As a consequence of blocking the sale of the club, Mr Rat’s driveway was blocked from the public footpath. He drove his car into peaceful fans regardless.
He’s not only lost control of the club, he’s lost control of his mind. 🎾🐀
#MartinOut
Hats off to Port Vale fans here. Southend fans have seen so much solidarity ourselves in the past year that it’s clear the majority of football fans in the ladder despair at how money has taken over.
Now fans are uniting and we’re fighting back across the country for our game.
Whatever happens today, this man has arguably become the greatest ever servant of the club.
400+ appearances, 2x promotion captain, and now manager through the toughest ever period.
He has carried on calmly and professionally.
Thank you.Legend.💙
#kingkev
#martinout
@kevlaa7
‼️ ⚠️ Protest tonight, 25th minute, join us!
The club is in turmoil, the team in crisis, the fans at their wits end.
25 years of mortgaging the club’s future against a property fortune.
Enough is enough, the Rat needs to go!
#MartinOut
🐀🎾💙
As per joint Trust statement of last week,fans will “make it difficult for him and his family” via any civil means possible.
Tonight we delivered an invitation to Jack Martin, as director of Roots Hall Ltd, to attend his father’s 1 yr embargo party tomorrow morning.
#MartinOut
Supporters Group Statement – 21st September 2023
The combined supporters’ groups of Southend United FC acknowledge the statement released yesterday by Justin Rees on behalf of a consortium that is interested in buying the football club.
We’ve now had numerous national media platforms get in touch for tomorrow. It’s building nicely for lots of publicity. Get along, make your feelings heard! 🐀🎾💙🦐
#MartinOut
Well done to Reading fans taking action today in the absence of authorities having means to enact personal sanctions against these owners.
#MartinOut
@SellBeforeWeDai
Reading fans have thrown tennis balls on the pitch during todays game in protest against their ownership.
The travelling Bolton fans applaud their efforts. 👏
OPEN LETTER REGARDING CHANGE IN STRUCTURE OF FA CUP
Please see below our open letter, today sent to Anna Firth MP, regarding the recently announced changes to the structure of the FA Cup, along with our request for parliamentary intervention.
#FACupReplays
The game is live on TV, we’ve barely got a team, -10pts and the embargo extends into its 14th month…..
From great adversity comes great strength. Underestimate this team, this club, and its fans at your peril!
💙💙💙🤍🤍🤍💛💛💛
One year ago today:
Over 8,000 Derby fans marched through the City in support of their club, creating some of the most iconic images and memories in the club's history.
What a noise, what a day. Unforgettable.
#DCFC
The club is in it’s last death throes.
The entire fanbase acknowledge we need to act.
The time is now.
Enough is enough.
Come for as long or as little as you like, we’ll be around all day.
Pay your tax, pay your staff and hand over the keys.
#MARTINOUT
Announcement regarding Saturday, another march is planned. All shrimpers fans are urged to join us.
@YorkCityFC
fans are also invited to join us, as they have been protesting against their owners recently too.
#MartinOut
A welcoming party is in place for the Chairman’s arrival home.
It seems he needs reminding:
❌ he hasn’t sold the club
❌ 10 month embargo
❌ only 15 squad players
👨🏼⚖️ yet ANOTHER winding up in 14 days
Give up. Pay up. Sell up.
#MartinOut
Following the statement by Justin Rees today, we’ll be popping up to Hollytree house to suggest Mr Martin accepts the offer and clears off pronto. See you at 18:30 Ratty 🐀
⛑️🚙💨🛑
#MartinOut
Desperate fans who could not wait until tomorrow evening, protested against the chairman tonight.
We’ve been sent this response to questions raised….
#martinout
Anyone in doubt about the resolve of the protests, we are back tonight!
We don’t deal in rumour, only facts.
9 month embargo 👎🏻
No sale complete ❌
See you all Saturday!
#MartinOut
We’ve got a unified fan base and a unified protest. 🦐💪🏻
⚠️ Stay tuned for big news at 9am tomorrow announcing the next protest this weekend. 🗣️
Unity is Strength. 🤝💙
#martinout
#payup
#packup
So you’ll report on this, but wont report on us, a 117 year old club with quite possibly under 2 weeks to live? Or is Everton still the worst run club in the country?
If you missed yesterday morning’s protest and want to speak to the Chairman as to what’s stopping him selling, we’ve just arrived to ask him again… 🐀🎾
#MartinOut
Given the last club statement said the debt would be paid by today, fans aren’t waiting around for hollow words and have already been back tonight to demand he accepts the bid now.
We haven’t gone away you know
#martinout
#payup
#packup
💙🤍🦐🤍💙
We would like to send our thanks to the fans of
@YorkCityFC
that joined us on the march yesterday. A great bunch and look forward to meeting again.
#martinout
Matt is not only a Rambler, but also a massive Shrimper! 💙🦐
Here he is sporting his gift from the protest group at the open today.
We’re all right behind you Matt!
#MartinOut
We know a certain Chairman hates transparency & accountability. That’s why we’re publishing fundraiser expenditure so far. We wait in the hope we don’t need any further protests, but stand ready to resume. Thanks to
@ShrimperZone
&
@shrimperstrust
for suggesting & admin 💙🦐🤝
Whilst the struggle to get
#MartinOut
goes on, the support we’ve received from Chesterfield, York, Gateshead fans at protests, Notts, Wrexham away from home and the many, many more clubs in donations and online support has been staggering. Well played Oldham👏🏻
Unity is strength
Emergency singing Mauro Vilhete having to wear last season’s shorts. Another laughable example of just how low Ron Martin has taken this club, we don’t even have enough kit to match not having enough players.
#MartinOut
🐀🐀
Well done to the rolling turnout of 40-50 fans this morning to mark the embargo anniversary protest, which the chairman once again had to flee to avoid scrutiny.
Up the blues at Rochdale today!
#MartinOut
In case Mr Martin plans to avoid his own party tomorrow, as director of parent companies overseeing the debts that have led to the embargo, we shall be popping by later to hand him a personal invitation.
#MartinOut
🐀
Day or night, we don’t stop.
We’ve another fan from the South Upper here tonight. His first time protest at the house, but utterly fed up with the silence and inaction from one man.
#MartinOut
Online critics have 1 thing in common,they organise nothing themselves.
Some things you try,fail&learn
Other times you succeed,celebrate&grow
Repeating the same thing each week loses effect. Pitch invading ain’t for kids. Clowns this week,protest in London soon. Good luck SBWD
Good news for the kids! We've booked facepainters for clown day.
Details of where they'll be situated will be released nearer the time.
#GetThatClownOutOfOurTown
Whether it’s rain or shine, Friday afternoon, evening or early Saturday morning, the protests by fans don’t stop.
Hand the club over and get out.
#payup
#sellup
#MartinOut
Another day:
Staff unpaid…
Players/coaches without contracts/able to plan pre season…
Closer to winding up…
Under embargo…
Without news on sale…
Protest this Saturday, Benfleet road.
#MARTINOUT
#payyourtaxes
⏱️🔚🔜🗣️❌
Time to dust off the banners….
Ron Martin is playing a dangerous game with the club. The deal drags on, with creditors circling, despite him reportedly already splitting the last HMRC case with the consortium. Is he taking them and us for a ride?
#MartinOut
IF Ron Martin pays HMRC on 1 Mar and we survive to fight another day, he WILL NOT be deemed a hero. The protests WILL NOT STOP until he is out of our club.
#martinout
Thank you, but we are just carrying on the work of people who called this out since 1999, along with the many who’ve boycotted since. We believed, just needed the fanbase to join in and believe. In unity there is strength.
#MartinOut
@fan_southend1
congratulations!!!! You were the ones leading this from the very beginning, you drove Ratty out with months of relentless protesting and got the media interested in our story! Thank you!
#Wegotmartinout
Here we are, in true Ron Martin style, down to the wire for a tumultuous week with not one, but TWO court cases scheduled. There are 2 Directors of companies that have failed to pay/sell or control assets stripped from the club. Where do fans want to protest this week?
#MartinOut
We would like to invite Jamie Carragher to a point by point comparison of Southend United’s running, to prove who is indeed the worst run club in the country.
#martinout
@Carra23
@Carra23
embarrassing yourself here. Southend have had 18 winding up hearings at the high court in close to a decade, been under embargo for 11 months, and more in the past three years, players been on strike, academy closed without telling anyone and asset stripped to the bones!
Southend United Fans, after tonight’s events, we are asking you all to please unite with us in protest against the Martin regime. We are planning the next steps, stay tuned. We will not be silenced.
#MartinOut
This is why we started the protests back in January. To give all fans, young and old, a platform for protests that we believed needed to happen, with clear demands and direction. We’re delighted the joint groups have arrived at this position. This is truly heart warming to read💙
He knew the consequences of non payment today, yet decided to plough ahead and continued to gamble.
After singing “we are top of the league” just 12 days ago, the players momentous efforts have been undone and we sit bottom, 4 pts adrift.
Only one place to head tonight!
🗣️🔜🏰
As fans, we’ve travelled the length of the High Street/Vic Avenue & the breadth of the country, supporting the team and carrying the message:
Our club and its land assets are not a vehicle to be gambled for personal profit.
We continue tomorrow: 18:30 Vicarage Hill
#MARTINOUT
We never thought we’d get to this point without progress and hoped every day we wouldn’t. But here we are 😥
Time to face accountability and hear from the fans again 🗣️📣
⚠️𝟏𝟎:𝟒𝟓 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐑𝐝/𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥⚠️
#MARTINOUT
🔵⚪️🦐🔵⚪️🦐
Easy to forget the club still has a WUP petition hanging over its head.
What a story it would be to compete in the play offs despite Ron&Jack Martin’s attempts to prioritise their personal wealth, no matter the damage it does to the team.
#MartinOut
#OneTeamInEsssx
Tonight's result means this special group still have a chance of securing a play-off place on the final day of the season.
Get behind the lads and who knows what could happen 💙