swal-owl-s26 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 The FSA are organising a minutes applause for Bury F.C. not sure if it’s been mentioned on Owlstalk? Football supporters everywhere were shocked and saddened when Bury FC were expelled from the EFL on 27 August. A 134-year-old institution gone. Generations of fans left without the cornerstone of their community that so many of us take for granted. We fans often revel in the tribalism of our game but the deep love we have for our own club serves to strengthen solidarity when a crisis emerges. In the past couple of days there has been an outpouring of compassion, empathy and sorrow from hundreds of thousands of fans across the country and throughout the leagues. This weekend be grateful that your club has a game to play, that you can continue your matchday rituals with friends and family, like every other Saturday. Soak up the experience and appreciate it... and in the 27th minute applaud for one minute in a nationwide display of solidarity for Bury. Why a minute of applause on the 27th minute? Because on 27th August a football club was expelled from the league for the first time in 27 years. The FSA (Football Supporters' Association) wants fans to show that they care and we are angry that this situation has been allowed to happen. The FSA is lobbying hard to protect our clubs from unscrupulous or incompetent owners - conflicts of interest have to be removed as owners have shown they cannot regulate themselves and our clubs deserve special protections more in line with those afforded to listed buildings. Football clubs are not just another business. We'll need your support for that campaign in the weeks and months ahead, but for this weekend, let's start by showing supporter solidarity with Bury fans on the 27th minute. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concrete Owl Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Ok I’m in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quist Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Should be a minutes silence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latemodelchild Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 I'm on board with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sham67 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Count me in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robowl4life Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 F.ucking going to really help that. Absolutely disgusted with what’s gone on there. Should’ve had all 92 clubs in football league go round with buckets to collect for them or something. Similar to what we did with Rotherham. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agentwalker Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 1 min of f**k off EFL should do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 19 minutes ago, Quist said: Should be a minutes silence. We'll probably have about 65 mins of that anyway. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlinexile Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 10 minutes ago, robowl4life said: F.ucking going to really help that. Absolutely disgusted with what’s gone on there. Should’ve had all 92 clubs in football league go round with buckets to collect for them or something. Similar to what we did with Rotherham. Sadly they would be back in the same position a few months later. The rot in the English game can't be papered over with a few bucket collections. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nut Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Too little too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LittleG Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 4 minutes ago, Nut said: Too little too late. Exactly. I feel for Bury and their fans, would not wish this on any team. Just can't see what this will achieve and doing a minutes applause after they've gone is a bit like rubbing salt into the wounds. A minutes silence before the match might be more appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poite Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Sorry for my heart of stone. But why bother? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Newsome Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Whats the point, we could all stand around holding hands and singing songs to make ourselves feel morally righteous but it's not going to change anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Wonk Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 It probably is a bit pointless...after the horse has bolted...weeing in the wind etc...but what’s a little clap between friends! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 It’s a shame it’s to late to save them. Would have thought all the other clubs in the leagues might have had bucket collections etc for them. Deff count me in for the applause though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Bonvin Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 We'd be better off having a minute of booing the two hats at the top of the game who stand by and let this sort of thing happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theowlsman Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Come and watch the Wednesday Bury fans, we’ll make you our own. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewswfc Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 8 minutes ago, WalthamOwl said: It’s a shame it’s to late to save them. Would have thought all the other clubs in the leagues might have had bucket collections etc for them. Deff count me in for the applause though. It's all right having a whip round but who do you give it too? Dale the fűčkîng t@il?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 13 minutes ago, poite said: Sorry for my heart of stone. But why bother? My sentiment. It's likely that 99.9% of the football community have stood watching this from the sidelines without offering any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james o connor Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 I don’t like to see any club go to the wire but I’ve made my feelings clear about minute silences / applauses for deceased people so I’m sure as hell not going to do it for a football club . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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