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Fans United – Protest Day at Blackpool May 2nd

B

Blackpool fan

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You know that day when the fixtures come out and the first thing we all do is look for our best away trip? And who the last game be will against? And sometimes it’s one of those when it all comes together and we’re going away on the last day to the seaside on a Bank Holiday jolly-boys. Most of you might have looked for a Blackpool weekender in your fixtures – there isn’t a league recently we haven’t been in!

Well this season, we’re inviting you all to have one with us – including Preston! We reckon it might be your last chance – no doubt we’re going down this year – but that’s not half the story. We’re in serious danger of dropping out of the leagues altogether. What’s been done to us in the last few seasons could happen to any club in the country – there’s nothing in the way the modern game is run to stop it. We’re organising a massive fans united protest to stand shoulder to shoulder with other fans on May 2nd at Blackpool. We’re inviting any of you that fancy a Blackpool trip on the last Saturday of the FL to come and show unity with other like-minded fans and show those that run the game that we can’t be ignored.

Not sure where your fortunes will be come the last game of the season – if you are safe in the play-offs please do come up to Blackpool and get some cheap beer, a cheap B&B maybe and meet others who care about what used to be our game and our way of life.

In the words of another former club chairman, the owners of Blackpool ‘trousered the lot’ of the Premiership windfall. What you probably don’t know is that they are taking fans through court for alleged libel, extracting money and apologies from us to stay out of court, goading us on message boards, and abusing fans with disabilities in personal texts (see FA text-gate investigation). We have to watch our step and what we say. But they can’t stop us boycotting and protesting. It’s our club, we want it back. It could be your club, and you wouldn’t stand for it either!

We want the last day to be our party. We know many of you from games in recent seasons or we’ve stood with you on England duty in years gone by. We know we’re stronger together than divided. We won’t stop fighting them – we even have our own independent candidate standing in the General Election on May7th – you can show your support for him by liking the www.facebook.com/VoteForAndy.Blackpool and follow his campaign on twitter at @Vote4Andy2015.

Come and join us on May 2nd and show what real fans can do together.

The Telegraph – Luke Edwards – Only Eight Players http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... ayers.html
Daily Mail - Patrick Collins - Obnoxious Chairman - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... reign.html
ITV News – Blackpool fan taken to court - http://www.itv.com/news/granada/story/2 ... on-family/
BBC News - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-la ... e-31451475
 
Sep 28, 2003
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Good luck with this - it's a worthy cause to get behind, and we know from personal experience how far a little bit of solidarity goes.
 
Aug 10, 2006
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yes we have been there and done that but to be honest it is a bloody long way to go from devon to blackpool good luck anyway.
 

IJN

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You live in Leeds, you could be our representative. It's only 80 odd miles away!!

From memory, there was a Seasider down for us in our of need.

Fans United, we will NEVER be defeated.
 
Aug 10, 2006
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IJN":3hyisi0v said:
You live in Leeds, you could be our representative. It's only 80 odd miles away!!

From memory, there was a Seasider down for us in our of need.

Fans United, we will NEVER be defeated.
I knew you would respond, I like you will be at shrewsbury on that day are you still on holiday if yes forget argyle for a while and just relax.
 

KCJ

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Good luck with this - Really feel for the Blackpool fans over the last couple of seasons .
Have however looked at the facebook page - please feel free to educate me here - but I can`t quite see why the operation of trying to save a football club or affecting the way it is run is going to be enhanced by someone standing as a independent candidate at the General Election.
 
B

Blackpool fan

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Cheers for the responses folks .... we are having quite a lot of interest on various forums so hopefully it should be a success.

In answer to the Q. about standing a candidate in the G.E. - I understand what you say - the objective is not to get elected (although we want to at least get our £500 deposit back) but to keep the issue in the public eye and publicise the immorality (perhaps not the illegality under current rules) of what they are doing to the team, the club and the community.

It is really toxic up here - fans falling out, boycotts, the owners (family) all now have full time protection - - - - it shouldn't have been allowed to get this way but as the FA. the FL and the government (although the Labour Party are making some moves towards rectifying this) have not provided sufficiently good governance - they need to shoulder some of the responsibility.

We are agitating to create the conditions for change - will it work ? - who knows as the future uncertain - - - and the Trust concluded it's one of the many things we are doing to try and force change ....
 
Hi Bf,

Good luck with your Fans United day, and with your fight against the bloodsuckers. There really are some nasty people around, and nowadays it seems that most of them are in charge of football clubs.

Just out of interest, what is your idea Bank Holiday away trip seeing as you can't go to Blackpool?
 
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Would love to stand together unfortunately Argyle first .....we will be at Shrewsbury for our Mike Down Memorial as every year. Have to say loved my Blackpool Trips....appeared on front cover of our programme one year after dressing as a scarecrow up there lol. I hope you get a big turn out and that there is a member of the green army there somewhere.....been there....done that....don't ever want to feel like that again. Good luck
 
B

Blackpool fan

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thanks for keeping the thread going chaps - things are moving on ...

UPDATE : We are reliably informed that Blackpool's chairman is threatening the council with legal action if the protest is allowed to go ahead.

Quite fitting to hear of such democratic practices as we enter election season.

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