Soulbrother
Well-known member
Despite what happened today all is quite rosy in the tangerine garden, but I have been thinking back to the dark old Oyston days. We credit ourselves with getting rid of the Oystons by means of the boycott, picketting etc. I believe other clubs come to our committee for advice on how to get rid of their unwanted owners, but I have to admit, I am not sure how effective the boycott actually was. The Oystons had little respect for the fans and I'm not sure that beyond a status symbol they even cared about the club. As the income deteriorated they just made more and more cuts. I suspect our owners were so bloody minded they would have happily seen the club go down the pan before selling the ground for development. Of course we had to do something, which we did, but I can't help feeling it was the award given to Belekon which eventually did the damage. Other clubs with similar problems won't have the good fairy Belekon to help them. Maybe we just got lucky and in reality supporters are powerless to remove owners they do not want.