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EVENING POST: STAGS FANS ON PROTEST MARCH
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STAGS FANS ON PROTEST MARCH
Evening Post, 26 January 2006 GUY WALKER Team Mansfield are hoping to stage their biggest protest against Stags chairman Keith Haslam before the next home game. The angry fans are to march through Mansfield before the game against Macclesfield Town on February 4. Organisers are hoping up to 500 fans will turn up for the protest. But they admit the success of the march could make or break their campaign. They will meet at the Mansfield Civic Centre at midday where a question and answer session will be held with TM directors Colin Dobell and Jeff Barnes. A petition will also be collected. At around 1.45pm, the supporters will march to Field Mill where they plan to wait until five minutes after kick-off before entering the ground. TM spokesman Chris Vasper said: "We will stay outside for the kick-off, because we want Keith Haslam to look around the crowd and see how many people are missing. "We expect this to be the biggest event we've staged since Team Mansfield was formed. I'm confident we will get enough numbers to get our message across. "We also believe the march will be a first for the town. In 14 years I've lived here, I can't recall a protest march through the town on any issue." Team Mansfield's anger revolves around £585,142 of interest-free personal loans to Haslam from the club. The club also paid more than £583,449 to Haslam's holding company, Stags Limited, to buy land for an academy yet to be built. Mr Haslam has said he is to launch a restructuring of the club, which will see the personal loans paid back in full, as well as other changes in the way the club is run. --------- stagsmad.co.uk More on Protest Story by Editor 26 January 2006 The next home game for the Stags will see hundreds of supporters protesting, and could see only a handful of supporters in the ground for kick off...... At mid day on the 4th February, prior to the home game with Macclesfield Town, Team Mansfield have called on all supporters wanting chairman Keith Haslam out of field mill, to turn up at the Civic Centre for a public meeting. From there the gathered following, will walk to field mill, where a new twist to the event seems to becoming apparent. The protest will stay outside the ground as the players run out, before entering into the ground, Team Mansfield spokesman Chris Vasper said in todays Nottingham Evening Post "We will stay outside for the kick-off, because we want Keith Haslam to look around the crowd and see how many people are missing. "We expect this to be the biggest event we've staged since Team Mansfield was formed. I'm confident we will get enough numbers to get our message across. "We also believe the march will be a first for the town. In 14 years I've lived here, I can't recall a protest march through the town on any issue." Our very own editor of Stagsmad.co.uk recently made a sponsors donation to Team Mansfield, and is urging all supporters to take part in the days event "This is our big chance to show Keith Haslam just how deep those feelings are towards getting him out, let's turn up in our droves and put on a strong show of support for the Team Mansfield cause. Whatever your thoughts are about Team Mansfield as a viable alternative, give them a chance to put across their points and views, and hear what they have to say. Afterall, the day will be a chance to show your disgust at the loans leaving your football club, when all that money could be spent improving it." |
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