BantamTalk Protest

Just be very careful, what you plan to do!!!

Read and learn!!

"The exact numbers and details of all the ligation / defamation proceedings are not exact. There have been two different legal affairs against fans. The first relating to the pitch invasion at the Huddersfield game and the second related to defamation – statements that fans had mad online or in statements.

One fan was jailed for 26 weeks for threatening behaviour when he stormed from the pitch to the directors box, the fans also damaged a security camera at an away game and let a smoke bomb off at a train station.

A second fan was given a suspended sentence for threatening behaviour

The defamation proceedings there are four notable cases

Frank Knight 67, had to apologize for comments made and pay £20,000 in damages to the club. After an appeal by fans raised over £20,000 for Frank.

David Ragozzino had to pay £20,000 to Karl Oyston and Owen Oyston and £1,000 to the Club. Details of the case over at http://www.simkins.com/foul-play-by-football-fan-who-posted-defamatory-comments-online/

Stephen Sharpe apologized posting defamatory comments on an internet forum – made a £5,000 donation to the Blackpool FC Community Trust.

Former chair of the Blackpool Supporters’ Trust, Tim Fielding made an online apology over comments he made."
http://clubsincrisis.co.uk/clubs/blackpool-fc/

What I think is absolutely crucial, is that action, which makes fans 'feel good that they have done something', may well be ineffectual.

The Oyston's despite bankruptcy of Karl (later annulled), conviction/imprisonment https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/dec/08/paulkelso1 are still there!

 

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There is that.. and as the forum owner I dont really fancy my arse getting sued

 

Protest outside the ground before matches.

Continue to fully back the players on the pitch when inside the ground.

 

Lol plane banners. Plane banners make fans look like total tools, take that from someone who is a fan of a club that’s now had its supporter groups go down that route a few times.

And it’s actually massively disruptive if you do it in a way that people are going to notice it as the attention goes away from the game and into the sky. In fact it can be distruptive even when it hasn’t shown up as everyone is waiting for it

As I said in the shoutbox yesterday as well you need to time tany protest right. Without new players the clubs getting relegated. The minute the club officially goes on sale it’s going to go under a transfer embargo. As you aren’t going to turn up to Tuesdays game, protest and then they sell up and the fact that even if there is someone who would put in an instant bid there is going to be about a month of due diligence then you stand a real chance of wiping out January’s window and guaranteeing relegation (and could be the kind of thing that makes the manager walk). Obviously you can say will Edin give any money for Jan and obviously he may not but a chance is better than no chance. And the club staying up is better all round, getting relegated is potentially a slippery slope

 

What did we see yesterday?

If a protest is organised and everyone knows about it, it can happen. This can become a regular occurrence where a protest takes place at the same time, outside the ground, before every match.