Tottenham Hotspur supporters are preparing a significant demonstration following their final Premier League fixture of the season against Everton on Sunday, regardless of whether the club secures its top-flight status. The protest, organized by the fan group Change for Tottenham, highlights deep-seated discontent after a calamitous campaign.
Currently sitting 17th in the league, just two points above the relegation zone after a 2-1 loss to Chelsea on Tuesday, Spurs face the real possibility of dropping out of the Premier League for the first time in 49 years. The world's ninth-richest football club has endured three head coaches this season and set multiple unwanted records, including a club-record six consecutive defeats and a 15-match winless streak in the league.
Ahead of the crucial home game, Change for Tottenham released a statement calling for unity during the match. "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 lengthy injury list has hampered the squad, Change for Tottenham primarily blames chief executive Vinai Venkatesham, director of football Johan Lange, and the owners, ENIC, controlled by the Lewis family. Venkatesham and Lange were instrumental in appointing Thomas Frank last summer, alongside Daniel Levy, who stepped down 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 lengthy tenure.
Levy's departure created 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.
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 nearly five decades 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."
