Blackpool owners sue Fans forum.

Blackpool’s owners Owen and Karl Oyston have launched a libel case against a supporters’ online forum and are seeking £150,000 of damages.
Papers were served last week after six derogatory comments about the pair were made on the Back Henry Street website last year.

A Blackpool spokesman has confirmed that the Oystons are taking legal action but has refused to make any further comment. However, a notice published on Back Henry Street gave more details.
“To clear up any rumours, on Thursday 5 February 2015, Back Henry Street was served papers from the court, relating to the Oystons’ and Blackpool Football Club’s intent to seek damages for six allegedly defamatory comments made on the site in 2014, limited collectively at £150,000.

Organisers of the forum have also appealed for supporters to help fund their legal costs.
“A message board is perhaps the greatest bastion of free speech and that is a right that can never be threatened,” it read. “It is not down to just one person to fight the Oystons, it is our collective duty.”

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...k-henry-street

I would just like to say now that my views that the glazers should die in great pain are mine and not those of the site. probably.

Originally Posted by jem

I would just like to say now that my views that the glazers should die in great pain are mine and not those of the site. probably.

That's surely fair comment.

No defamation there.

If you were to call them a bunch of parasitic @#%&!s, then you might find you need a "reportedly" or "allegedly."

Any reference to their country of origin or preferred divine fairy stories might land you in hot water though. And not just with armchair.

#prayforduckers

Originally Posted by Rorschach

Any reference to their country of origin or preferred divine fairy stories might land you in hot water though. And not just with armchair.

no one hates them for that. maybe isis.

How do you defame a convicted sex offender and a son who was mocked throughout the football media for leaving the club with no first team squad to go on pre season tour and accused specifically in many papers of trousering the entirety of Blackpool's parachute payments from the premier league.

How do you make their reputation worse?

Originally Posted by jem

no one hates them for that. maybe isis.

*Sigh*

If only.

I've heard it said too many times though.



(Though happily, I've never read it on here or other United forums.)

If that's the case, we can all expect dossiers on stats from LVG in the post

Originally Posted by Rorschach

*Sigh*

If only.

I've heard it said too many times though.



(Though happily, I've never read it on here or other United forums.)

There have been a few derogatory Whelan-type references here IIRC. Anybody who does it is swiftly banned, though.

No way Duckers is gonna be able to stump up that kind of money.

Originally Posted by Szekely

No way Duckers is gonna be able to stump up that kind of money.

He could cancel a skiing holiday

Originally Posted by Szekely

No way Duckers is gonna be able to stump up that kind of money.

i'm getting irk to do me a borrow.

Originally Posted by Jack Duckworth

i'm getting irk to do me a borrow.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

Originally Posted by Szekely

No way Duckers is gonna be able to stump up that kind of money.

Hopefully he was in the midst of one of his flounces when the offending comments were posted

Originally Posted by signed dc

Hopefully he was in the midst of one of his flounces when the offending comments were posted

i think you need some new material, flower...

http://www.utdforum.com/forum/search...archid=1996798

Originally Posted by Jack Duckworth

i think you need some new material, flower...

http://www.utdforum.com/forum/search...archid=1996798

Au contraire, a good* joke used carefully can last a lifetime



*the word 'good' is used generously

Karl Oyston is a proper wum.

changed his car reg plate recently to spell `oyston out`.

they will run that club into the ground.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...ampaign=1 490

20 £#%&!ing grand!

£#%&!ing lawyers :shakehead:

£#%&!ing journalists. "Will serve to exasperate the situation". Dearie dearie me :shakehead: