Next weeks planned protest - not in my name

[cdbearsfan]

Surely if fans' passions are that high, they will be able to turn up on a non-matchday?

[Dave]

"Protesting by walking from a pub they were going to be in anyway to a football match they were going to go to anyway" (© Barry Glendenning)

[Dante Lavelli]

"Protesting by walking from a pub they were going to be in anyway to a football match they were going to go to anyway" (© Barry Glendenning)

Indeed.  Did anything happen?
It’s received zero coverage from FOX in the USA who showed the game live.

[Vanilla]

"Protesting by walking from a pub they were going to be in anyway to a football match they were going to go to anyway" (© Barry Glendenning)

Indeed.  Did anything happen?
It’s received zero coverage from FOX in the USA who showed the game live.

A few leaflets and a couple of banners at the end of the game by where I was sitting in the Lower Holte.

[SoccerHQ]

Fans were good today.

Couldn't hear any anti-McLeish stuff during the game...just support for the players.

Then he got what he deserved at the final whistle for that second half.

[dave.woodhall]

Fans were good today.

Couldn't hear any anti-McLeish stuff during the game...just support for the players.

Then he got what he deserved at the final whistle for that second half.

Which is how it should be.

[UK Redsox]

Indeed.  Did anything happen?
It’s received zero coverage from FOX in the USA who showed the game live.

Pre-match some banners were strung up on the (boarded up I think) toilets in Trinity Road opposite the statue. There was some half-hearted chanting and some yoofs handing out leaflets.

There were less people there than at the original protest a couple of months back. Although Legion had his full security team in place, we really weren't needed.

When I went into the ground at 13:50 there will still boxes of leaflets left. What a waste of time, money & trees.

Were there any protests elsewhere around the ground ?

[Dave Cooper please]

Very impressed with the bloke who walked past me with a load of leaflets and shouted "Fuck yer fucking fanzine, you should be handing out these mate."
I asked him if he was getting paid for handing out leaflets and it stumped him.

[dave.woodhall]

Very impressed with the bloke who walked past me with a load of leaflets and shouted "Fuck yer fucking fanzine, you should be handing out these mate."
I asked him if he was getting paid for handing out leaflets and it stumped him.

The way in which the organisers of these protests have gone out of their way to communicate with fellow supporters who might not share their views has been impressive. Less impressive was the group of young children, some of whom couldn't have been older than nine or ten, who were allowed to hand out leaflets on their own.

[Exeter 77]

Very impressed with the bloke who walked past me with a load of leaflets and shouted "Fuck yer fucking fanzine, you should be handing out these mate."
I asked him if he was getting paid for handing out leaflets and it stumped him.

Somebody somewhere was paying for those leaflets - there was advertising on them.

[PeterWithesShin]

As Mr Sox says, it was very quiet and peaceful. I did enjoy the irony of some of them singing Villa til I Die while stood in front a banner that stated "If McLeish stays, we stay away".

[midnite]

With about 10/15 mins to go. A supporter over on the Doug Ellis stand came off his seat, walked up to the advertising barrier, said something and then threw his season ticket card into the pitch before storming out.

Did anyone else notice this?

I thought the fans were great today. At no point was the frustration taken out on the players. It was all aimed at McLeish at the final whistle.

[Steve67]

I just hope that Randy isn't fooled by the size of the protest, it was a little embarrassing to be honest.  Fair play to those fans for making their opinions known and fair play to the fans inside the ground for cheering on the players, including the totally useless N'Zogbia.  I hope Randy realises that, even though the protest was small, many, many Villa fans want the same thing: a Manager who can galvanise the whole club and get us playing more attractive football.  I really don't like the personal stuff, against him as a human being, but the facts are simple.  Three relegation scraps in four years, a team devoid of ideas and creativity, diminishing gates etc.

[Dave Cooper please]

With about 10/15 mins to go. A supporter over on the Doug Ellis stand came off his seat, walked up to the advertising barrier, said something and then threw his season ticket card into the pitch before storming out.

Wow, what a gesture, throwing your ST card onto the pitch at the end of the last home game of the season! That's telling 'em!

[midnite]

That's what we all said