A growing sense of division within Chelsea’s fanbase took a fresh twist today with the club’s Fan Advisory Board criticising the letter released by the Chelsea Supporters’ Trust last week.
Chelsea came under more negative scrutiny after the CST put
its recent correspondence with the club out into the public domain.
In a strongly worded letter addressed to co-owners Todd
Boehly and Behdad Eghbali, they claimed the bond between fans and the club was
the “lowest since the early 1980s”, that there was “a fast-growing lack of
trust due to severely limited communication” and warned it “could result in
irreversible toxicity with more targeted chanting and impactful forms of
protest”.
FAB, an initiative set up by the Todd Boehly-Clearlake
consortium comprising seven lifelong Chelsea fans to improve communication
between supporters and the club, has released a statement making it clear it
does not agree with the CST’s version of events.
The FAB states: ‘significantly more resources have been
allocated to fan liaison than at any point in the club’s history. Before the
FAB was created there was one part-time employee devoted to supporter liaison.
There is now a department which will number four full-time members of staff.
Contrary to what has been suggested, these facts give a full and proper picture
of what is going on.’
Fans rarely agree about anything, stating that ‘it’s all
about opinions.’ Creating representative
structures is not easy, although a carefully constructed opinion survey based
on a sample of fans might give a clearer view.
Probably the best antidote would be more success on the pitch.
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