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The HQ will admit that protesting in the English soccer leagues takes on a life of its own...
For Blackburn Rovers, as an example, the fans have taken to releasing live chickens onto the pitch as a protest of the Venky's chain of poultry producers for their lack of interest in making the team competitive.
For Blackpool, it has taken just as interesting a turn...
The team is known for their tangerine-colored kits. So the fans did this in their most recent contest against Burnley to protest their owner Karl Oyston whom they believe is just using the team to be a cash cow...
Tangerines and tennis balls...
Player-manager Barry Ferguson, who would kick and throw balls back, said after the game: "The fans have got every right to demonstrate if they don't like the chairman or the board.
"I would just rather they do it before the game or after the game. At that stage, we were on top of (Burnley)."
Blackpool is dangerously close to being relegated again from the Championship...
It got worse...
People even ran onto the pitch to protest...
And there was a confrontation between coach Bob Malcolm and substitute Stephen Dobbie in the dugout...
The HQ is of the thought that Blackpool is in serious trouble
Showing posts with label Burnley. Show all posts
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Saturday, April 19, 2014
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Blackburn-Burnley Is For The Birds
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Or, more specifically, chickens...
It's no secret that, since the family that owns the Venky's franchise took over as principal owners for Blackburn Rovers, that fans have long held them responsible for the team's slide out of the Premier League.
Rovers sit in 10th in the Championship currently with Burnley fighting for a playoffs spot...
And Ewood Park became a chicken coop again just after kickoff...
The fans have had it with an ownership family that seems not to want to communicate with the community on any level about anything...
Since relegation, the club is down at least 5-million pounds in advertising revenue according to an article by ForbesIndia.
The Rovers Trust has raised 3-million of the required 10-million pounds to start the process of bidding to take the club away from the Rao family and Venky's. In November of 2013, the Lancashire Telegraph newspaper called on the family to actually start communicating with the fans and the town- something they have not done in the last few years:
Already shackled with a £54.5m debt after losing £36.5m last season, Rovers will feel the squeeze even more so next season if they remain in the Championship.
Premier League parachute payments will be halved from £16m to £8m and there is the very real prospect of the club being placed under a transfer embargo come January 2015 for failing Financial Fair Play.
It is a mess.
A mess which is all of Venky’s own doing – be it through naivety, poor advice or just rank bad decision making.
Championship clubs, under the Financial Fair Play Rules, can only lose £8m in 2013-14. Anything higher will result in a transfer embargo which would come into force on New Year's Day 2015. If a club violates FFP, but gets promoted, they'll have to pay a tax on a sliding scale- one per cent on the first £100,000 overspent to 100 per cent on anything above £10m.
All you have to do is look at the Fernandez family situation with Queens Park Rangers to see just how bad it can get for a team that spends freely.
Or, more specifically, chickens...
It's no secret that, since the family that owns the Venky's franchise took over as principal owners for Blackburn Rovers, that fans have long held them responsible for the team's slide out of the Premier League.
Rovers sit in 10th in the Championship currently with Burnley fighting for a playoffs spot...
And Ewood Park became a chicken coop again just after kickoff...
The fans have had it with an ownership family that seems not to want to communicate with the community on any level about anything...
Since relegation, the club is down at least 5-million pounds in advertising revenue according to an article by ForbesIndia.
The Rovers Trust has raised 3-million of the required 10-million pounds to start the process of bidding to take the club away from the Rao family and Venky's. In November of 2013, the Lancashire Telegraph newspaper called on the family to actually start communicating with the fans and the town- something they have not done in the last few years:
Already shackled with a £54.5m debt after losing £36.5m last season, Rovers will feel the squeeze even more so next season if they remain in the Championship.
Premier League parachute payments will be halved from £16m to £8m and there is the very real prospect of the club being placed under a transfer embargo come January 2015 for failing Financial Fair Play.
It is a mess.
A mess which is all of Venky’s own doing – be it through naivety, poor advice or just rank bad decision making.
Championship clubs, under the Financial Fair Play Rules, can only lose £8m in 2013-14. Anything higher will result in a transfer embargo which would come into force on New Year's Day 2015. If a club violates FFP, but gets promoted, they'll have to pay a tax on a sliding scale- one per cent on the first £100,000 overspent to 100 per cent on anything above £10m.
All you have to do is look at the Fernandez family situation with Queens Park Rangers to see just how bad it can get for a team that spends freely.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Return Of The Chicken At Blackburn
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The HQ has chronicled the saga over at Blackburn Rovers where the fans absolutely have no positive regard for the team's owners- Venky's, the chicken magnates. Last year, during the team's relegation battle things got so bad, and the team's absolute dislike for Manager Steve Kean that a chicken got out onto the pitch in the game against Wigan...
((HT: SkySports))
Rovers were relegated and are spending the year in the Championship...
The situation hasn't improved...
Today, in the game at Ewood Park against Burnley, it happened again...
Blackburn still have a 34-year win streak over the Clarets with the 1-1 draw, but Rovers are still in a relegation battle as they're only four points out of danger.
The HQ has chronicled the saga over at Blackburn Rovers where the fans absolutely have no positive regard for the team's owners- Venky's, the chicken magnates. Last year, during the team's relegation battle things got so bad, and the team's absolute dislike for Manager Steve Kean that a chicken got out onto the pitch in the game against Wigan...
((HT: SkySports))
Rovers were relegated and are spending the year in the Championship...
The situation hasn't improved...
Today, in the game at Ewood Park against Burnley, it happened again...
Blackburn still have a 34-year win streak over the Clarets with the 1-1 draw, but Rovers are still in a relegation battle as they're only four points out of danger.
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