{"id":298140,"date":"2023-11-25T15:24:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T15:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=298140"},"modified":"2023-11-25T15:24:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T15:24:17","slug":"everton-fans-fly-banner-calling-premier-league-corrupt-over-etihad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/everton-fans-fly-banner-calling-premier-league-corrupt-over-etihad\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton fans fly banner calling Premier League &apos;corrupt&apos; over Etihad"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Everton fans fly a banner calling the Premier League &#8216;corrupt&#8217; over the Etihad during Man City&#8217;s showpiece clash with Liverpool&#8230; as their weekend of protest against the club&#8217;s 10-point deduction continues<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>One fan group has raised \u00a340,000 for a fighting fund ahead of defiant weekend\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Manchester City v Liverpool LIVE: Follow along with Mail Sport&#8217;s coverage HERE\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>City-Liverpool is tough to referee&#8230; but our campaign is up and running &#8211; IAKO\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Everton fans have flown a banner over the Etihad during the Premier League to-of-the-table clash between Manchester City and Liverpool vilifying the league as &#8216;corrupt&#8217; after the club was handed a 10-point deduction for breaching financial regulations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fan group The 1878s are among the supporters spearheading vociferous protests over the Premier League weekend, and they have raised over \u00a340,000 for a fighting fund that will produce anti-league banners, placards, and the plane message flown on Saturday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A low-flying aircraft trailing a banner which read &#8216;Premier League = Corrupt&#8217; was deployed during the showpiece clash featuring their closest rivals after it is thought to have been decided that it would be too dark to do so during Everton&#8217;s weekend fixture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Toffees will play Manchester United at Goodison Park on Sunday, with kick-off at 4.30pm.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport understands the Premier League have no jurisdiction to stop these negative messages as the slogans are not officially endorsed by Everton &#8211; but Sky Sports opted not to air footage of the protest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/14\/78226203-12790223-image-a-7_1700921582499.jpg\" height=\"397\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Everton fans organised for a banner to be flown over the Etihad on Saturday calling the Premier League &#8216;corrupt&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/14\/78226215-12790223-The_club_were_handed_a_10_point_deduction_last_week_following_a_-a-5_1700924030921.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The club were handed a 10-point deduction last week following a breach of financial rules<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>The 1878s confirmed on Tuesday that thousands of \u2018Premier League corrupt\u2019 leaflets would be printed and available for collection from various pick-up points around Goodison Park before the match on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be flags and banners in both the Gwladys Street End and Park End. One will depict a defiant Sean Dyche with the slogan \u2018Dogs of War\u2019 and another will read: \u2018Where there is power, money and greed, there is corruption.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>On Friday night, supporters staged a protest at the Premier League&#8217;s London headquarters in the first of their weekend of demonstrations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/14\/78226233-12790223-image-a-9_1700921652834.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fans on Friday gathered outside the Premier League&#8217;s London headquarters sparking a weekend of demonstrations<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/14\/78226193-12790223-image-m-11_1700921757691.jpg\" height=\"405\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day Amnesty International sent a banner calling for the release of a human rights activist over the ground of the Abu Dhabi-backed club<\/p>\n<p>The 1878s shared their gratitude to their fellow fans in a statement that stressed the importance of an attitude of defiance on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Thank you for all your contributions, the money will not only go towards the atmosphere on Sunday but a continued push at what is a critical time for Everton, during which we need to all be united as one and aligned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We will itemise every purchase and publish this to make sure our approach is clear and transparent. We have tried to, as much as possible, deliver something we feel incorporates the thousands of varied requests we have had.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, human rights group Amnesty International flew a banner over the Etihad calling for the United Arab Emirates to release Ahmed Mansoor, a blogger and human rights activist who has been imprisoned and in solitary confinement since 2017.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12790223\/Everton-banner-Premier-League-corrupt-Etihad-10-point-deduction-protest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everton fans fly a banner calling the Premier League &#8216;corrupt&#8217; 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