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Newcastle fans behind the SackPardew.com website are planning a protest at Saturday’s home game against Hull as they continue to push for the dismissal of manager Alan Pardew.
Pardew has the team sitting bottom of the Premier League after last Saturday’s 4-0 loss to Southampton and they’re on a horrible run of form, picking up six points out of a possible 36.
200 anti-Pardew banners have been made while the group has made 15,000 A4 cards calling for the manager to be sacked.
The protest will take place at St James’ Park as well as other local landmarks such as the Angel of the North.
The club, local council and the local police have been contacted by the people who run the Sack Pardew website in an attempt to have the protest run as peacefully as possible.
There is a possibility that the club stop the cards and banners from being brought into the stadium but hope that the stewards respect their right to voice their opinion.
They said: “We have 200 banners, similar in size to the ones you saw at Southampton on Saturday, that are currently being completed at printers around the city.
“They are small enough to conceal so we can get them into the stadium, but we don’t want to go down that road.
“We have contacted the club to let them know our plans and are still waiting to hear back from them.
“The Hatem Ben Arfa banner (which had him dressed as Che Guevara over the word ‘hope’) at the Crystal Palace match was ours.
“The club gave us permission as long as it wasn’t offensive and that we had a fire safety certificate, which we have for all 200 banners.
“We have also let the police and council know our plans. We want this to be peaceful and well-organised.”
The group also want fans to get involved in the protest and will announce a location to pick up banners and cards within the next two days.
The group said: “We are trying to do something different.
“A lot has happened under the Mike Ashley era but we’ve always felt that whenever there was a protest, the personalities involved sidelined what it was about in the first place.
“We believe remaining anonymous will help us make more of an impact.”
The group, who have remained anonymous, say they have raised £1,000 through donations for the protest and many of the pubs in Newcastle are also involved.
