Petition to the RBS to stop refinancing

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I received this petition to circulate it and I am posting it below however I have to admit that I do not support this effort. I support Spirit of Shankly and all the protests against Hicks & Gillett but boycotting  L.F.C. sponsors goes too far and is dangerous.  I am sorry I love Liverpool FC more than I hate Hicks & Gillett.

To:
Philip.Nash@liverpoolfc.tv; ian.ayre@liverpoolfc.tv; gngillett@bcmgt.com; thicks@hicksholdings.com; tohjr@hicksholdings.com; carol.stickland@rbs.co.uk; margaret.king@rbs.co.uk; roger.lowry@rbs.co.uk; margaret.king@rbs.co.uk; carol.stickland@rbs.co.uk; tommy.mclean@rbs.co.uk; Stephen.Hester@rbs.co.uk;

Cc:
Yana.O-Sullivan@sc.com; Duncan.Hall@sc.com; Stephen.Atkinson@sc.com; Piotr.A.Zajac@sc.com; carlsberg.feedback@carlsberg.co.uk; head.service@in.standardchartered.com; customer.care@in.standardchartered.com; John.Peace@sc.com;

Dear Sirs,

As a lifelong supporter of Liverpool Football Club, I urge the Royal Bank of Scotland to call in the debt that the owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks have loaded onto the club, and not further refinance the loan in June 2010.

The club will continue to regress both on and off the field whilst Hicks and Gillett are in charge, and it is clearly in the best interests of both Liverpool FC and RBS if more suitable and responsible custodians were running the club.

A boycott of all Liverpool FC merchandise is currently taking place, and Liverpool supporters worldwide will be encouraged to abstain from using the Royal Bank of Scotland and all other Liverpool FC Commercial partners (ie. Standard Chartered, Adidas, Carlsberg, Thomas Cook, Bank of America, 188 Bet, Maxxis etc), in a similar way as to how we have boycotted the Sun Newspaper for the past 20 years, should the loan be extended beyond June 2010 and the current owners remain at Anfield.

We as supporters, urge the Royal Bank of Scotland to help restore a great national institution in Liverpool Football Club by flushing out Hicks and Gillett and calling in the debts.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,
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15 Comments

  1. i have to agree with Antoine Zammit on this one the risks is to great, and is it not better the devil uno than the devil u dont, we will rise again we always do YNWA

  2. I GOT JUST ONE SIMPLE WORD FOR ALL THOSE BELIVE BOYCOTTING is the Solution to our problem…”WHY????”
    Its true their ends ends are meaningful but the means are miserable..just one word will result the outcome of such Boycotting..”SELF-DEFEATED”

  6. i agree it is far too dangerous. But, we do need to give Gillet and Hicks a reality shock.. im not quite sure how they havnt realised that we dont want them yet? If we boycott buying things like merchandise then ultimately the club will lose out and will makes us look more stupid. The only thing we can do is call for Gillet and Hicks to sell up!!!

  7. I disgree with that post, I don’t think there is a boycott of LFC merchandise…..I just think a lot of people aren’t buying as most of the clothing as it has Carlsberg on it and as the new sponsor takes over in the summer, people wouldn’t want to buy Carlsberg branded clothing.

  8. I agree Antoine, this is a bit daft and unrealistic.

    Why it would be in RBS’s best interests to call in the loan is beyond me.

    The SOS campaign against Hicks & Gillett is one worth supporting.

  10. i recon Gillet and Hicks should do a question time… so we can get some answers… and then we can tell them how we feel

  11. I need to play along side Torres, But if the Yanks are in the house, No chance of this happening..

    Either cough up the money, or Get out!!

    Wana be a RED, David Villa :)

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