By Chloe Aslett & Oli Constable BBC News, Yorkshire
SHEFFIELD Wednesday fans staged a demonstration outside the Thai embassy in London in protest at owner Dejpon Chansiri yesterday (Sep. 4).
Supporters are calling for the Thai businessman to sell the club amid a host of ongoing financial issues at the Championship side.
Alan Burgess from the The London Owls accused Dejpon of “gross mismanagement” and said the protest was his group’s “small contribution to what we hope will be a much bigger and wider-scale series of events, that will eventually get him out of our club”.
Dejpon has not responded to the BBC’s request for a comment.
Ian Bennett, chair of the Sheffield Wednesday Supporters’ Trust, said the location for the protest was aimed at raising awareness of the issue in Thailand and among the Thai community.
“The turnout is fantastic. The London lads have organised it and we brought our little contingent down,” he said.
He said Dejpon was “dragging the community, and everyone, down with him”
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First below: Fans said they were “dismayed” at Dejpon Chansiri’s “gross mismanagement” of Sheffield Wednesday. Photo: Oli Constable/BBC
Other photos shared by Sheffield Wednesday fan Gary Allsop
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