fans will be doing different things on Friday from what I've been told. But we just ask all the fans to go with these ideas we've put forward for now, even if you don't agree with the walk out please just go along with it. We promise it will gain media attention. We need constant sustained pressure on them to sell up. Doing nothing and showing apathy will get us absolutely nowhere, admitting defeat before you've started a war is not the British way. So let's all stick together and get our beloved BFC back.
http://www.backhenrystreet.co.uk/thread ... ge-15.html
Re: Protests at Blackpool
Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:13 am
On the 19th minute we will release the 1000 black balloons.
On the 53rd minute to the sound of hoggys drum we all walk out of the ground. We have done a press release back now, (includes bbc nw, granada, radio lancs, wave, ch4, independent, daily star, mirror, mail etc plus phil heywood and another photographer etc.. ive not actually sent it tho to mr watt yet... A radio lancashire interview is being done as this evening.
For all those bringing banners into the stadium please can you get there as early as possible to show the content of the banner along with a fire safety certificate. The club don't want a situation whereby fans turn up with lots of banners at the last minute to then kick off with stewards. Tony has asked that banners are not draped on seats either as they don't want complaints from supporters etc. let's have no profanities on the banners either, Sky Sports simply won't show them if you do. Far better to go with facts, figures and quotes. Make them funny and sky will not give you the time of the day.
Pitch invasions are his main concern so we are reminding you that encroaching on to the pitch can incur a prison sentence as well as a ban.
We know not everyone will join in with this protest but if even a few thousand did then that would gain massive media attention and show to Karl we are ready for walking away from the club we all adore.
I know everyone has lots of different ideas and believe me we've been inundated on lots of them but we can't do them all in one go. So all we ask is follow this particular idea, it's not a huge sacrifice to make. There will be other sky games that we can do the other ideas. Let's all get behind this one and stick together and show how much you want them to sell up.
BFC and that family are just a broken relationship and so it's time for a divorce!!!
On the 53rd minute to the sound of hoggys drum we all walk out of the ground. We have done a press release back now, (includes bbc nw, granada, radio lancs, wave, ch4, independent, daily star, mirror, mail etc plus phil heywood and another photographer etc.. ive not actually sent it tho to mr watt yet... A radio lancashire interview is being done as this evening.
For all those bringing banners into the stadium please can you get there as early as possible to show the content of the banner along with a fire safety certificate. The club don't want a situation whereby fans turn up with lots of banners at the last minute to then kick off with stewards. Tony has asked that banners are not draped on seats either as they don't want complaints from supporters etc. let's have no profanities on the banners either, Sky Sports simply won't show them if you do. Far better to go with facts, figures and quotes. Make them funny and sky will not give you the time of the day.
Pitch invasions are his main concern so we are reminding you that encroaching on to the pitch can incur a prison sentence as well as a ban.
We know not everyone will join in with this protest but if even a few thousand did then that would gain massive media attention and show to Karl we are ready for walking away from the club we all adore.
I know everyone has lots of different ideas and believe me we've been inundated on lots of them but we can't do them all in one go. So all we ask is follow this particular idea, it's not a huge sacrifice to make. There will be other sky games that we can do the other ideas. Let's all get behind this one and stick together and show how much you want them to sell up.
BFC and that family are just a broken relationship and so it's time for a divorce!!!
Re: Protests at Blackpool
Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:21 am
Mikey27 wrote:On the 19th minute we will release the 1000 black balloons.
On the 53rd minute to the sound of hoggys drum we all walk out of the ground. We have done a press release back now, (includes bbc nw, granada, radio lancs, wave, ch4, independent, daily star, mirror, mail etc plus phil heywood and another photographer etc.. ive not actually sent it tho to mr watt yet... A radio lancashire interview is being done as this evening.
For all those bringing banners into the stadium please can you get there as early as possible to show the content of the banner along with a fire safety certificate. The club don't want a situation whereby fans turn up with lots of banners at the last minute to then kick off with stewards. Tony has asked that banners are not draped on seats either as they don't want complaints from supporters etc. let's have no profanities on the banners either, Sky Sports simply won't show them if you do. Far better to go with facts, figures and quotes. Make them funny and sky will not give you the time of the day.
Pitch invasions are his main concern so we are reminding you that encroaching on to the pitch can incur a prison sentence as well as a ban.
We know not everyone will join in with this protest but if even a few thousand did then that would gain massive media attention and show to Karl we are ready for walking away from the club we all adore.
I know everyone has lots of different ideas and believe me we've been inundated on lots of them but we can't do them all in one go. So all we ask is follow this particular idea, it's not a huge sacrifice to make. There will be other sky games that we can do the other ideas. Let's all get behind this one and stick together and show how much you want them to sell up.
BFC and that family are just a broken relationship and so it's time for a divorce!!!
They could give some black balloons to us on the way in.We know what its like to have a shit owner after all.
Re: Protests at Blackpool
Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:24 am
Pant_yr_awel bluebird wrote:Mikey27 wrote:On the 19th minute we will release the 1000 black balloons.
On the 53rd minute to the sound of hoggys drum we all walk out of the ground. We have done a press release back now, (includes bbc nw, granada, radio lancs, wave, ch4, independent, daily star, mirror, mail etc plus phil heywood and another photographer etc.. ive not actually sent it tho to mr watt yet... A radio lancashire interview is being done as this evening.
For all those bringing banners into the stadium please can you get there as early as possible to show the content of the banner along with a fire safety certificate. The club don't want a situation whereby fans turn up with lots of banners at the last minute to then kick off with stewards. Tony has asked that banners are not draped on seats either as they don't want complaints from supporters etc. let's have no profanities on the banners either, Sky Sports simply won't show them if you do. Far better to go with facts, figures and quotes. Make them funny and sky will not give you the time of the day.
Pitch invasions are his main concern so we are reminding you that encroaching on to the pitch can incur a prison sentence as well as a ban.
We know not everyone will join in with this protest but if even a few thousand did then that would gain massive media attention and show to Karl we are ready for walking away from the club we all adore.
I know everyone has lots of different ideas and believe me we've been inundated on lots of them but we can't do them all in one go. So all we ask is follow this particular idea, it's not a huge sacrifice to make. There will be other sky games that we can do the other ideas. Let's all get behind this one and stick together and show how much you want them to sell up.
BFC and that family are just a broken relationship and so it's time for a divorce!!!
They could give some black balloons to us on the way in.We know what its like to have a shit owner after all.
I hear you chief but remember their chief concern is a financial one - they believe the owners have been denying funds to the club, something Vinnie can't be accused of, even if I do hate the shirt colour and the badge like most other people.
Re: Protests at Blackpool
Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:45 am
It's so refreshing to see fans willing to fight for their club , brings back good memories
Re: Protests at Blackpool
Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:10 pm
Gotta say, if they pull this off it'll look pretty damn dramatic.
Re: Protests at Blackpool
Thu Oct 02, 2014 1:15 pm
Looking at there forum it seems they had/have the same problem as us where people think that walking out will not be supporting the team and that protests distracts the team and should be done away from the game etc..
What would be good in my opinion is the fact that when all the black bloons have been released on 19 minutes the cardiff fans going will start the 19:27 protest, which hopefully the sky cameras might catch (unlikely though)
What would be good in my opinion is the fact that when all the black bloons have been released on 19 minutes the cardiff fans going will start the 19:27 protest, which hopefully the sky cameras might catch (unlikely though)
Re: Protests at Blackpool
Thu Oct 02, 2014 4:01 pm
Mikey27 wrote:Looking at there forum it seems they had/have the same problem as us where people think that walking out will not be supporting the team and that protests distracts the team and should be done away from the game etc..
What would be good in my opinion is the fact that when all the black bloons have been released on 19 minutes the cardiff fans going will start the 19:27 protest, which hopefully the sky cameras might catch (unlikely though)
I don't think they will as I don't think Sky actually know about them