Don't forget for most of the game it will be dark. The background (the hill) will appear pitch black on the tv and would probably hardly get a mention.
Looks like we'll have to bring torches.
Don't forget for most of the game it will be dark. The background (the hill) will appear pitch black on the tv and would probably hardly get a mention.
Let's set some lanterns off
The majority of League one and two games live on sky have empty stands, especially when it isnt a high profile derby match. .
If I was in the pub and looked at the telly to see Carlisle v Bristol City and the stadium was 2/3 empty I wouldnt think twice about it, just a standard attendance at League 1.
If you are really wanting to make a real impact on the viewing public then the match must be interrupted/abandoned. This way it will be on SSN for the next 24 hours on loop, BBC/Skysports website etc, and would probably make a pretty huge dent in TFs pocket.
Im not condolning this simply stating that this is the only way to gain maximum exposure.
A protest on the hill would not even make SSN's goal highlights. An abandonment would be huge news.
The majority of League one and two games live on sky have empty stands, especially when it isnt a high profile derby match. .
If I was in the pub and looked at the telly to see Carlisle v Bristol City and the stadium was 2/3 empty I wouldnt think twice about it, just a standard attendance at League 1.
If you are really wanting to make a real impact on the viewing public then the match must be interrupted/abandoned. This way it will be on SSN for the next 24 hours on loop, BBC/Skysports website etc, and would probably make a pretty huge dent in TFs pocket.
Im not condolning this simply stating that this is the only way to gain maximum exposure.
A protest on the hill would not even make SSN's goal highlights. An abandonment would be huge news.
The majority of League one and two games live on sky have empty stands, especially when it isnt a high profile derby match. .
If I was in the pub and looked at the telly to see Carlisle v Bristol City and the stadium was 2/3 empty I wouldnt think twice about it, just a standard attendance at League 1.
If you are really wanting to make a real impact on the viewing public then the match must be interrupted/abandoned. This way it will be on SSN for the next 24 hours on loop, BBC/Skysports website etc, and would probably make a pretty huge dent in TFs pocket.
Im not condolning this simply stating that this is the only way to gain maximum exposure.
A protest on the hill would not even make SSN's goal highlights. An abandonment would be huge news.
It's a difficult one.
I would say that there are two things that are paramount, in this order:
- DO NOT affect the team.
- Get our message across.
I have been to Sixfields twice and I think the players are really benefitting from the positive atmosphere in there. No-one is getting on their backs which would happen instantly at the Ricoh. (This isn't a dig, it's just an observation) I don't think this team would have flourished as much as it has if we were at The Ricoh.
I would also say that whatever you do will have more impact if it's 'active'. Simply sitting down on a hill and singing is not interesting TV, I work in TV and it will not get any exposure.
Walking around the stadium for ninety minutes, playing a game of football on the hill, some sort of mass metaphorical phsycial drama, or even something as simple as people spelling out different messages with their bodies through out the game (ie. all lie down to spell, keep cov in cov, city til i die etc) will be interesting TV and would be something that a camera cannot ignore. People singing on a hill will be shown once, and perhaps when we score but it will not have any impact on the audience.
I think that a mass exodus at kick off is a great visual way of showing our discontent, by the way.
I think the flares, lanterns, smoke bombs, balloons would work. They cannot ignore 1000 fans, hundreds of balloons, Flares, and an incredible amount of noise with drums, horns and loud fans!!
It only takes 10 seconds to turn around a camera to 1000 fans on the hill by the ground.
It's a difficult one.
I would say that there are two things that are paramount, in this order:
- DO NOT affect the team.
- Get our message across.
I have been to Sixfields twice and I think the players are really benefitting from the positive atmosphere in there. No-one is getting on their backs which would happen instantly at the Ricoh. (This isn't a dig, it's just an observation) I don't think this team would have flourished as much as it has if we were at The Ricoh.
I would also say that whatever you do will have more impact if it's 'active'. Simply sitting down on a hill and singing is not interesting TV, I work in TV and it will not get any exposure.
Walking around the stadium for ninety minutes, playing a game of football on the hill, some sort of mass metaphorical phsycial drama, or even something as simple as people spelling out different messages with their bodies through out the game (ie. all lie down to spell, keep cov in cov, city til i die etc) will be interesting TV and would be something that a camera cannot ignore. People singing on a hill will be shown once, and perhaps when we score but it will not have any impact on the audience.
I think that a mass exodus at kick off is a great visual way of showing our discontent, by the way.
I don't agree with giving a penny to SISU, and can't step foot in Sixfields to watch Coventry City. It's just wrong. For me it's all about the protest on the hill.
I'm not sure that you can hear anything from the ground. I've seen pictures on the internet of a drum that was there at the weekend but I didn't hear it once. I faintly heard the Sky Blue Song at one point but it didn't really carry on the wind
Murphy heard our chants of 'give us a wave' a few times.
That was with 100 of us there, imagine 1000..
To add to this I know a few potentially bringing drums, vuvuzelas and air horns. Impossible not to hear them.
Well I didn't hear - anything for most of the game - it would be a waste of time if people put all that effort in and then the wind was blowing the wrong way or the mics didn't pick anything up
It's just a start, now I know we apparently can't be heard, I'll try different ideas.
Well firstly protest should now be concentrated on all parties in this dispute. So ACL/Council, SISU et al should be in the firing line in equal measure. They may not share equal responsibility for this mess but they sure do each share in the sorry mess it has become. You need them all round the table finding a solution so aiming anger at just one party merely mitigates the others from any blame.
I guess by even going to the hill you are accepting that's your team down there playing before you? Better to protest outside the Ricoh I would have thought every 'home' fixture numbering in your thousands and making it easier for protesters to attend, proving what CCFC are missing out on and drawing attention to the stadium itself which is at the heart of the dispute.
If you still insist on the hill then I guess I would imagine another Lady Godiva type protest could have a much more effective media coverage appeal and raise money for the fighting trust by organising a 35 mile sponsored march to the 'Hill'? Get people to sponsor you for each mile you complete and sponsor Lady Godiva at a higher rate to complete the march? Now imagine a few hundred making that march and the funds raised.
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