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Liverpool supporters plan Anfield sit-in protest against US owners

• Spirit of Shankly plans protest for Sunderland game
• Second march and protest scheduled for Blackpool match

The Liverpool supporters' group Spirit of Shankly has called for two days of protest against the current owners of the club, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, and the financial institutions who have lent them money in the past.

The supporters' union will hold an emergency general meeting on Saturday morning before the home game against Sunderland at Anfield, followed by a protest at the match. "We would like as many supporters as possible, to make their feelings known towards the owners during the Sunderland match, using banners, flags and songs," said a statement from the association.

"We ask everyone in the ground to make their voices heard – let everyone know you will no longer tolerate the current owners. Following the match, irrespective of the result, we intend to hold a sit in protest. Regardless of where you sit, remain in the ground and make your views heard. Gather at the front of the stand you are in, with flags and banners, and make your voices heard."

The protests will resume eight days later for the home match against Blackpool. "To build on the momentum of this protest and to increase pressure on the owners, we are also proposing a day of action at the match against Blackpool," Spirit of Shankly said.

"We will start this day with a mass march to visibly show our anger towards the owners and those responsible for our current situation. It will also be an opportunity to show support for what we want to achieve – genuine supporter involvement in how Liverpool Football Club is run. Following on from the march we want fans to take the atmosphere generated into the ground and make sure the whole world knows how we feel."

Spirit of Shankly said its current plans were just the start and it would continue their campaign against the club's American owners until Liverpool had been sold.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/sep/20/liverpool-protest-owners

SOS: Direct Action - Sunderland and Blackpool - http://www.spiritofshankly.com/news/Direct-Action-_-Sunderland-and-Blackpool.html

LFC, BarCap and Re-Financing - http://www.spiritofshankly.com/news/LFC,-BarCap-and-Re_Financing.html

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Protest against the American are great, but I dont belive it works.

As long a suppporters buy tickets to matches and buy official supporter gear the protests does not matter to the Americans .

Stop buying tickets and official supporter gear is the best way to get rid of them. But on the other side it would also hurt Liverpool FC.

Is rite, il be there.

agreed. these protests has been going on for years but nothing has changed. this doesn't hurt the yanks but there are other ways to do it...

Sorry swede but I think your wrong, it's people like you and the other poster that let's the protest down, there's people trying there hardest to get these twats out. If everyone tool part of these protests you can jump from a few thousand to 20,000 or even more, we need the like of your support, you need to stand up and be counted and give your support to those who are trying there hardest to do something about it

Or to get the publicity a pitch invasion at the end of the game when the whistles been blown is the only other think I can think of, that'll show to the world how fustrating where getting

im not letting anyone down. they're doing a great job and i hope they'll keep on doing it.

but i think it's quite clear that the yanks doesn't care about these protests. they care about their wallets and therefore the way to go is a boycott. i know it's very hard to organize such a thing but it will hurt them so much more.

youre right of course swede. they dont lose money if you march about the place. its business business business, so hit them in the pocket. make it financially negative for them to stay. they dont care about peoples feelings, and nore should they. its business.

These threads are driving me nuts, they're all out of order and stuff.

Anyway - FANTASTIC NEWS - BLACKSTONE HAVE REFUSED TO BACK HICKS!!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/sep/20/tom-hicks-liverpool-blackstone

And Im for action, I think they do have an effect but it does require sufficient numbers for it to work. To date those numbers have been lacking. A sit in until we have answers to the questions we want answered is what I want to see.

but then it will effect the team on match day. U give up a ticket an someone else will take it. Other one is no merchandise to be bought on the club shop, drinks, food etc on match days. But any kind of action that happens people have got to show there support to the likes of SOS share Liverpool, the more that do it the better and it's only a good thing that it happens on both fronts