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Tottenham fans cancel mass protests as they call for supporters to "get behind the team"

Tottenham fans cancel mass protests as they call for supporters to "get behind the team"
Tottenham fans cancel mass protests as they call for supporters to "get behind the team"REUTERS

Tottenham Hotspur supporters have decided to cancel protests this week after a draw against Liverpool.

Tottenham have taken just 34 points from their last 39 Premier League games, and 13 from their last 21 and have failed to win a league game since early December. 

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They have also failed to win 12 successive league games for the first time since 1935. However, they picked up a draw against Liverpool on Sunday afternoon which has helped their fight against relegation. 

The Change For Tottenham (CFT) group planned to protest against the board ahead of the Nottingham Forest clash as frustrations grew, but the plans have now been cancelled as they call for unity. 

In a statement CFT said: "Although this ownership and Board don't deserve it, we feel duty bound to stand with other supporters' groups and the fan collective generally at the Nottingham Forest game and have made the difficult decision to postpone any potential protest for this game. 

 "In what feels like an immediate generational threat to Tottenham Hotspur's status as a Premier League club, we are putting on hold any announced match day protests for now whilst continuing with our other initiatives. We will however continue monitoring the situation. 

They added: "This is a very difficult decision to make in light of the fact that the ownership are responsible for putting us in this perilous position, but first and foremost we are fans of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.  

“Not to mention that the success of our movement is a numbers game we've decided that at a time when fans feel we need to get behind the team and whilst there are separate supporter initiatives being arranged for the Nottingham Forest match, that it makes sense to not protest for this particular game.” 

Spurs are likely to need between 36 and 38 points to survive relegation and if they pick up a rare 3 points against Forest then their chances of staying up would increase dramatically.  

Tottenham remain just one point above the bottom three in the Premier League and could slip into the drop zone if they continue to be underwhelming under interim boss Igor Tudor. 

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