Posted on 7th November 2018
This is a story from the SD archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
November 6th marked one year since the High Court ruling against Owen Oyston and in favour of Valeri Belokon and still nothing has been resolved at Blackpool FC
A Blackpool Supporters Trust spokesperson said “It is a ‘shabby’ anniversary. The club, the fans, the town of Blackpool are still being let down.”
Blackpool FC were playing away at Gillingham yesterday evening but outside Bloomfield Road, Blackpool, protesters held a vigil to highlight the continuing plight of the football club and the failure of the football authorities to acknowledge or act upon the seismic ruling of a year ago.
The BST representative said, “Fans held up all 163 pages of Justice Marcus Smith’s forensic ruling against the Oystons who have illegitimately stripped the football club, sued fans who dared to suggest they had done such a thing and cynically overseen the managed decline of a club which was in the Premier League only seven years ago.”
“It is a disgraceful situation and the ethical boycott by thousands of fans will continue until there is regime change at Blackpool FC.”
Last Friday (14th September) Blackpool and Charlton Athletic fans protested outside EFL offices in London and Preston, calling for better standards on governance. Here FSF national game development officer Andy Walsh tells us more about the action…
Blackpool has been put into receivership by the High Court, paving the way for the sale of the club and the end of the Oystons’ ownership.
It’s an activity that plenty of football fans take for granted, but this Saturday many thousands of Blackpool fans will walk through the turnstiles of their home ground for the first time in years. It’s been a long time coming.
