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The Football League have said they would not permit the move but that hasn’t stopped the club who have still not given up on the plan. There have been murmuring from the boardroom that they will not accept the Football League ruling and will still try to pursue this crazy (gang) idea.
I suppose this is what happens when you let your club get into the hands of a group of foreigners who have no idea about the English game. Mind you that can also apply to the English as well. Last Saturday on Football Focus former Liverpool and Ireland player Mark Lawrenson didn’t seem to know what all the fuss was about. He thought the fans would be happy with this and just get on with it. He didn’t think a 140 mile round trip for home games was a problem. To put all this in perspective it would be equivalent to the Clarets playing their home games at Stoke.
Our supporters have been making it their business already this week. We have been in contact with Simon Wheeler the newsletter editor for Wimbledon Independent Supporters Association (WISA) who said, “I would like to personally thank all the Burnley fans that have contacted me. The support and encouragement offered is a credit to Burnley Football Club”.
WISA are now asking for some more support from Burnley fans. They will be handing out posters this afternoon that they stress will be in good taste. They will have slogans such as “MK No Way” and “Don’t Let Them Take Our Club Away”. They are asking Burnley fans if they will take some of these posters and display them inside Turf Moor.
Last week at Selhurst Park (pictured) their home for the past ten years they released black balloons. They have stressed that they have no intention of inconveniencing Burnley Football Club in anyway and this won’t be done at Turf Moor today. They will just be protesting with the posters.
If you are able to get one of these posters and are willing to display it in the ground then please do. At a Clarets Independent Supporters Association meeting last season Burnley director Chris Duckworth said he believed he was just a current custodian of our club and looking after it for the owners, THE SUPPORTERS. Sometimes clubs don’t see that and very often the role of the Independent Supporters Association becomes vital. I recall the fantastic support CISA received from our supporters almost three years ago now with the petition and sit in which was expressing concern at the way the club was being run at the time. Shortly afterwards there were major changes and CISA had played a part in bringing them about.
I wish WISA every success in keeping their club as local as possible and if you really do think it has nothing to do with us then just imagine going to Stoke for a home game.
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