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Right then, who's with me? I'm not backing off just because Sturrock said so.

March - Need confirmation from Alan (and clarification of what the police said about this) but this should still go ahead. Routes and times still to be confirmed as per Alan's post earlier today.

Magic roundabout idea - We should still run with this. A gathering of people in the centre with banners as planned. Probably not best to discuss times etc. here or we'll get grief from the OB. If people want to go ahead and disrupt traffic that's up to them, but I won't be.

I'm in.
With a few from Melksham

I'll join in at the roundabout.

i will be at roundabout at 2pm.

Personally I would lay off the march idea unless you plan to talk with the police and organise it properly yourself, with marshals, safety briefings etc. They won't be best pleased by having one precipitated on them when they have only deployed enough coppers to cover the match on Saturday.

Keep it for another day.

I might be in the vicinity of the MR at 2pm though  8)

i'll do the after match one.sturrocks wishes would have been followed then. and i think the magic roundabout one could get daft with people blocking cars and that.

i will be up for the march when its on though.i just dont think there will be enough numbers now for an impact this saturday

The OB's stance on the magic roundabout is that it is an offence to obstruct the flow of traffic, so no venturing onto the road surface, and if anyone takes residence on the inner island they will be moved along.

They were very worried about the spectacle causing accidents by people rubbernecking, and looking to see what was going on.

Also concerned about the impact on both emergency services based in the vicinity.

By all means congregate on the footpaths and verges, just not on the rb itself

Did they say anything about banners on the signs in the middle?

I've been thinking about this. It's probably on offence to cover then chevron signs so it wouldn't be wise to put banners over them - but we could get some garden canes and string the banners above the signs.

anything that will divert drivers awareness from the road or roundabout is a no no.

Surrounding the roundabout on the footpaths and verges carrying the banners is an option i suppose

So basically, Sturrock gets wheeled out to try and put people off protesting before and everyone just says "yeah ok we'll not bother making our feelings known because Sturrock aka Board using Luggy as front man say so"

Maybe peoples hearts aren't in it as much as they say they are and yet again are pandering to the want of the board.

I've got some spray paint to go on the sheets. Does anyone want to meet up tomorrow and make some banners? I might even buy some stencils if I remember.

My heart is solidly in it Lady

I get what your saying Lady, but the problem is that if the march was to go ahead and a couple of dozen turned up, then the board (And the media) would shrug it off as a few 'militants' and not representative of the whole fanbase.

It's not often I agree with Alan :wink: but I do in this case.

Unless we get numbers, it could be detrimental.

If people make as many banners as possible, even if the MR protest doesn't go down to well, they can be used at any other future protest and also after the game. Let's fucking do this.

I'm up for some banner making, but I'm not free tomorrow. Friday?

I could probably do Friday evening some time. Only problem is it gets dark a bit earlier now.

I'm sure we can sort something out.

Acemundo.

gathering on the vicinity of the magic roundabout, on the edge of the CG car park would be ideal.

passers-by will see what happens, plenty of traffic and we won't be interfering if we're on the path/grass. if we do manage to get any banners sorted then we can use them then and after the game.

perhaps we could put the banners up along the fence behind the arkells during the game? a 'silent' protest in a way.

Ill bet you a penny to a piece of shit they will all be gone by the time we come back after the game mate

What's the plan of attack?

http://vanrees.org/thesis/swindon.jpg

exactly my point.

and who'll have removed them?

The stewards

fucking hell andy do i need to make a banner to spell it out for you?  :D

I'll still be making banners, will be at the MR when required

Thanks Village.

Just to tidy up:

http://www.thetownend.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24335&highlight=

Following Sturrocks request and cancelling the pre match march could well be used to our gain. If it's made perfectly clear that the march has been postponed at Sturrocks request however will be reinstated prior to the next home game unless facts (proper ones not just made up ones) are forthcoming regarding the proposed new investors.
A sort of we've done what you want, now you do what we want. The added time will benefit regards organisation and when the club don't come up with the goods then the strength of feeling will have grown thus delivering more numbers.

I think that's one of the things that got mentioned at the meeting about the protest march last night.

Im in for whatever.

Id like to organise stuff but frankly Im not a leader im a sheep :)

i think its entirely possible to march onto the County Ground and the minitue we hit the CGH car park to become purely positive.Ive not read all the other threads sorry if im repeating what others have said but this was always going to happen in my opinion..We do not need a Trust to tell us what to do,this is our chance to make people realsie once and for all its not about Paul Davis left wing irritant(not my thoughts ) but about fan power pure and simple.

If anyone who is organising stuff wants to tell me what to do next Ill happily do it.Ive no work till Saturday night,ill do anything that doesnt involve being on telly/in the paper.

Bomb the fcuking thing, tarmac it over and put a normal roundabout there.

ha ha!!! Quality Kev.  That'll show 'em!!

Also lets blow up that yellow van, I think he was in the wrong lane!

Make some banners  8)

Whereas I think the Trust should concentrate on the Donny game, count me in for being there on Saturday.  I'll see what I can do on the banner front

Will be too busy to help on the banner front but count me in for any form of protest on the MR.

i'm gonna go looking for old sheets tomorrow morning, where / when are you convening on sat morning, can one of you pm me.

At the magic roundabout. Just get there for 2pm.

Yup be there at 2 folks or else it will just be me, Si and a banner  :soapy tit wank:

I don't think it's illegal to display banners is it, you just have to ensure they are taken down? As long as they don't obstruct the signs we should be fine.

I'm now very tempted to go and ask the law department about this 8)

I;ll just hold the fuicking thing myself. I'll take it round the back of the Arkells after the game too. Fuck it.