Blackpool fans raise target of £20,000 for pensioner’s legal fees against club

• Frank Knight agreed to pay £20,000 to prevent being taken to court
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Blackpool fans have raised over £20,000 in three days for a pensioner who must pay damages to the club after being threatened with court action over allegations he made on Facebook about the Oyston family.

Frank Knight, 67, made comments online about the Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston and the owner Owen Oyston, but was forced to apologise and pay a five-figure sum to prevent the matter from going to court.

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