Tottenham: Fans’ group make right decision to postpone Nottingham Forest protests
Tottenham Hotspur fans’ group, Change For Tottenham, have confirmed that they will postpone protest action ahead of the Nottingham Forest game.
Tottenham have never been relegated from the Premier League since its inception in 1992, but in 2026, never has that threat been more grave.
With just eight games to go, Spurs sit one point above 18th-placed West Ham, and are without a win in 12-straight league games.
As such, Tottenham’s clash with Nottingham Forest on Sunday is a true relegation six-pointer, and perhaps the league game with the most consequence riding on it in recent Spurs memory.
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What have Change For Tottenham said about protest action?
Tottenham fans have protested already this season, and fans’ group Change For Tottenham had recently announced plans to plan further demonstrations ahead of Spurs’ game against Forest.
However, in a statement released to their official X account on Monday, the group have announced that these plans will no longer go ahead, as instead, they will focus on getting behind the team for that huge match.
“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,” the statement begins.
“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 matchday protests for now whilst continuing with our other initiatives. We will however continue monitoring the situation.
“This is a very difficult decision to make in the 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.”
The statement finishes by saying: “As always, we support the team and not the regime, and we hope this only further galvanises our fanbase on this immediate threat of helping pull the team over the line, whilst cementing the deserved critique of what has been a shambolic ownership where the time for more action will come.”
Spurs players need the supporters on their side against Forest
Loving a football club is easy, but continuing to love them even when they keep breaking your heart is the hard part.
Needless to say, Tottenham fans have had their hearts ripped out many times down the years, but no pain would quite match the feeling of seeing their team be relegated to the Championship.
It’s an unthinkable prospect in N17, but this proverbial barbarian is at the gate, and if they’re going to survive, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium must become their fortress.
Games such as the one against Nottingham Forest is specifically what the South Stand was designed for: a relentless wall of intimidating noise.
Fans in the North Stand mustn’t let the travelling Forest supporters be heard either, because if there was any match to put rightly held frustrations towards the boardroom to one side, it’s this one.
As such, Change For Tottenham should be commended for the reversal of their protest stance for this match.
If there’s one thing all Spurs fans can agree on, it’s that nobody wants to see the team playing second tier football next season, and a win against Forest would go a very long way to ending that possibility.