Next home game v Oxford 24/1 - is any protest/action taking place ?

[LCFCJohn]

47 minutes ago, Bluetintedspecs said:

I stated ....if all those so vocal and unhappy saw last night as a massive boycott win then why not carry on doing it for every game, moving forward? Let's see the courage of your convictions and the strength of the wider support behind it.

What's hard to understand about that? 

I think you know my point…

[Bluetintedspecs]

Just now, Tommy G said:

You seem a bit gutted it was a success?

It was not a success it was totally contrived, a guaranteed lower attendance 8.00pm school night fixture that was selected, if you see that as a success then that speaks volumes tbh.

I bet you won't have the cojones to call for a total boycott of one of the upcoming Saturday 3.00pm fixtures to show them the real strength of feeling will you? 

 

[lestuhfox]

18 minutes ago, Bluetintedspecs said:

It was not a success it was totally contrived, a guaranteed lower attendance 8.00pm school night fixture that was selected, if you see that as a success then that speaks volumes tbh.

I bet you won't have the cojones to call for a total boycott of one of the upcoming Saturday 3.00pm fixtures to show them the real strength of feeling will you? 

 

Hey BTS

 

I was one of 6155 at Filbert Street in 1983 for our lowest ever league attendance v Shrewsbury.

 

I was one of the 8585 who beat the snow in 2013 at home to Boro.

 

I watched at home last night.

That alone tells you everything of what I think of Tops running of the City.

 

 

[The Doctor]

38 minutes ago, Bluetintedspecs said:

It was not a success it was totally contrived, a guaranteed lower attendance 8.00pm school night fixture that was selected, if you see that as a success then that speaks volumes tbh.

I bet you won't have the cojones to call for a total boycott of one of the upcoming Saturday 3.00pm fixtures to show them the real strength of feeling will you? 

 

Ipswich two years ago on a blisteringly cold Monday night in January, the week before payday, was a sellout, as was Watford on a Sunday afternoon in 2021, a game played on snow with entire snow drifts around the edge of the pitch, so the idea that we'd have had a sub 20k crowd regardless is laughable.

[LCFCJohn]

42 minutes ago, Bluetintedspecs said:

It was not a success it was totally contrived, a guaranteed lower attendance 8.00pm school night fixture that was selected, if you see that as a success then that speaks volumes tbh.

I bet you won't have the cojones to call for a total boycott of one of the upcoming Saturday 3.00pm fixtures to show them the real strength of feeling will you? 

 

Yeah about 15000 people stayed away because it was a cold school night. Ok….

 

You're clearly worked up about this and it isn’t hard to know why that is!

 

I doubt it would work as well at another game but that is because many of our supporters are wet and devoted to a Thai billionaire!!

 

Another way to look at it, why did only about 12000 home fans make the effort to go if the strength of feeling is that we should support our supreme leader? Surely more would have wanted to make a stand against the boycott right? Right?

[Tommy G]

45 minutes ago, Bluetintedspecs said:

It was not a success it was totally contrived, a guaranteed lower attendance 8.00pm school night fixture that was selected, if you see that as a success then that speaks volumes tbh.

I bet you won't have the cojones to call for a total boycott of one of the upcoming Saturday 3.00pm fixtures to show them the real strength of feeling will you? 

 

How many 8pm school night fixtures have we had in the past? You are making out this is the first one!

 

I gave up my season ticket of 17 years last season, so I'm boycotting the lot  

[Philkeavo]

54 minutes ago, Bluetintedspecs said:

It was not a success it was totally contrived, a guaranteed lower attendance 8.00pm school night fixture that was selected, if you see that as a success then that speaks volumes tbh.

I bet you won't have the cojones to call for a total boycott of one of the upcoming Saturday 3.00pm fixtures to show them the real strength of feeling will you? 

 

Jordan Blackwell summed it well on LeicestershireLive.

Truth about attendance and City boycott

The official attendance at the game is far from correct. The figure of 27,130 includes all tickets sold, rather than the number of people coming through the turnstiles.

As an estimate, it does not feel farfetched to suggest the attendance was actually around 22,000, pointing to 10,000 empty seats.

There has been a debate over whether this was due to the planned boycott by supporters or if there were other circumstances that could have impacted the attendance.

Certainly, the boycott felt like it was hastily organised, with only a couple of weeks’ notice. It also felt like a primarily online endeavour. There would have been fans who didn’t know about it.

And there were plenty of reasons why fans might not turn up. The match was on the TV, it was a school night and the first day back at work after Christmas for many, and it was also exceptionally cold.

But focusing on those factors as reasons why people may not turn up ignores the truth of football fandom.

When fans feel connected and hopeful and positive about their club and their team, they defy all of those excuses and turn up anyway. They stick on their thermals and their gloves, they brave the traffic, and they accept that they may not get quite as long a night’s sleep.

They do all that because they love their club and they want to be in the stadium to see their team in the flesh and to take in the experience.

There were plenty of City fans that clearly did not feel inspired to do that on Monday, whether they were boycotting or not.

[Bristol fox ....]

5 hours ago, 1884HF said:

Instead of a boycott it should be more vocal protest for Oxford - not a pound in the ground should be standard anyway 

Ive not spent a penny inside the ground ever sinse i was forced to pay £25 for a season card that i already had

[Gazza3]

1 hour ago, Bluetintedspecs said:

It was not a success it was totally contrived, a guaranteed lower attendance 8.00pm school night fixture that was selected, if you see that as a success then that speaks volumes tbh.

I bet you won't have the cojones to call for a total boycott of one of the upcoming Saturday 3.00pm fixtures to show them the real strength of feeling will you? 

 

Are you saying that the attendance would of been that low without the boycott? What nonsense. How many times have we played on a cold night / school night and seen a near full stadium. 

Wake up 

[filthyfox]

3 hours ago, Bluetintedspecs said:

I genuinely feel that those of you with such strong feelings should continue for all upcoming games like Sheffield Wednesday fans did!

If you think that last night was a roaring success and not mainly circumstantial due to weather, time of year , back to work /school night on TV etc then repeat the call for a continual total boycott especially including the next few Saturday fixtures and we'll then see where the strength of feeling and courage of convictions lie with yourselves and many others that werent in the stadium last night 👍

It was a TOTAL success!   Even Top boycotted!

[Ian S]

1 hour ago, Bluetintedspecs said:

It was not a success it was totally contrived, a guaranteed lower attendance 8.00pm school night fixture that was selected, if you see that as a success then that speaks volumes tbh.

I bet you won't have the cojones to call for a total boycott of one of the upcoming Saturday 3.00pm fixtures to show them the real strength of feeling will you? 

 

It clearly wasn’t contrived as friends I know boycotted like myself and whether it was 1000 boycotting or 5000 we need to start somewhere.The alternative is to sit on our backsides like yourself doing nothing except thinly veiled criticisms of those of us who have the balls to try something.

As for guaranteed lower attendance, when was the last time the ground was half full for a league game. If things were rosy in the garden do you really believe there would have been thousands upon thousands of empty seats?

[Hales]

A big picture of Top's head with a question mark on it......

Concourse idea is a good idea....stay down there for 10 minutes then come up

[The Year Of The Fox]

1 hour ago, lestuhfox said:

Hey BTS

 

I was one of 6155 at Filbert Street in 1983 for our lowest ever league attendance v Shrewsbury.

 

I was one of the 8585 who beat the snow in 2013 at home to Boro.

 

I watched at home last night.

That alone tells you everything of what I think of Tops running of the City.

 

 

Likewise, I was one of those who made it to Leicester from NW Leics for that Boro game in 2013

 

You couldn’t have paid me to go last night (boycott or not)

[LCFCJohn]

35 minutes ago, Ian S said:

It clearly wasn’t contrived as friends I know boycotted like myself and whether it was 1000 boycotting or 5000 we need to start somewhere.The alternative is to sit on our backsides like yourself doing nothing except thinly veiled criticisms of those of us who have the balls to try something.

As for guaranteed lower attendance, when was the last time the ground was half full for a league game. If things were rosy in the garden do you really believe there would have been thousands upon thousands of empty seats?

[daddylonglegs]

2 hours ago, Tommy G said:

You seem a bit gutted it was a success?

He sounds like he's been backing the lads to me. 

[Mickyblueeyes]

2 hours ago, Bluetintedspecs said:

It was not a success it was totally contrived, a guaranteed lower attendance 8.00pm school night fixture that was selected, if you see that as a success then that speaks volumes tbh.

I bet you won't have the cojones to call for a total boycott of one of the upcoming Saturday 3.00pm fixtures to show them the real strength of feeling will you? 

 

Mentioned in a major tabloid. On sky cameras. Aiyawatt labelled as the reason. Local press picked it up. All over Instagram and other social media with fans of other clubs noticing the drop in attendance. People didnt come. Whether that be for the boycott or due to the weather that’s telling, knowing a boycott was being held against the owner, and if you’re in favour of the owner, more would’ve got themselves in counter protest, As a boycott to raise awareness it absolutely was a success, 

[dnewty]

Concourse idea is a good one

Edited 6 January by dnewty

[whoareyaaa]

Surely have a peaceful protest outside the main entrance with some banners and chants.

 

I think last night was a success but having people gather around the main entrance may encourage more people to vent there frustration.

Edited 6 January by whoareyaaa

[Swarles Barkley]

3 hours ago, Bluetintedspecs said:

It was not a success it was totally contrived, a guaranteed lower attendance 8.00pm school night fixture that was selected, if you see that as a success then that speaks volumes tbh.

I bet you won't have the cojones to call for a total boycott of one of the upcoming Saturday 3.00pm fixtures to show them the real strength of feeling will you? 

 

Everyone I sit around didn’t attend and it was because of the boycott. These are fans that have been ST holders for 10plus years. 

[Muzzy_no7]

 Think everyone who boycotted should return for this one and protest outside the ground.  Also don’t buy any beer in the ground and rather spend it at the pubs in town. 

[Ian S]

9 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

 Think everyone who boycotted should return for this one and protest outside the ground.  Also don’t buy any beer in the ground and rather spend it at the pubs in town. 

God, does anyone still actually buy that crap they call beer at the ground.

[LCFCJohn]

53 minutes ago, Mickyblueeyes said:

Mentioned in a major tabloid. On sky cameras. Aiyawatt labelled as the reason. Local press picked it up. All over Instagram and other social media with fans of other clubs noticing the drop in attendance. People didnt come. Whether that be for the boycott or due to the weather that’s telling, knowing a boycott was being held against the owner, and if you’re in favour of the owner, more would’ve got themselves in counter protest, As a boycott to raise awareness it absolutely was a success, 

Both very good points.

 

Of course it was a success, it is being widely talked about! Maintaining this is another thing but last in isolation was a success.

 

And the point of why didn’t they call come out to make their counter point?

 

The answer, there are likely many people in the middle who aren’t devoted to Aiyawatt and will slowly get there in terms of joining the effort. The hardcore defenders are probably less in numbers than we think.

[Analysethis]

It worked a treat last time with a win, i think some of you have found the formula. Stay away LOL!

[oz was my hero]

6 hours ago, Nolucklcfc said:

I like what Wednesday did coming in 10 minutes late. Would also be funny when the KPFC boo us in. 

Would be hilarious,  being confronted by 200 Greg Wallace impersonators who iron their stone island and cp company jumpers on a turtle shaped ironing board  while being pelted with werthers originals  from the west stand.