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Staunch Toon fans “angry and frustrated” by the club’s crisis-hit season are planning a 69th minute walk-out.

Board members of the Newcastle United Supporters’ Trust have passed a motion to boycott the last 21 minutes of Saturday’s clash with Cardiff City.

Organisers hope the protest will see a mass exodus of St James’ Park in the 69th minute, symbolic of the year 1969 when Newcastle last won a trophy.

However it is unclear how many fans will exit the stadium as Alan Pardew’s men take part in their last home game of the season against the relegation-battling Welsh side.

During a protest march in September last year around 300 fans lined the streets prior to Newcastle’s game with Liverpool to vent their anger at billionaire owner Mike Ashley’s handling of the club.

The latest move comes as supporters increasingly voice their frustration over a string of poor results which has seen the Magpies lose six league games on the bounce.

In a statement released by NUST, a spokesman said: “As fans we have deep concerns at the direction Newcastle United is heading in, both on and off the pitch.

“The vast majority of supporters are angry and frustrated but are divided as to what, if anything, can be done to positively influence Mike Ashley and those who run the football club on his behalf.

“Some fans are prepared to hand in their season tickets – indeed many already have – and not return until they believe Newcastle United is once again heading in the right direction.

“On the other hand, many supporters can’t see any circumstances under which they would or could stop supporting the team at St James’ Park.

“The most important thing at this time is that the fanbase stays united, all supporters have to respect each other and their own personal choice as to whether to attend matches.

“However, this Saturday presents the perfect opportunity to send a clear message to Mike Ashley that fans, whether they are going to renew their season tickets or not, are united in their concerns for the direction the owner is taking the club in.

“Sweeping changes need to be made or else Newcastle United is in grave danger of relegation in the near future, and what should be a great club, brought to its knees.

“It is 1969 when Newcastle United last won trophy and we are asking all fans to consider joining us by walking out of St James’ Park when the clock hits 69 minutes on Saturday, and miss the last 21 minutes of our final home match of the season against Cardiff City.”

Monday’s thumping 3-0 defeat to Arsenal marked Newcastle’s worst run of form since 1987 and sparked an angry reaction from supporters.

Banners and posters were held up by supporters who called for Alan Pardew’s dismissal and a change of regime. It was the 52-year-old’s first return to the touchline since picking up a three-match ban for headbutting Hull City’s David Meyler.

NUST has called for unity, but say Toon has repeatedly failed to reach its potential since Ashley snapped up Freddy Shepherd’s stake in the club in 2007.

And in a statement released to the Chronicle, a spokesman hoped to draw on “the spirit of 1969” and send a message the Sports Direct tycoon that changes are needed.

He said: “Of course Mike Ashley can’t be held to account for 38 years of those 45 years of failure but how demoralising is it when the people who he employs at Newcastle United make plain the club’s priorities to do little more than try and survive in the Premier League and have no ambition to compete in cup competitions.

“Under Ashley, the club has no strategy or plan to win anything and as such supporters have no dreams, however remote, to seeing our club win silverware or even come anywhere near to realising its vast potential.

“We all love our club and a clear message needs to be sent out to Mike Ashley that changes are needed throughout the club, or else both he and all Newcastle United fans will be the losers.

“Initial planning for this initiative began last week and we know that since the Arsenal defeat there has been discussion of a possible walkout after 60 minutes, particularly on social media, but we feel 69 minutes is a powerful unifying message, harking back to that glorious Fairs Cup success.

“The spirit of everybody within Newcastle United who embraced that European adventure and dared to dream, which led to the last silverware ever to arrive at St James’ Park... no starker contrast could there be than the situation that all of us who love Newcastle United find ourselves in today.”