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[Archived] Rovers Vs Blackpool Protest: 1Pm At Brown Cow, Moving On To Ewood Park.

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Saturday 28th January will see Blackburn Rovers host Blackpool FC in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Under normal circumstances, the game would be a mouth-watering prospect for two of England ’s most historic clubs. The fixture will see these two local teams battling for a place in the fifth round of the oldest cup competition in the world. The romance of the FA Cup should see a bumper crowd cheering, whilst dreaming of being on the road to Wembley.

However, both clubs have been reduced to a shell of their recent and historic glorious past. Under the disastrous ownership of the Rao (Venky’s) and Oyston families, both clubs have suffered not only a humiliating fall from grace but have become totally disengaged from large sections of what should be the very lifeblood of any football club: their supporters.

Both sets of supporters have seen long-running protests against their respective owners. Both sets of supporters have met a wall of silence from their incompetent owners and the footballing authorities.

The Football Association, who deemed both the Rao (Venky’s) and Oyston families as “Fit and Proper” owners, seem happy to sit back and watch the coordinated dismantling of both football clubs.

As a result of the actions of these families and the lack of action from The FA, this game will see rival football fans stand shoulder to shoulder: fans united in an unprecedented protest at the wanton destruction of their clubs.

Supporters of both Blackburn Rovers and Blackpool are encouraged to boycott this fixture and stand together in protest outside Ewood Park whilst the game is played inside.

With both sets of owners and the FA standing to gain financially from this fixture, the message from boycotting fans will be loud and clear: “Enough is enough, we have asked YOU, The Football Association for help, yet YOU continue to do ‘sweet FA’”.

The Tangerine Knights (Blackpool fans’ organisation) believe:

“With 90% of the Blackpool fans adopting the NAPM (Not a penny more) stance at Bloomfield Road, it has come to symbolise our fight against owners who have sued fellow fans and have shipped millions of pounds from Blackpool Football Club into family businesses through a variety of interest free loans. Whilst the current owners of football clubs seem to care only about the monetary values involved in our national game, the ethos of it being a ‘working man’s sport’ has been lost and in time the clubs that have been the mainstay of communities could well be lost also. The way fans can fight back is by hitting the owners with the one thing they care most about in this world, money. By calling for a boycott of the Blackburn v Blackpool game, we hope that both sets of supporters can unite as #FansUnited and show that beyond the rivalry there is a camaraderie between supporters who have one common goal, to see their clubs run for the benefit of the local community with fan involvement and an end to football clubs being brought to their knees by owners who care only about what they can get out of it, not what they put into it. An empty Ewood would mean empty ticket office tills which would match the owners empty promises. Jock Stein once said that ‘Football is nothing without fans’, in the FA Cup 4th round at Ewood Park you will see that a ground without fans is not football.”

The Blackburn Rovers Action Group believe:

“We call on all supporters, including those currently boycotting Ewood Park to join us and stand in solidarity with the supporters of Blackpool against the destruction of 2 historic Lancashire football clubs. Football supporters have been the lifeblood at clubs up and down the country for generations, ensuring that clubs continue to remain at the epicentre of its local community. Supporters remain a constant, whist owners can pick it up and drop it as they see fit. At Blackburn Rovers & Blackpool the two stories are different, however the supporter anguish and fear is identical. Two football clubs destroyed by incompetent and disinterested owners, leaving supporters disengaged with the very thing they have devoted parts of the lives to. Supporters of both these clubs, together with other clubs across the country have been in dialogue for some time regarding co-ordinated protest plans against the football authorities and their lack of will to ensure that supporters remain a part of football. We ask supporters not only to consider boycotting the FA Cup fourth round fixture, but to attend Ewood Park and to remain outside in demonstration as the match kicks off, a heart-wrenching sacrifice, yet a powerful message to the powers that be that football supporters have had enough!”


The Blackpool Supporters Trust believe:

Blackpool Supporters’ Trust encourages all Blackburn and Blackpool supporters to not only boycott the 4th round FA Cup match but to demonstrate together outside Ewood Park on match day. A ‘more out than in’ protest against the unacceptable running of both clubs will send a powerful message to the football authorities that fans are being disenfranchised and changes in the governance of the game are long overdue. Without the fans there would be no football. These are our clubs and we want them back.

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What does the Blackburn Rovers Trust believe?

I have reached the conclusion that The Trust is irrelevant to the planning and support of protests.Quite simply, the energy and drive for the protest is required from elsewhere i.e. you and me!

This is such a good opportunity. Sadly, I accept that, unlike Blackpool's, our fanbase is divided, but that won't stop me doing everything I can.

Venky's and other predators OUT!!!

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Message from the Tangerine Knights:

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT SATURDAY

We have noticed on social media platforms since the cup draw that a lot of fake profiles are appearing. These are being used to goad supporters of both clubs to cause division and potentially stir up trouble between fans.

To reiterate, this is not about football. This is to show the world that fans are not hooligans and are in fact intelligent, literate people who will not fall for these idiotic tactics being used.

There is a real chance that certain paid people will try to infiltrate the genuine protesters to cause trouble. At Blackpool we have seen this tactic used and implore Blackburn to recognise what these tactics are.

Ignore all the negative Internet posts, ignore the message board trolls, ignore fake profiles and ignore anyone on Saturday who pretends this isn't about the club owners. Fans across the world will see this protest and see that the bigger picture is more important than any rivalry.

Stand together, stand strong and ignore the propaganda tactics that are being employed. We can do this and make the whole football community proud of both sets of fans as well as showing other clubs how it's done.

#NAPM #OystonOut #VenkysOut #FansUnited

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Message from the Tangerine Knights:

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT SATURDAY

We have noticed on social media platforms since the cup draw that a lot of fake profiles are appearing. These are being used to goad supporters of both clubs to cause division and potentially stir up trouble between fans.

To reiterate, this is not about football. This is to show the world that fans are not hooligans and are in fact intelligent, literate people who will not fall for these idiotic tactics being used.

There is a real chance that certain paid people will try to infiltrate the genuine protesters to cause trouble. At Blackpool we have seen this tactic used and implore Blackburn to recognise what these tactics are.

Ignore all the negative Internet posts, ignore the message board trolls, ignore fake profiles and ignore anyone on Saturday who pretends this isn't about the club owners. Fans across the world will see this protest and see that the bigger picture is more important than any rivalry.

Stand together, stand strong and ignore the propaganda tactics that are being employed. We can do this and make the whole football community proud of both sets of fans as well as showing other clubs how it's done.

#NAPM #OystonOut #VenkysOut #FansUnited

"Ammonia" lol ( older readers only!)

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Blackpool ask for extra tickets. Seems the message isn't getting through?

Unless Oyston's done that to make it seem like people aren't boycotting? If people think that others aren't boycotting, they won't boycott.
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I heard that match tickets were £10 for Pool fans and that included a free coach.

So... maybe they are buying match tickets as a cheap way of getting a return trip to Blackburn but they don't intend on going inside Ewood.

I think they would enjoy the idea of Oyston transporting them on a protest trip

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Yesterday Blackpool had 2 full coaches that are free, yet a sudden claim of selling 800 tickets? are we to believe that 700 have bought tickets and turned down a free coach?

Unless I am very much mistaken the free coaches are for season ticket holders only. I am pretty certain they have made those numbers up though in terms of sales. I am convinced that Rovers and Blackpool FC will be trying their best to get the fans falling out with each other, about whether to attend or not.

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