Organisers of a protest against Carlisle United's owners at the first home game of the season say they are trying to highlight the Blues' plight "before it's too late".

Some Blues supporters are set to voice their opinions on the Brunton Park regime before and during Saturday's clash with Northampton.

They say they want to make United's owners aware of the strength of feelings and help spread the word that the League Two club is for sale.

The demonstration has emerged through a Facebook group - CUFC Fans: Unite for United - which has more than 1,200 members and claims to want regime change after "10 years of misery".

Kendal-based fan Darren Wilson , 28, helped set up the group and is organising Saturday's protest, which he says will be the first of many.

He said: "The aim of the whole thing is to say, look, the club is for sale, come and put your offers in and try and rescue a club that's got massive potential before it's too late."

Wilson said the idea for the Facebook group came after the final away game of last season at Port Vale, when fellow supporters discussed their disaffection with the Blues.

"I noticed quite a bit of anger from fans towards the owners, with how the Keith Curle [contract] situation had been handled, and how things have gone from bad to worse in general in the last 10 years," he said.

"People feel that fans have been kept in the dark about too many things, such as the money that has come into the club over the years, and then there were pictures on Twitter last week about the state of the stadium.

"As a Carlisle fan it was quite hurtful to see how some of it has been neglected. Other clubs must be looking at Carlisle and laughing.

"You also look at the size of the squad we have this season and it's a recipe for disaster in my eyes."

Wilson said protestors will meet outside the Paddock terrace between 1.30-1.45pm on Saturday.

"I'll be handing out sheets of paper with messages about time for change, 'bored of the board' and so on, and from 2pm we will march around the ground, singing, chanting, making ourselves heard.

"The plan is then to enter the ground just before 3pm, get behind the team from the kick-off, and then on the 10th minute - marking 10 years since we started going downhill after nearly reaching the Championship - start the chants again.

"We don't want to cause trouble or be aggressive to the owners, but we don't want them to be sat there in the club thinking everything is all rosy.

"We hope it doesn't affect the team or manager. We want to show we are still behind them, but we are not behind the board."

Wilson said he is unsure exactly how many supporters will join the protest.

"It's a risk that's going to have to be taken," he added. "If things carry on the way they are, in two or three years there'll be no club.

"They [United] say the club is for sale, and there has been interest in the past, but nothing seems to materialise.

"The plan is to [protest] at every home game possible until something changes and we've got our point across."

He added that he hoped the protest will also be noticed by Edinburgh Woollen Mill's billionaire chief Philip Day , whose firm is loaning the Blues money.

"A lot of people are hoping Mr Day does come forward and eventually buys the club. I don't know how much he is aware of what's going on but this might make him realise more fans are unhappy."

Those behind the protest added that they would be happy to speak with United's owners and directors, who met a different group of protesting fans after a game against Luton last year.

But Wilson added: "Nothing has changed since that Luton game so we wouldn't just want to be filled with the same stories."

United's chief executive Nigel Clibbens recently wrote to a supporter who shared photos of the condition of some areas of Brunton Park on Twitter.

Work to clean some of the highlighted parts, including parts of moss-covered standing areas and seats in the Pioneer Stand, as well as repairs to stand roofs, is understood to be taking place this week.

The Carlisle United Official Supporters' Club, meanwhile, said they would like to speak to the protest group.

CUOSC chairman John Kukuc said: “We are aware of the protest Unite for United. It is good fans are showing passion and commitment. Apathy, in our opinion, is more damaging.

“We have been aware for some time of the need for change and have in the past supported attempts to do so.

“We also believe the owners would welcome change if it was for the betterment of the club. We would like to know who Unite for United believe will take over if the owners relinquish control.

“We would welcome discussions with the leaders of the group about their objectives.”

The News & Star has invited United to comment.