TENS of thousands of football fans are putting aside tribal differences on Saturday in a mass display of unity to save one of the football league's oldest clubs.

The Fans United day of action on Saturday will see peaceful demonstrations at every football ground in England and Wales as well as a gathering of fans from different clubs at Wrexham FC's Racecourse Ground.

Tomorrow Wrexham FC faces a winding-up petition in the High Court. The action is being brought by the Inland Revenue for £900,000 of unpaid tax. The club is living on borrowed time after 132 years of league football.

Many fans believe the club's plight is due to its owner Alex Hamilton, who wants to sell the ground for over £6 million to property developers.

Now supporters of Brighton and Hove Albion - who lost their own ground almost nine years ago - are leading a day of action to draw attention to Wrexham's plight.

Fans United football fans are being invited to wear their club colours and attend Wrexham's home game against Bristol City on Saturday, November 20 -kick-off 3pm. They are asked to stand alongside Wrexham fans and watch what could be their last ever league game.

And fans who cannot make the trip to The Racecourse are asked to Wear Red for Wrexham, or even carry a piece of red card to their own team's match on the same day. They are asked to stand for 15 seconds at the kick-off to show solidarity with Wrexham FC.

A Fans United spokesman and life-long Brighton supporter Nic Outterside said: "It is 12 years since Aldershot FC went bust and in that time many other football clubs have gone to the brink. In many cases it has been due to mismanagement or sheer greed of club owners or chairmen.

"When we lost our own ground, which was sold by our chairman Bill Archer to build a retail park, we came within inches of going out of existence. Even now our club is homeless and survives on a season by season basis.

"The danger of Wrexham folding is real and it would create a domino effect which could see many more towns lose their football clubs forever.

"I urge every right thinking football fan to take part in next Saturday's day of action."