Liverpool fans planning protest
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Liverpool fans are planning to protest against owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett ahead of Saturday's visit of rivals Manchester United at Anfield.
The Spirit of Shankly group has organised a march from Lower Breck Road from 11am up to the stadium.
The organisation says it wants to direct its anger "towards those ruining our football club".
Plans for a new stadium were delayed last month amid reports that the owners were struggling to raise funds.
The match could be an uncomfortable one for Gillett, who is expected to take his place in the directors' box.
Hicks and Gillett have become increasingly unpopular among Reds fans since they took the club over in March last year, drawing criticism for their treatment of manager Rafael Benitez and their financial management of the club.
Since taking charge, Liverpool's proposed new stadium has had two re-designs and the loans the men took out to purchase the club have had to be refinanced.
In addition, there has been continued speculation that Dubai International Capital, who tried to buy Liverpool before Gillett and Hicks took control, remain interested in buying out either one or both of them.
Within months of their arrival, Gillett and Hicks had a very public spat with Benitez over the Spaniard's transfer policy and at the start of 2008, Hicks revealed he had spoken to former Germany manager Jurgen Klinsmann in November about the possibility of taking over at Anfield.
In March this year, Gillett said his relationship with Hicks had become "unworkable", although in June he said that communication between the pair had "substantially improved".
Tensions between Benitez and the board resurfaced this summer with the manager criticising the failure to secure midfielder Gareth Barry from Aston Villa.
And a Spirit of Shankly statement added: "What we need on Saturday is two resounding victories. Firstly, a march on a massive scale that tells the world that Liverpool has had enough of Gillett and Hicks.
"A march of passion, a march of anger, a march of Red solidarity that roars its message loud and proud: 'enough is enough, go now.'
"This is the biggest club game in football and the world will be watching. Our second victory on Saturday comes when we take all that passion and pride inside the ground."
Saturday's planned protest coincides with the demonstration expected at St James' Park, with Newcastle fans angry at the ownership of Mike Ashley and the departure of manager Kevin Keegan.