This is my last football stranger until August as the football season has ended for Bolton Wanderers. Some might say it ended around Christmas as relegation was an almost certainty back then.
This is Trevor, a Hull City supporter, photographed outside the Macron Stadium, Bolton and showing a red card to the owners of Hull City.
Trevor was handing out red cards to Hull City supporters. I asked Trevor what it was all about.
Apparently Some supporters are unhappy with the Hull City and their owners plans to scrap concessions for children and OAPs, and the decision to relocate some fans to new seats.
The Hull City Supporters Trust Statement on the proposed plans reads
"There has been no response from Hull City to the Hull City Supporters’ Trust’s call for the club to suspend its new membership scheme and talk to supporters.The scheme in its present form has alienated thousands of City supporters, especially by the club’s treatment of its youngest and oldest fans. The removal of concessions has priced many of these out of attending matches at the KCOM Stadium, whilst the zoning policy and “evictions” from one stand have also made it impossible for many groups to attend as they would wish.
By staying silent Hull City executives are ignoring the wishes of the vast majority of fans, as evidenced by the fantastically well-supported red card protest at the Brentford and Bolton matches as well as the outcome of the Trust’s survey, which found 85% of respondents were unhappy with the membership scheme"
I bet many of you never realised football was so complicated.
This shot was captured at the end of April but I have only just got round to posting it. I expect Trevor will be visiting Wembley in a weeks time as Hull City narrowly missed automatic promotion to the Premier League but won the semi final play off match and now face Sheffield Wednesday at Wembley in a winner takes all showdown .
As for the match at the Macron, Bolton actually won. 1-0 . Our first win since February !
Edited in Rawtherpee and GIMP. I had real problems with Trevors white hair which was getting a little blown out and blown about by the low light and light breeze. Anyway I think it has worked OK and selective colouring on the red card sort of helps tell the story !
This picture is number 30 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
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I like the SC it works with the story