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Blackpool FC Petition

By ramaiya2, in Leicester City Forum

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ramaiya2

ramaiya2

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I have been asked by some Blackpool FC fans if I can post this up on our forum, it is currently also posted on other forums -

 

Hi All,

Any assistance that you can give in supporting our petition would be greatly appreciated. You may already have heard, but our club chairman Karl Oyston has been in the press this week for insulting a fan by text. The press has focused on the use of language which could be considered offensive including use of the term "Retard" and the comment "Enjoy your special needs day out", which have been widely condemned, due to the offence it may cause to the disabled, their families and indeed decent society. Football is supposed to be inclusive and clearly the use of such language cannot be tolerated.

However Oyston has not only insulted those with disabilities, he also appears to believe that normal everyday working people are also somehow beneath him and in doing so has widely insulted football fans across the country.

Here is one example of a text sent to a Blackpool fan by Karl Oyston...

"So let me get this straight, you think that despite knowing and being friendly with other chairman in the FL and PL, venture capitalists, bankers, entrepeneurs, very successful businessmen, government ministers, MP's and a whole host of notable worthies, that I should single out a fat flaccid painter and decorator/consultant whose crowning achievment is taking his poor family on holiday to Orlando for three torturous weeks a year? really? I suggest you slip discreetly back into whatever foul pond you emerged from. Crack on as I am enjoying myself. you are on toast and are too simple to realise it. In fact you have cheered me up no end and made me realise I am right to completely ignore the influential fans so cheers." Karl Oyston.

Karl Oyston is, as you may be aware, also on the Football League Board and therefore has an influential role in the decisions that may affect your football club. We firmly believe there is no place in football for anyone with such a dismissive attitude towards us, the fans.
Blackpool Fans also believe that Oyston should be removed from his position on the Football League board.


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Club President Valeri Belokon has called upon all Blackpool fans to support a petition for Club Chairman Karl Oyston to step down from his position with immediate effect.

Blackpool Supporters Trust would ask that our members , Blackpool fans and indeed all in the football community support Mr Belokons request and sign the attached petition that requests that Mr Karl Oyston step down from any position of influence in Blackpool FC immediately. This petition will be submitted to the FA and Football League as well as to Blackpool Football Club owner Mr Owen Oyston.

As many fans will be aware, Karl Oyston has recently been in the national and local media, having engaged in a series of abusive text exchanges with Blackpool supporters, which has further sullied the good name of Blackpool FC through association.

The attitude displayed by Mr Oyston, not only in regard to the unacceptable references to disabilities and ' special needs ' but in his general attitude towards hard working Blackpool fans in general makes him in our view unsuitable to hold a position of influence within our famous community football club.

For some time the relationship between Club and its fans has been strained and it is our firm belief that many of these issues are a direct result of Karl Oyston and his confrontational approach to the fan base. This latest outburst from Mr Oyston is simply a very public demonstration of an attitude that as has no place on football and decent society and which in addition has had a negative impact on relations between Karl Oyston and numerous managers , board members , members of the Press , players , fans and of course, Mr Belokon himself. When one individual manages to sour relations with so many other people, then the source of the problem becomes patently obvious. Karl Oyston seems incapable of managing everyday relationships without conflict and that cannot be good for Blackpool Football Club.

The time has come for Blackpool Football Club to move on into a new era of cooperation between Club and its fans and the wider community and for us to build upon the success that Valeri Belokon's substantial investment had brought about. Blackpool Supporters Trust call upon Mr Owen Oyston to remove Karl Oyston from any position of influence with immediate effect and re-establish a working relationship with Valeri Belokon, with a view to making positive progress, placing football first, investing properly for the success of the team and to start treating the fans and community of Blackpool with the respect that they deserve from the ambassador of our historic club.

Please sign the online petition detailing your full name & email address, together with any comments that you feel are relevant.

 

Sign Petition HERE
https://www.change.org/p/karl-oyston-resign-as-chairman-of-blackpool-football-club?just_created=true

 

DB11

DB11

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If the fan was anything like Leicester City Supporters Club chairman Cliff Ginnetta, rather than an actual football fan (and having the chairman's number he probably was) then I'd bet it's not as clear cut as it seems.

Guest ttfn

Guest ttfn

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Why are people texting him in the first instance?

Everyone knows he's a coont what were they expecting?

David Hankey

David Hankey

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Many things are said in the heat of the moment whether by players, managers, owners or fans. I'm not defending Oyston for one minute as I know my relatives in Lancashire feel he has done no good for Blackpool over the years, siphoning funds away from the Club, building a new hotel next to the ground whilst the away supporter were still exposed to the elements.

 

At he end of the day it takes a big man to say sorry and not many are able to do that.

The Blue Moon

The Blue Moon

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People are too easy to offend these days.

I put it down to 13 years of New Labour. Too many are unnecessarily going to university and because the education system is institutionally left wing they all get indoctrinated in there and come out as hardcore politically correct morons.

They still can't get a job though.

sylofox

sylofox

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People are too easy to offend these days.

I put it down to 13 years of New Labour. Too many are unnecessarily going to university and because the education system is institutionally left wing they all get indoctrinated in there and come out as hardcore politically correct morons.

They still can't get a job though.

Big difference between a comment like Nige made and that rant.

I hope every tradesman in the area treble any quote for work to be done for the scum bag.

MC Prussian

MC Prussian

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Whilst I don't condone what people in charge like Oyston communicate, it'd be nice to see the other side of the coin. As much as I'd like to paint him as a c*ck for whatever he's done to Blackpool FC over the past few years, no human being of his stature can be that daft to send out SMS like that just for the sake of it?

 

Part of me thinks the quotes used against KO are somewhat taken out of context - maybe Tangerines fans could provide more of the latter?

BlackburnClaret

BlackburnClaret

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Sod em, the sooner they go back to the bottom division where they belong the better. It's a toss up which owners I love the most, the Venkys or the Oystons.

Funny that you only get the replies, and not the texts received.

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