Get the latest NUFC transfer and takeover news straight to your inbox for FREE by signing up to our newsletter Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid Email

A group of Newcastle United supporters are planning what could be one of English football’s biggest ever fan protests during Saturday’s Premier League match against Hull City.

The people behind the website SackPardew.com claim they have 200 anti-Alan Pardew banners and up to 15,000 A4-sized cards, which demand the manager lose his job.

And they will be taken into St James’ Park this weekend with or without the club’s permission.

They also have a protest van that will tour some of the area’s most famous landmarks, including the Angel of the North, before the match.

The anonymous group, who say they have raised £1000 through donations for the protest, contacted the Chronicle and spoke to us exclusively after using social media to drop hints about their plans, which they hope will oust Pardew from his job and bring change to the club at least in the short-term.

Such a blatant protest inside the stadium during a game will not be welcomed by every Newcastle fan and it remains to be seen whether this actually takes off the ground as the organisers hope. However, the group told us that they believed they enjoy the backing of most supporters.

They said: “We have 200 banners, similar in size to the ones you saw at Southampton on Saturday, that are currently being completed at printers around the city.

“They are small enough to conceal so we can get them into the stadium, but we don’t want to go down that road.

“We have contacted the club to let them know our plans and are still waiting to hear back from them.

“The Hatem Ben Arfa banner (who had him dressed as Che Guevara over the word ‘hope’) at the Crystal Palace match was ours.

“The club gave us permission as long as it wasn’t offensive and that we had a fire safety certificate, which we have for all 200 banners.

“We have also let the police and council know our plans. We want this to be peaceful and well-organised.”

The leaflets are a parody of Sports Direct’s logo that incorporates the SackPardew.com group. The organisers told us that they have many pubs in the city involved.

Fans who want to join in the protest will be able to collect a banner or the cards at these locations, which the group hope to announce over the next 48 hours.

The group said: “We are trying to do something different.

“A lot has happened under the Mike Ashley era, but we’ve always felt that whenever there was a protest, the personalities involved sidelined what it was about in the first place.

“We believe remaining anonymous will help us make more of an impact.”