Liverpool fans group Spirit of Shankly have taken their
opposition to American owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks on to
the streets of the city with a billboard campaign.
Several huge posters have sprung up on major routes into
Liverpool with the message 'Tom and George, Debt, Lies, Cowboys.
Not welcome here.'
It is the latest venture in the group's campaign to pressure
Gillett and Hicks into ending their tumultuous reign which has been
plagued by financial constraints and a failure to start work on a
promised new 60,000-capacity stadium in Stanley Park.
Protest: The poster campaign launched in
Liverpool
Spirit of Shankly spokesman Jay McKenna said. 'We, as fans, are
unhappy with Gillett and Hicks and this is part of the campaign to
show they are not welcome.
'Previously the protests were limited to match days but we are
doing everything we can and decided to expand it to other
areas.
'There are finances available to us and we feel this is
worthwhile.'
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McKenna, however, dismissed any possibility of SOS linking up
with Manchester United counterparts - who are also unhappy at the
level of debt the American Glazer family have brought to their club
- in a joint protest at the Barclays Premier League match between
the two at Old Trafford on March 21.
'It is a complete non-starter,' he added. 'The idea that
Liverpool and Manchester United fans will walk down the same road
together is never going to happen.'