Had Newcastle United supporters protested about the ownership of Mike Ashley or Burnley fans protested about the leveraged takeover of their club, and caused the postponement of games with a vital importance to relegation issues there would have been no nonsense about rearranging the fixture and praising the passion of the fans. Going on the pitch is a criminal act and the responsibility for keeping people off is the clubs and the game should be forfeited. But United (and Liverpool) might threaten to break away if they were sanctioned.