Forest Green’s Dale Vince ‘accidently’ funding Just Stop Oil’s football protests

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Forest Green chairman Dale Vince is amused to be “accidentally funding the disruption of Premier League games” by Just Stop Oil protesters after revealing he has given money to the organisation. “It is amusing to me that I seem to have my fingerprints on this accidentally.” Vince continued: “I am accidentally funding the disruption of Premier League games. open image in gallery Protestors disrupted the Premier League match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium “Disruption is part and parcel of protest, it is how you get attention and draw attention to really big issues which transcend football and transcend most aspects of life.” Vince also questioned environmental policies such as further gas exploration in the North Sea as well as fracking and people being pushed into “fuel poverty” by rising energy costs. “I don’t think I would protest at my own football match, because look what Forest Green stands for,” the Rovers chairman said.