Tottenham fans to stage protest after final game of disastrous season: ‘We can’t allow this to happen ever again’ | OneFootball

Tottenham Hotspur fans are planning a significant protest following their final Premier League match of the season against Everton on Sunday, irrespective of whether the club avoids relegation.

The demonstration by the fan group Change for Tottenham underscores a season of deep dissatisfaction as the club battles to retain its top-flight status.

Currently 17th in the league, just two points above the relegation zone after a 2-1 defeat by Chelsea on Tuesday, Spurs face a precarious end to what has been a calamitous campaign.

The world’s ninth-richest football team has endured three head coaches and set multiple unwanted records, including a club-record six consecutive losses and a 15-match winless streak in the Premier League.

Ahead of the crucial home fixture, Change for Tottenham issued a statement urging unity during the match itself.

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Vinai Venkatesham has received criticism from Tottenham fans (PA)

"This Sunday, for 90 minutes, we need to get behind the team. Nothing else matters," the statement read. "We need the points and the players need every one of us behind them for one last time this season."

However, the group made it clear that once the final whistle blows, their focus will shift to holding the club's hierarchy accountable.

"When the final whistle blows, regardless of the result, we need to stand up to the board for putting us in this perilous position."

While acknowledging a significant injury list has hampered the squad, Change for Tottenham primarily attributes the club's woes to chief executive Vinai Venkatesham, director of football Johan Lange, and the owners, ENIC, run by the Lewis family.

Venkatesham and Lange were instrumental in the summer appointment of Thomas Frank, alongside Daniel Levy, who departed his role as chairman after 24 years in September.

Sources close to the Lewis family reportedly told the Press Association at the time that they desired "more wins, more often" and believed a change at the top was necessary after Levy's long tenure.

Levy’s departure, however, contributed to a perceived leadership vacuum, despite Venkatesham subsequently bringing in performance director Dan Lewindon and Rafi Moersen as director of football operations.

Frank, after a promising start, recorded the worst win rate of any permanent Spurs manager before his dismissal on 11 February, a week after a quiet winter transfer window despite a severe injury crisis.

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Some Spurs fans feel Thomas Frank should have been sacked sooner (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire)

His successor, interim head coach Igor Tudor, lost five of his seven matches. The decision to appoint Roberto De Zerbi has since been hailed as inspired, with his transformative effect on a low-on-confidence and injury-hit squad.

Yet, even De Zerbi’s impact may not be enough to avert a catastrophic first relegation in 49 years if West Ham defeat Leeds and Everton secure a victory.

The fan group's statement continued with scathing criticism of the club's management decisions.

"Thomas Frank should have been sacked months before he was and Igor Tudor should never have been appointed, which resulted in our worst losing run in the club’s history," they stated.

"We were desperate in January for new signings, every fan could see it and the board did nothing." The group also directly targeted the ownership: "Levy has gone and nothing has changed as it was never one man. It is ENIC and the Lewis family who own us and say nothing. Promised success, delivering failure."

Change for Tottenham concluded by urging supporters to join their protest: "So, on Sunday our banners will go up in the North, East and South stands at full time regardless of the result. Join us to chant against the board and make your voice heard. We can’t allow this to happen ever again."