Alan Browne calls Preston fans an ‘absolute joke’ on Twitter

Good to see NorfolkWhite is alive having been missing since the 23rd Oct, I wonder why that was?

I think you'll find plenty of protests dating back through out the Oyston's ownership of BFC. The boycott started as a direct result of them suing some of our fans and having been caught asset stripping the Prem millions. You believe what you want but I'm massively proud of the way 90% of our fan base showed solidarity, backbone and a deep passion for our club, to see the bigger picture even though it hurt like hell.

You can't compare the 2 clubs in many ways, yours is losing many millions of pounds and is being artificially propped up. Hemmings and his son saved you and continue to do so, we all know that if they pull out, you'll be down the leagues in a shot. The main reason your fans are kicking off is because natural order has been restored, we are above you, still improving and the gap will only widen over the next year or 2.
 
north_london_pool said:
Daniel Taylor (chief football correspondent of The Guardian) writing just before our return following the boycott:

"...And now, after all the mutiny and boycotts and perhaps the most brilliantly orchestrated and devoted fan protest there has been in English football, Oyston’s time is up. Blackpool’s game against Southend next Saturday will be their first at Bloomfield Road since the fans got their way. Supporters are planning a party, starting with a celebration march from the promenade, and perhaps in some small way it can be a reminder for every other club that has inadequate or reviled owners, that things can change for the better, that it won’t always be one crisis after another, and that one of the reasons why this sport pulls us in, why it is so damn addictive, is that the bad times always make the good ones seem so much better."

Read the whole thing if you like: Struggling football fans everywhere can take heart from Oyston’s ousting (Guardian, 3 March 2019)

So yeah, right, we just stopped going because we got relegated.
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I'd like a Preston fan to explain how they can reconcile the view that we stopped going because we got relegated, with the fact that our attendances more than doubled while playing in the same league as soon as the Oystons left.
 
None of us supported the Oyston’s. We put up with them because no-one else was interested or able to replace them. Pilley and Haythorntwaite were both ushered away.

A handful of sycophants cosied up to Karl, but they have long since been called out for their collusion.

When I was young and naive I managed to convince myself that Owen’s conviction was a set up. It may have been, I don’t care if it was. He’s still a rapist and over the last decade I’ve found out more information and come to realise that he’s a character of the lowest moral fibre.
The boycotts were necessary and did help the cause: to remove that family from BFC.

You won’t realise, having had a wealthy benefactor with a genuine love for your club. You’ve been spoilt. You haven’t needed to sell your best players every year, just to survive. Turn a quick profit on youth players, just to keep the books balanced. Put up with a stadium falling down around you, with facilities reminiscent of non league. We were ground down. Expectations lowered, but we still had our Football Club.
When we were promoted to the Prem against all the odds, it was clear from the start that the Oyston cash grab had begun. Now since proved in court. They weren’t in the slightest bit interested in BFC. It was asset stripping, called out by Belokon. Couldn’t be further from your example of entitled whingers.
 
I had a good read of that Alan Browne thread last night. Some got it. A lot didn’t.

No. It isn’t acceptable. It’s crap support of the worst kind. Quite a number were suggesting the boos should be directed to the manager instead and/or Ridsdale. Er, no. What about supporting the team? It’s not good enough just to turn up and be mute either.
 
Norfolk White said:
So why weren't you protesting and boycotting games 20 years ago?
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If you're clearly so ill informed why do you make statements as if they are fact?

It’s pretty obvious isn't it, virtually no one liked the Oystons.

Once we miraculously got to the prem and secured the unheard of cash for the club, we thought, that's when it soured when there was no legacy, no investment, fans learnt of illegitimate stripping of the money and the suing of fans was the final straw.

They would wind up fans and laugh whilst doing it all too.

If this happened at your club don't tell me you'd stand by and do nothing.
 
Satsuma said:
I honestly think that a lot of this angst from Nobbers is down to the fact we beat them...and there were no extenuating circumstances they could use as excuses! Seriously!! 🤷‍♂️
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There was a right racket from the home stands that put their players off maybe?
 
JJpool said:
There was a right racket from the home stands that put their players off maybe?
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Well yes that could be used as an excuse...along with, they spent most of the game searching for seats that weren't covered in seagull shit! 🤷‍♂️😀
 
Satsuma said:
Well yes that could be used as an excuse...along with, they spent most of the game searching for seats that weren't covered in seagull shit! 🤷‍♂️😀
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Plot twist, the seats were clean pre game but one of the upset fans near full time booed so hard he had a bad accident? 🤷
 
This thread proves what sad, bitter cockends, them pricks up the road are.

I hope with every bone in my body, that Risdale rinses every single penny out of that club. ** dicks, all of them.
 
Nobody sung Oystons name when we got promoted to the Premier league, to the best of my knowledge nobody sang it ever.
A lot of us thought the Oystons were a handicap and a hindrance at best and credited Belokon with the promotions.
As for only boycotting when we got relegated through the leagues, that is because the financial mismanagement only became apparent then!! Doesn't take a genius to work that out and it went hand in hand with them taking legal action against fans who called them out.
Seems to me that the Hemmings family are decent owners for a club based in a provincial town in Lancashire with no obvious appeal to anyone, and a large number of pne fans are ungrateful half wits with an inflated opinion of their club.
If pne sack Ridsdale is that really going to make them a top 6 championship club!!!?
 
If the knobbers want rid of their owners whether the reasons are justified or not I'd support those intentions.

It was important the Oystons were forced from our club not just for our sake but as an example to all the other shïtty owners as well as fans.

They have a blueprint of how to do it, follow our example, do it properly. If they don't they are just football fans complaining because they are not winning.
 
Bob Hatton said:
We were protesting about our owners and what they were doing in running our club. Don't you get that? It had nothing to do with how we were playing or what league we were in. By comparison you have brilliant owners who have continued to pour their own money into your club and have stability. Your fans need to be careful for what they wish for.
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You might as well try to explain string theory to a goldfish.

You netted a pure and in the wild, Nobber showing a beautiful coat of delusion and lack of knowledge.
We know more about their club than most of them do and their knowledge of our history is akin to their IQ levels
 
From lancs live after the press conference from Mr Ridsdale...

Do you think the reaction to the Blackpool game was over the top?

"Look, anybody who thinks we don't understand the importance of beating Blackpool, is doing us an injustice," said Ridsdale. "We were desperate to get a result that day. I don't actually think the performance was as bad as people suggested, I thought the first goal was strange - Daniel (Iversen) has been one of our star players and yet every time you look at it you wonder whether he thought it was going wide or not.

"Emil (Riis) put a sublime ball in for Ben Whiteman and Ben you would probably anytime put your money on to score and he didn't. So, I understand the fans' frustration and disappointment - I was here when we beat them in the League Cup so of course I understand the passion around beating Blackpool.

"I am not great with Blackpool because my last game at Cardiff was when they beat us in the play-off final, so I can assure you there is no love-lost there. Of course I understand, but, at some point if we end up getting into the play-offs and we have been beaten once by Blackpool, which would you take?"
 
seasidepaddle said:
I assume your lot are being sued for expressing your anger at the running of the club on PNE Online?

Or perhaps the owner's kids are sticking two fingers up (literally and metaphorically) to supporters on matchdays and social media?

Have said owners taken you from the top division to bottom in 6 years by complete mis-management?

No? Then you've got fuck all to compare to us.
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From the cases I personally know of, our former oener took over £500,000 in a series of court cases where he used the libel laws to extract monies knowing they'd be unable to match the financial cost of saying not guilty. Its a rich man's game that eventually bit him back when someone even richer took him on.

Has anyone at Preston had that threat hanging over them and their families?

Comparison my arse.
 
9 January 1999. March and protest against the Oystons. Think that is more than 20 years ago. You can find details on the Internet😉

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BISA's Oyston Out protests Jan 1999 | 9th January 1999 the Blackpool Independent Supporters Association were featured in their Oyston Out protest at Bloomfield Road for the match against... | By It's Not Orange, It's Tangerine. | Facebook

9th January 1999 the Blackpool Independent Supporters Association were featured in their Oyston Out protest at Bloomfield Road for the match against...
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Wizaard said:
9 January 1999. March and protest against the Oystons. Think that is more than 20 years ago. You can find details on the Internet😉

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BISA's Oyston Out protests Jan 1999 | 9th January 1999 the Blackpool Independent Supporters Association were featured in their Oyston Out protest at Bloomfield Road for the match against... | By It's Not Orange, It's Tangerine. | Facebook

9th January 1999 the Blackpool Independent Supporters Association were featured in their Oyston Out protest at Bloomfield Road for the match against...
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That can't be right, according to Norfolk we love them don't we?

Norfolk ing idea.
 
Satsuma said:
Yep, I remember him committing a foul and fans chanting 'off, off, off' in an attempt to influence the ref to give him his marching orders. Must admit I laughed at the time(he WAS having a shocker) but looking back it was embarrassing! 😚
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I started that chant but I thought it was for Andy Gouck in the late 90s
 
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They really are a right bunch aren't they, you couldn't make it up. How brilliant is it though that it took one game for us to knock them into an identity crisis, you can see it slowly dawning on them "are.... we... shit fans?"
 
Norfolk White said:
At least we only boo and don't try and get games abandoned, called off, etc both home and away. Given your lot did this then why should OO have "throw(n) money down the toilet on a football team who boo their own players and cant be arsed to turn up to home games."
At least OO got you lot to the top division for one season and you lot where singing his name only to turn on him once you were relegated.
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I thought Preston were already boycotting their club?

Isn't that why Deepdale is always empty...???

😘😘😘
 
NewburyOne said:
Good to see NorfolkWhite is alive having been missing since the 23rd Oct, I wonder why that was?

I think you'll find plenty of protests dating back through out the Oyston's ownership of BFC. The boycott started as a direct result of them suing some of our fans and having been caught asset stripping the Prem millions. You believe what you want but I'm massively proud of the way 90% of our fan base showed solidarity, backbone and a deep passion for our club, to see the bigger picture even though it hurt like hell.

You can't compare the 2 clubs in many ways, yours is losing many millions of pounds and is being artificially propped up. Hemmings and his son saved you and continue to do so, we all know that if they pull out, you'll be down the leagues in a shot. The main reason your fans are kicking off is because natural order has been restored, we are above you, still improving and the gap will only widen over the next year or 2.
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Best laugh I have had for a long time, thanks for that 👍
 
JJpool said:
If you're clearly so ill informed why do you make statements as if they are fact?

It’s pretty obvious isn't it, virtually no one liked the Oystons.

Once we miraculously got to the prem and secured the unheard of cash for the club, we thought, that's when it soured when there was no legacy, no investment, fans learnt of illegitimate stripping of the money and the suing of fans was the final straw.

They would wind up fans and laugh whilst doing it all too.

If this happened at your club don't tell me you'd stand by and do nothing.
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Since you are a top Tangerine fan and so well informed are you saying that you were boycotting games and protesting against the Oystens 20 years ago or even 15 years ago because your mate Big Bertha stated that you had 30 years of antics from OO? Also, why didn't you protest about OO owning and running your club when he was found guilty of rape of a minor?
 
tangerine_neil said:
None of us supported the Oyston’s. We put up with them because no-one else was interested or able to replace them. Pilley and Haythorntwaite were both ushered away.

A handful of sycophants cosied up to Karl, but they have long since been called out for their collusion.

When I was young and naive I managed to convince myself that Owen’s conviction was a set up. It may have been, I don’t care if it was. He’s still a rapist and over the last decade I’ve found out more information and come to realise that he’s a character of the lowest moral fibre.
The boycotts were necessary and did help the cause: to remove that family from BFC.

You won’t realise, having had a wealthy benefactor with a genuine love for your club. You’ve been spoilt. You haven’t needed to sell your best players every year, just to survive. Turn a quick profit on youth players, just to keep the books balanced. Put up with a stadium falling down around you, with facilities reminiscent of non league. We were ground down. Expectations lowered, but we still had our Football Club.
When we were promoted to the Prem against all the odds, it was clear from the start that the Oyston cash grab had begun. Now since proved in court. They weren’t in the slightest bit interested in BFC. It was asset stripping, called out by Belokon. Couldn’t be further from your example of entitled whingers.
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This is a poster I can respect who says it as it was and a post I can agree with. There was no bad language, explained very well about Oysten's conviction, why tangerine_neil was taken in by him and why the boycott was necessary. If others on here explained things more intelligently like this, I could accept things from you a lot more rather than attacking a visiting fan from North End who has never sworn at anyone on here but just gives back the 'banter' he receives. Respect tangerine _neil 👍
 
Are you honestly saying you know more about our history than our own fans? I remember protests 30 years ago, in terms of boycotting that started after they sued fans. Is that too difficult for you to understand?
 
Norfolk White said:
This is a poster I can respect who says it as it was and a post I can agree with. There was no bad language, explained very well about Oysten's conviction, why tangerine_neil was taken in by him and why the boycott was necessary. If others on here explained things more intelligently like this, I could accept things from you a lot more rather than attacking a visiting fan from North End who has never sworn at anyone on here but just gives back the 'banter' he receives. Respect tangerine _neil 👍
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Fuck off bellend.
 
Satsuma said:
I honestly think that a lot of this angst from Nobbers is down to the fact we beat them...and there were no extenuating circumstances they could use as excuses! Seriously!! 🤷‍♂️
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I think you will find Sats, that a lot of our fans posted that 'pool deserved the win and on the day were the better team, as you probably already know. Do others on here know what you have posted on our MB about 'pool being poor at times and praising North End at times? Reading your posts on here you wouldn't know that you was one and the same person.
 
NewburyOne said:
Are you honestly saying you know more about our history than our own fans? I remember protests 30 years ago, in terms of boycotting that started after they sued fans. Is that too difficult for you to understand?
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No I am not saying that at all, I am asking so I can understand why certain things happened. Why were there protests 30 years ago as I don't remember any?
 
Norfolk White said:
Nice reply, very intelligent of you with such a choice of words. Are you upset because you wish you could post such intelligent and well rounded posts explaining things clearly as tangerine_neil does?
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No - you are just a bellend and need to fuck off. Is that too difficult for you to understand ?
 
NewburyOne said:
No problem; we have a better owner, better coach, better team, better fans. Live in denial all you like, the reason your fans are revolting is largely due to these facts. 👍🏼
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As you know, every fan think their club is the best and I have a lot of respect for them apart from those who support such as Chelsea, Man Utd, Man City, Arsenal, Spurs, Liverpool etc, but have never been to see them play live and live miles and miles from their club's home ground. You may not believe it but I have a load of respect for your fans who stayed and supported 'pool even when the really bad times were there, but not those fans who just gave in and turned their back on the club and either did nothing or started to support another club.
 
Norfolk White said:
I think you will find Sats, that a lot of our fans posted that 'pool deserved the win and on the day were the better team, as you probably already know. Do others on here know what you have posted on our MB about 'pool being poor at times and praising North End at times? Reading your posts on here you wouldn't know that you was one and the same person.
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I don't think I vary greatly tbh?! 🤔 Take the piss a bit more on here perhaps(mindful of a ban on't t'other board possibly!😉).
 
Amazing that YOU ban every Blackpool fan coming onto PNEisOnline by saying they are a WUM
But you get the freedom to come onto a Blackpool FC fan site and freely chat
But I honestly think we should ban you for just being BORING.......at least Giro is interesting and has a laugh......you're just tedious
 
‘ You may not believe it but I have a load of respect for your fans who stayed and supported 'pool even when the really bad times were there, but not those fans who just gave in and turned their back on the club and either did nothing or started to support another club.’

Now you really are talking shite/on a wind up or really don’t understand what the situation was. Tedious is definitely the word.
 
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