Wembley FC get behind battle to save Byron Court Primary School from academisation

 

There's a bit of a tradition of Brent sports stars getting behind community campaigns to save local facilities for young people. Remember boxer Audley Harrison fighting for Stonebridge Adventure Playground? LINK

Having grown up in the borough they know what facilities are important for young people  and contributed to their own success.

Wembley FC tweeted the above picture over the weekend and said:

We utterly believe in the @SaveByronCourt cause. Our players, one of which attended the school, wore “SAVE BYRON COURT” t-shirts ahead of our last game of the season yesterday.

Can you help the Wembley FC petition get to 25,000 signatories before the end of the day?

--> The petition is support of Wembley FC has now attracted more than 21,000 signatures. Brian Gumm, chairman of Wembley FC  told BBC London LINK he is determined to appeal against the decision by the European Union's Intellectual Property Office:

The petition has given me a bit of faith, seeing that people out there do care about non-league football.

The FA have not spoken to me. I want the best for my club and I will fight them. If we want to make a stance for non-league football then I think we should.

The FA in a statement to the BBC said:

We have never objected to their use of this logo in the UK or elsewhere. This case is about Wembley FC registering their logo in several countries outside of the UK, such as Russia, China and the US, and then refusing to co-exist with us in those countries. 

We have not asked and will not ask Wembley FC to pay the costs to date.

Is this the beginning of a climb down? Let's increase the pressure by persuading more people to sign. 
 
You can sign the petition HERE
Wembley FC web page HERE
Wembley FC Facebook HERE

Stand up and be counted in defence of Wembley FC - sign the petition against FA bullying

Following recent publicity about the Football Association taking action against our local football club Wembley FC to stop them using 'Wembley' in their name LINK a petition has been set up by a Wembley resident which has already attracted more than 11,000 signatories.

Please support Wembley FC by signing the petition:

Wembley FC are being told to drop Wembley from their title because it could cause confusion with Wembley Stadium.

Wembley FC have had their name for over 70 years and are in fact a Football Club in .... Wembley!

Wembley Stadium on the other hand was known as the Empire Stadium, this was changed to Wembley Stadium because .... yes it is also in Wembley!

The two have co-existed for years without any issues so why are the FA forcing this on a small local club now and ordering them to pay the cost which will cripple them and probably force them to not exist anymore.  Is this a ploy to get the land from them that they have?  It is ridiculous and just shows that big organisations and throwing their weight around yet again to crush the little guy !  

Well my fellow Wemblians let’s see how the force of a towns’ residents over the 70 years feels about it!

Stand up and be counted and support the name Wembley remaining on the local team! 

Wembley FC 'David' takes on the FA 'Goliath' over club's name

After yesterday's coverage on ITN Wembley Football Club have received massive support on Twitter in their battle with the FA over the club's use of the word Wembley. The FA are citing 'Wembley' as their intellectual property despite not objecting when the name of Wembley FC went forward in 2012.

After the EU ruled in favour of the Football Association Wembley FC were ordred to pay the FA's costs threatening the future of the 70 years old club.

I wonder if they will act against Wembley Matters, Wembley Champions and Wembley Futures?

Here is some of the scathingTwitter reaction: