Take Back The Game

[Greg N'Ash]

So you're protesting against modern football and ticket prices yet you'll be sat in the ground watching modern football having paid up to £47 for a ticket? Good one. Want to protest? Stay away. Even rocking up ten minutes into the game would be better and the first ten minutes played out in front of an empty stadium on Sky.

Have to agree. Like going on strike but still doing a 40 hour week. Only thing that will make them take notice is when it hurts them in their pockets

[Pete3206]

I'm afraid this is all a bit silly. A silent protest? What next, self immolation?

Football clubs take your money and don't give a monkeys whether you shout yourself hoarse or sit down in silence with your cup of bovril. You're an arse on a seat.

The only possible means of protest has started already, and that is the dwindling fanbases of Premier League football clubs.

This is the worst idea since some fuckwit decided that 'The Bells Are Ringing' would sound good as a John Farnham-esque ballad. 

[amfy]

I consider it to be like actually going to the polling station and abataining, rather than simply not voting. It says that my non participation is because I am pissed off, not simply because I don't care.

[F. Austin Purcell]

I'm afraid this is all a bit silly. A silent protest? What next, self immolation?

Football clubs take your money and don't give a monkeys whether you shout yourself hoarse or sit down in silence with your cup of bovril. You're an arse on a seat.

The only possible means of protest has started already, and that is the dwindling fanbases of Premier League football clubs.

This is the worst idea since some fuckwit decided that 'The Bells Are Ringing' would sound good as a John Farnham-esque ballad.

Said fuckwits, on a website not a million miles from here, are to this day under the impression that they ousted doug with a few protests and banner waiving outside the north stand.  However, as we've seen with united's hugely unsuccessful green and gold protest and liverpools shankly movement, international business men rarely take note of a raging hoard of hairy arsed knuckle dragging protesters so the notion of a silent demonstration is somewhat ironic.  The power will only be gained by teams playing games out in front of half empty stadiums which will devalue the product for those bidding for tv rights and advertising space. The other irony of this is that the man u game will probably be witnessed by our first full house this season.

[cheltenhamlion]

Anyway, I thought BCV wasn't going because of McLeish rather than because of the prices.

[UK Redsox]

I'd like to see 'Scudamore Out' banners at every PL ground. Easy to set up, direct and personal, attack the man at the top who is more responsible than anybody for what is wrong with the game today.

I think the Bosman ruling has done as much harm to the game as Sky.

Damn this free movement of labour idea

[richard moore]

Remember the balloon initiative on here a couple of years back to invoke memories of the 70s and all those great away trips to places like Derby and Southampton? I turned up to the Everton home game with my family clutching hand fulls of claret and blue balloons which took me ages to source on the internet. I think I was the only person in the North Stand with said balloons and I spotted just a few clusters elsewhere in the ground.

Won't work, forget it...

[CT]

Football clubs take your money and don't give a monkeys whether you shout yourself hoarse or sit down in silence with your cup of bovril. You're an arse on a seat.

Hits the nail bang on the head for me.

[Adam Gittins]

I'd be surprised if United fans weren't up for something. If anything they're bigger victims of the commercialisation of football than anyone, stupid KO times, most expensive away tickets, higher season ticket prices, forced to buy games for cup matches, don't like it then there's a queue of Range Rovers coming up the M6 for your season ticket.

Just don't think a silence will work, not enough people will participate for it to be noticed. Maybe stay in the concourse for the first 5? Outside the ground?

[amfy]

Given the number of people who think its a daft idea, there is no way a silience can work. Need to think again.

[We Love You]

People have come up with brilliant ideas, to all that are saying they take your money dont care etc. you are right, but if we can do this we can do almost anything. This is a start not the end.

[Holte L2]

Silent protest? This has been taking place at Villa Park for about 6 seasons.

[amfy]

It is a good idea. Staying away is all very well but the tipping point has passed and on that basis we are just letting the game die for all but the top few clubs. Only our own club will care whether we are there or not but if we can do stuff that messes up their coverage in some way, that would be better. I remember when we did the £ protest they used to show people in the crowd on the big screen but they couldnt get the camera anywhere without the £s popping up!
Thats the kind of thing we need. The silence is a good idea but very ambitious and fails without total compliance. Can we try for the silence but back it up with something visual?

[Legion]

Drop our trousers?

[Witton Warrior]

I consider it to be like actually going to the polling station and abataining, rather than simply not voting. It says that my non participation is because I am pissed off, not simply because I don't care.

Which is what I have done for the last 10 years
Vote with a spoilt ballot paper - what the f*** else can I do?

We can only register our displeasure - and keep doing so in as many ways as we can - engage with the process?