FWIW I think the only way you will get "Mr/Mrs/Ms Average STFC fan" involved is to organise a march based on positive messages ...... in other words .... "Save Our Swindon" or "We Want Fitton" or other such non-confrontational messages. Most people I have spoken to have said that they would certainly be prepared to join a march with that message as it would show how much everyone wanted the club to survive.
The problem with confrontational/negative/hostile protests is that no matter how right/accurate they may be ... it will still immediately alienate significant numbers and break up a united voice into disparate factions. From the extremes of Kingston to the ordinary "fan in the street" there are those who will see "troublemaking busybodies - you know who you are
" as dick-waving fanatics who are not helping the takeover process. Whether they are right or wrong is irrelevant - it is dividing the common interest - saving the club from possible extinction.
There is probably too little time to organise enough publicity now before Saturday - but this is IMO the only way that you will get significant numbers of people so that the media, Andrew Fitton, Seton Wills and others could not ignore it.
I hate to say it, as this has never happened before, but I agree with Maverick. I think it's time to face the fact that a lot of Swindon fans are just not interested in the political confrontation side of protesting.
However if a march or something similar was organised as a "Save our Swindon" then a lot more people would be tempted to join in. It'd be almost like a public show of affection for the club, not anti board, just pro-STFC and pro-Fitton. We need to focus on the positives to attract the masses not on the slagging off the current people in charge.
Now I'm not saying I necessarily agree with this outlook but to get the numbers that's the sacrifice you have to make. Continue with the anti- board anti MD stance and the numbers will stay around the 200 mark.
