ian1964 10,416 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Newcastle United fans are planning to occupy St James' Park after the game against West Ham as protest against owner Mike Ashley. The Magpies could be relegated from the top flight depending on results and a section of supporters plan a sit-in to get owner Mike Ashley to sell the club. The AshleyOut.com group said they "will continue to occupy the ground" after the final whistle whatever the result. They want other fans to join them in a protest cleared by Northumbria Police. Newcastle are one place and two points above the relegation zone going into the game against the Hammers. If they lose or draw and third-from-bottom Hull beat Manchester United, with Sunderland getting a point from their remaining two games, the Magpies will be relegated. Many supporters of the Tyneside club are angry at Ashley's running of the club and some have criticised his ambition. Newcastle revealed they had more than £34m in cash assets in April, while they also announced a record annual profit of £18.7m for 2013-14 in March. However, the club spent nothing in January's transfer window and - under manager John Carver - have lost nine of their last 10 league matches, earning just one point in the process. Thousands of Newcastle supporters appeared to have boycotted their Premier League defeat by Tottenham on 19 April. The official attendance for the game was announced as 47,427, while their average home attendance this season is 50,834. "Bring your flags, bring your banners and most importantly bring your voices," said fan-run website AshleyOut.com. "Together we will make it clear that enough is enough and demand that the man ultimately responsible for the club's demise into mediocrity, Mike Ashley himself, puts the club up for sale with immediate effect. "We have no specific protests planned to take place during the game so as not to disrupt the outcome in any way, shape or form." http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32808508 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 743 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Newcastle fans were screaming for Pardew to be out early in the season when he was clearly making them punch above their weight, they should have known then it wasn't Pardew to blame. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhunter 0 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 The penny has finally dropped. Godspeed the Geordie faithful, you have one enormous parasite to rid yourselves of. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I always thought we were going to have to do that. Thankfully not. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudbertz 0 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I always thought we were going to have to do that. Thankfully not. Dread to think where we would be now if he had got that bigger % of us. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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