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Protests

ShankleyKop said:
I can’t argue your point there, totally agree @MBcha there will always be fans that will attend no matter what and like you say the casual fans coming for the bigger game experience for the stadium to be empty and make that kind of statement. Shame really. 🤷‍♂️

I like the for sale sign idea. 👌
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It’s not a for sale sign that’s required.

It’s a buyer with finance, and that’s where it get tricky.

I’m not aware of any super rich PNE fan with money to burn, alternatively as an investment we aren’t a club an investor would go for.

Pie in the sky Hope is not a business plan.

A business that needs £6 million or so a year pumping in is not an investment.

Don’t get me wrong I’d love to see a new owner with the necessary dosh, but with financial recession round the corner it’s really only top end Prem clubs or sleeping giants which look interesting investments unfortunately, or rich fans prepared to lose eye watering amounts of money.

We are in relatively safe hands but there are no positive vibes coming out from the owners.

Tricky situation.

I can’t see a for sale sign making any difference at all apart from venting fans frustration.

Please buy us may be a better slogan.
 
One of the reasons we put the open letter out was to prevent things heading in this direction.

We attended the meeting in good faith, yet once again they have 'listened' but then believed we would just forget about it all and be placated with having the meeting.

I don't think any sort of protest would have any effect as they all believe they are doing an amazing job and we are all wrong.

We played our part.
They didn't.
They don't care.
 
King Sav said:
So to understand the dynamics of the football club, you need to join up the dots.

Preston North End is 100% owned by Deepdale PNE Holdings which in itself is owned by Groovemoor. Groovemoor is owned by the parent company Worden which is based in the Isle of Man.

Look who’s running the show and the decision making.
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It's not in the public domain who owns Worden - the next annual return is due to be published around the 10th April which will contain the answer.

Previously Trevor Hemmings owned 100% of Worden. I'm expecting there to be at least five shareholders now but we shall soon see.
 
Broad Sword said:
I’m not a fan of doing anything which affects the players, just my personal choice. Don’t get me wrong I’ve been on Lowthorpe Road protesting back in the day.
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Sorry but nobody did anything yesterday to ‘affect the players’ and they were all fucking shite as they have been at home all season.

Doesn’t matter when it’s done. This isn’t at the players anyway.
 
Broad Sword said:
Ryan Lowe did when he picked the team!!!
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He might well not be good enough as a manager, but he’s only picking from that team as that’s the crap Ridsdale/Hemmings have brought through the door.

The fact we are in the 2nd tier of English football and in arguably the 4th biggest division in the world and the only fee Lowe has been allowed to spend is 500k on Woodman is a disgrace.
 
The person who has to be the target of abuse is PR. The board are going nowhere because no one will buy the club in its current state. Shouting ‘Ridsdale Out’ and our own small placards or banners with ‘Ridsdale Out’ in a coordinated manner. It only needs to be done once during the match (when PR and the board take their seats) but has to be big enough to make an impact.
 
Many Clouds said:
Id hope the general feeling amongst most of our fans is that of anger and frustration to the ownership, and I'd hope most want them out. The number of times though I've shouted Hemmings or Ridsdale out from the AKTE only for people to look back at me in disbelief is frustrating. Half of our fans are a bunch of nodding dogs, and you see that with the number of pro Hemmings/Ridsdale accounts on here/Facebook/twitter.

Everyone who's fed up of our current situation really need to rally together now for the rest of the season - perhaps organisation for protests and the like can be coordinated on here. Hopefully once a good number of fans start chants / protests the majority of the rest fall in line.

Let's get these leeches out of our club.
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I totally understand your frustration but Deepdale could be plastered with for sale signs and it wouldn’t make the slightest difference.

Unfortunately loss making smaller clubs are not high on investors agendas, and I’m not seeing any super rich fans banging on the boardroom door either.

Who is going to want to buy and fund PNE?
 
Hope we can get something organised for the Tottenham game. They’ll not care one bit about our frustrations and anger until it’s acted upon.

Nice meetings with fans groups evidently wasn’t enough. We’ve given them time and chances.
 
europne said:
I totally understand your frustration but Deepdale could be plastered with for sale signs and it wouldn’t make the slightest difference.

Unfortunately loss making smaller clubs are not high on investors agendas, and I’m not seeing any super rich fans banging on the boardroom door either.

Who is going to want to buy and fund PNE?
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A lazy argument. You can level that same criticism against nearly every club in the country, but they still find buyers IF the price is right.
 
Doc Brown said:
Like that’s going to happen.
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Yeah I discussed with my mate yesterday that we shouldn't bother going - that's at least £56 not in Hemmings back pocket, but then realised someone else (a plastic fan perhaps) would just quickly snap our seats up anyway. I'm going, but literally only to see the Spurs players (Kane, Son etc)
 
StevieNorthEnd said:
And there is this woman who is holding any investment back?
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It's far more complicated than that. Hemmings had large family, children, grandchildren, nephews nieces etc. He may have left provisions for everyone in the Conway Trust and if so that "billion pound fortune" will soon dwindle down. Therefore there's probably quite a few people who don't want another £11.25 million taken out of it next season.
 
StayathomeFan said:
organised properly at a set time it can work - we can organise an applause so why not. thousands of fans turning their back will be all over national press.
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Will it fuck, best you could hope for is ten new threads about us being fickle on the lashers mb.
 
Protest can take many forms. My own suggestion would be to pick a game and anyone who isn’t intending on renewing next season simply doesn’t attend that game.

The attendance would be a nice reminder to the heirarchy that their level of investment next year will increase substantially if they don’t keep the fans happy.
 
JK said:
One of the reasons we put the open letter out was to prevent things heading in this direction.

We attended the meeting in good faith, yet once again they have 'listened' but then believed we would just forget about it all and be placated with having the meeting.

I don't think any sort of protest would have any effect as they all believe they are doing an amazing job and we are all wrong.

We played our part.
They didn't.
They don't care.
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‘Preston North End - For Sale’ banner would be good though I think.
 
Damp Squib said:
A lazy argument. You can level that same criticism against nearly every club in the country, but they still find buyers IF the price is right.
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Of course.....
Bolton, Wigan, Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday, Charlton etc etc etc.... not to mention Derby County.

Far more stories of failure than success with new owners, especially with clubs bought on the cheap.

Out of the frying pan into the fire.....

Brighton and Brentford are exceptions, owners with dosh AND passion...... very very rare qualities.
 
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