Blackpool supporters are planning to protest against the Championship club 's owners , the Oyston family , by going to watch North West Counties Premier Division club AFC Blackpool instead . Fan group Tangerine Knights are to stage a protest at Bloomfield Road ahead of Blackpool 's match with Leeds on Saturday before going see the non-League side face Bootle afterwards in a game that has been delayed by 15 minutes to accommodate the added spectators . Supporters beamed messages criticising the Oystons on the stadium 's West Stand on Tuesday night ahead of their 3-0 defeat by Charlton Athletic in front of a depleted crowd at home . Blackpool supporters beamed messages on the West Stand of Bloomfield Road before Tuesday night 's game . Fans displayed the messages on Bloomfield Road ahead of their 3-0 defeat by Charlton Athletic . Blackpool are all but guaranteed to be relegated from the Championship as they sit 18 points from safety with eight games remaining , and they have not won since January 31 . AFC Blackpool play in the ninth tier of the English football pyramid and their ground has a 1,500 capacity , some 16,000 less than their Championship counterparts . Yet the Seasiders have been running on empty , and fans have been staying away from Bloomfield Road . Tangerine Knights spokesperson Stephen Smith told BBC Radio Lancashire : 'It is a joint protest - it is not just to do with the football club this week . 'It 's a joint venture with Leeds fans , against not only Karl Oyston being a regional representative on the Football League board , but it 's against the Football League as well and the various things they have done over the past couple of years . ' Blackpool supporters are planning to protest against the Championship club 's owners , the Oyston family . Fan group Tangerine Knights are to stage a protest at Bloomfield Road ahead of Blackpool vs Leeds United . Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston pictured in the stands in August 2010 during a then-Premier League match .
they sit bottom of the table and are 18 points from relegation . The Seasiders are all but facing relegation to conference play . Blackpool fans plan to play outside of Bloomfield stadium on Saturday . They will then go watch non - League side AFC Blackpool instead .