Inglorius Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 A number of Derby County fans have threatened to boycott East Midlands Airport (EMA) unless it puts back a banner paid for by the club. The poster, which was in the immigration hall, said: "We are Derby. Welcome to the East Midlands." It was removed after Leicester City and Nottingham Forest fans accused the airport of favouring the Rams. EMA said it had received no direct complaints and the poster was taken down after being put up "in error". However, a petition, with about 400 names, claims Derby supporters are being "discriminated" against. Derby County FC said it did not want to make a comment about the petition but was investigating why the banner was taken down. Paul Topliff, who started the petition, urged Derby supporters to use alternative airports due to EMA's "clear bias" in favour of Nottingham. He said the issue went back to when the airport briefly incorporated Nottingham into its name. "[Forest fans] didn't object when [the airport] was going to be named Nottingham East Midlands Airport. "We feel Derby is being done a disservice. "I don't think its a question of being upset, it's a question of asking for equality and the right thing to be done." Forest fan Phil Ringrose was one of those upset over the banner and said the airport should represent all three cities in the region. East Midlands Airport has yet to comment on the petition but said it supported all the counties and "prides" itself on being at the heart of the region. A statement said: "With regards to the recent advert in the immigration hall, it was installed in error and has now been removed." The airport is located at Castle Donington in Leicestershire but has a Derbyshire postcode and is about 14 miles (22.5km) from Nottingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Yes let's stop using an airport and pay more money to fly from somewhere else because.....makes perfect sense to me ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbob Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Yea me too. COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Absolute clowns. What is boycotting the airport supposed to do exactly? Do these fools realise it will have absolutely no effect on EMA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 everyone who signs this should be taken into Nottingham City centre, stood on the town hall steps and shot...idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 23 minutes ago, Leeds Ram said: Yes let's stop using an airport and pay more money to fly from somewhere else because.....makes perfect sense to me ? Tbh if you shop around you can get cheaper flights elsewhere. It just depends on how far you want to travel to an airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 To the barricades !!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossieram Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 It seemed to work when they changed the name to nottingham east mids. Even Steve Elliot changed flights from there to Birmingham when organising Chris Riggots stag do and said they would never use the airport until it dropped nottingham from the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 21 minutes ago, MuespachRam said: everyone who signs this should be taken into Nottingham City centre, stood on the town hall steps and shot...idiots. Or made to wear a Forest top and bow down to Fawaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealhantsram Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 This is funny. Don't the Forest fans realize they are just helping the DCFC marketing team by making complaints and getting this in the news. It's a dream come true for them. And the petition? That'll keep it in the news too. More power to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 11 minutes ago, therealhantsram said: This is funny. Don't the Forest fans realize they are just helping the DCFC marketing team by making complaints and getting this in the news. It's a dream come true for them. And the petition? That'll keep it in the news too. More power to them. Really? I think it makes Forest fans pathetic and Derby fans even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 2 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said: Really? I think it makes Forest fans pathetic and Derby fans even worse. Totally does...makes them all look like complete ******. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagerbob Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 They could put Forest signs up allover EMA with no Derby signs at all, and i would still fly from there to Berlin..... because its the cheapest and most convenient option and that is ALL I care about. Whilst there maybe a football rivarly, lets not take it outside of football. I'm Proud of the Region having an airport all be it a lot more limited than Birmingham or the bigger ones in Manc and London. This makes you wonder where will it end, will we make all nottingham trains go around the outskirts of derbyshire to get to its destination, and ban all cars with Nottingham plates from the coujnties borders?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Mills Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Pretty pathetic really. Who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kevin Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 17 minutes ago, jagerbob said: They could put Forest signs up allover EMA with no Derby signs at all, and i would still fly from there to Berlin..... because its the cheapest and most convenient option and that is ALL I care about. Whilst there maybe a football rivarly, lets not take it outside of football. I'm Proud of the Region having an airport all be it a lot more limited than Birmingham or the bigger ones in Manc and London. This makes you wonder where will it end, will we make all nottingham trains go around the outskirts of derbyshire to get to its destination, and ban all cars with Nottingham plates from the coujnties borders?!?! Some good idea's there JB/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scarlet Pimpernel Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 If my business paid for advertising and it was subsequently taken down I would be very miffed. Anyone know why it was taken down if a contract was entered into? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IoW Derby Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Waste of time topic! Happy xmas Derby one and all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Pathetic... It's only a advertising ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagerbob Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Is more than pathetic. But nice to hear that we are advertising on the back of trent buses, including those driving into nottingham city centre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needles Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I'm right behind the campaign. I hereby declare that my family and I will be fully boycotting EMA for a period of 6 months, maybe 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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