| Fans United - reflections on a day of passion 17:22 - May 2 with 1241 views | BFCSupportersTrust |
Fans United — Reflections on a Day of Passion
Blackpool Supporters’ Trust wishes to congratulate and thank all football fans who attended the Fans United march and protest today on their passionate but impeccable behaviour throughout the proceedings.
The entire morning was a celebration of the coming together of thousands of like-minded football fans with supporters from other clubs - noticeable by their shirts and accents — in support of our common cause, giving football back to the fans. The procession was spectacular, the demands for the Oystons to go were vociferous and the laying of shirts, scarves and messages at the plinth where Stan Mortensen’s statue stood was very moving.
Yes, there was a pitch invasion and yes, the afternoon’s game did get abandoned but the frustration of the majority inside Bloomfield Road at the way the club has been run of late was palpable and there was clear sympathy for this act of civil disobedience in which both the pitch invaders and the police acted with restraint and good humour.
The camaraderie and solidarity shown left many with the feeling that no matter what football club owners may throw at them (or remove from them), we will never be detracted or diverted from our main objective of returning our club to its fans and the community it serves.
Football was indeed first today — and it made you feel proud to be a Blackpool fan, it made you feel proud to be a football fan.
BST Committee
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| Fans United - reflections on a day of passion on 22:05 - May 2 with 1155 views | Wizaard |
Have to agree with all of that. There was no sense from the stands of frustration with those on the pitch, but support for what they were doing.
The actions of those at the plinth also nailed the lie that the statue might have been damaged. Those laying memorabilia did so in a quiet, reverential manner which really moved me and others.
I laid a scarf on behalf of those fellow fans who have left us but would be appalled by the way the club is being managed. | | | |
| Fans United - reflections on a day of passion on 07:03 - May 3 with 1114 views | TwelveAngryMen |
Well said both BST and Wiz
To me the removal of Morty's statute has huge symbolic overtones set against what's currently happening to our great club
It was also very moving to see the memorabilia laid - particularly the fan who laid the rattle that was at the 53 final | |
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