Following our protest march alongside fans of RC Strasbourg before the Manchester United home game last month, and the attention created by our Blueco Out digivan which fans saw ahead of the FA Cup semi final against Leeds, we are now able to announce further protest action at two more games this season.
Protest before the FA Cup final
First, we invite Chelsea fans to join us on a protest march on Wembley Way ahead of the FA Cup final against Manchester City on Saturday, 16 May. We will be marching from the steps outside Wembley Park Underground station, all the way up to the stadium before kick off.
The march will be getting underway around 1:30pm and will feature a large banner that will focus not just on Blueco, but also the sporting directors.
Protest during Chelsea vs Tottenham
Following this, we are planning to move our efforts into a stadium during a match for the first time when we play Tottenham Hotspur at home on Tuesday, 19 May.
We will be taking action as the clock strikes 22 minutes, marking the year Blueco bought the club (2022). We urge supporters to stand up (if you are able to stand), turn their backs on the game for one minute and join in with the chant “We want our Chelsea back.”
While we recognise the importance of both matches, we feel these steps are absolutely necessary in an attempt to send a public message that we have no faith in the current ownership and the direction the club is heading.
Future action
Following a run of six consecutive Premier League defeats, our worst league run since 1993, and a run of one clean sheet in 19 Premier League games, we find ourselves in ninth place in the table at the time of writing. Given the unprecedented expenditure on the men’s first team since Blueco acquired the club, this is absolutely unacceptable.
However, our issues stretch far beyond recent form. We also wish to stress our efforts will be unperturbed by any potential announcements or reports regarding the identity of the next permanent men’s first team manager in the lead up to these protests.
The issues at the club go far beyond any manager. Until meaningful change is brought about to the environment in which they operate, the identity of these managers will be futile. We also have no faith that the club is entering any period of “self-reflection” as stated. We are interested in actions, not words.
Claiming you are taking a period of self-reflection is meaningless if those in control do not publicly outline the mistakes they have identified nor outline how they plan to rectify them.
These protest actions will continue beyond the end of this season, and will not cease until we have forced change. With regards to future action, we will soon be launching a crowdfunding page to help fund these efforts.
Together, we can get our club back as we know it.
Up the Chels!
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