'What's in it for you?' Angry Swindon Town fans question club owner
The Spirit of 69 fan action group are demanding Clem Morfuni sells the club
A group of Swindon Town fans are calling for club owner Clem Morfuni to sell the club.
The protest group, called Spirit of 69, believe the Chairman is not fit to continue running the club.
It follows the club falling to the foot of the EFL League 2 table - with relegation from the Football League now an imminent threat.
Co-founder of the action group, Daniel Hunt, told Greatest Hits Radio this has been coming for years.
"It's been a dreadful season, on the pitch, a symptom of the problems of the field and the ownership who have shown themselves to be deeply incompetent at running a football business over the last two or three years, this is a case of their chickens coming home to roost, I'm afraid," he said.
The club is onto it's second manager of the season after replacing Mark Kennedy with Ian Holloway earlier this season.
Frustration at 'dismissive' response from Chairman
Mr Hunt told us that the chairman's response to the action group's creation was disappointing.
He said: "The owner's comments in the last week or so are very dismissive, quite brash, 'what are they protesting about?'
"Wake up and smell the coffee. Mr Morfuni on the pitch, things are a disaster and off the field the club just feels like it's a real mess and that is a result of the incompetence over the last two to three seasons."
He criticised the lack of care being given to the County Ground stadium, saying the work carried out on the statue of Don Rodgers 'lacks professionalism and pride', something Mr Hunt feels was summed up by the use of a the wrong image in a matchday programme.
A 'healing' fan community
Mr Hunt said the local community, which the football club is at the heart of, has come together to 'heal'.
"That is the beauty of what we've done in the last 10 days. We are seeing that Swindon Town fan community come back together," he said, adding: "That is our strength as a community of fans.
"We will be here long after the owner is gone. The club is nearly 150 years old, it's at the centre of the community, it's really important and if the owner can't see that, or worse, chooses to dismiss that, then he's got a big problem on his hands."
The group has sold hundreds of orange hats with their logo on as part of their protest movement, ahead of a planned protest ahead of the home fixture with Grimsby Town on 21st December.
Mr Hunt also questioned why Mr Morfuni was keeping the club, despite publicly stating he's losing money owning it.
"What is making you hold on to this football club and making 10s of thousands of Swin and Town fans so miserable week to week.
"Sell the club. Let us have a chance at saving our long term future of this football club. Let there be a chance of keeping our Football League status and prospering in the years to come."