Quality. Excellent work Tom.
I'm not going to JUDGE you*
*having attended the game, sat a few rows behind you, wearing my favourite classic St.Ettiene shirt...
Your point was aimed at 'club employees', rather than the board of directors, though.
The employees include plenty of long standing die-hard Albion fans - take Paul Camillin for example - quite important, in his media role. As an activist / fanzine producer during the troubles, does he 'get...
The insinuation there, is very unfair, IMO. There are (still) club employees who were bang in the middle of all that went on, as rank and file fans, at the time. Plenty in the current club hierarchy who absolutely 'get it', from Bloom down.
All part of the same process. Without the earlier protests, York pitch invasion included, and the (one-sided) media attention that received, the awareness of our plight wouldn't have been at the levels that allowed Fans United to take off.