PROTEST signs against Blackburn Rovers’ manager have been showing up in unusual places.

With the club rooted to the bottom of the Premier League, a section of supporters have staged protests, calling for Steve Kean to be axed and owners Venky’s to leave.

And cheeky fans, including those who support other clubs, have been thinking up different ways to get the message across.

At the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) World Tour Finals, in London’s O2 arena, a Swiss flag with the message ‘Federer says Kean Out’ was held up.

During Wednesday’s pension strike rally in Blackburn a group of enterprising teenagers converted a union placard.

Another ‘Kean out’ banner popped up at Monday’s League One clash between Charlton Athletic and Huddersfield Town.

Earlier in the season, home fans waved a banner bearing the words ‘Norway says Kean out’.

A similar message appeared at a Rovers friendly match in Venky’s home city of Pune, India.

And at one recent home game, a fan converted his dog to a mobile banner by attaching a board with the message ‘Taxi for Kean’ on it.

Glen Mullan, who has helped organise some of the demonstrations involving Rovers fans, said many of the protests were a result of friendships being formed online.

He said: “It is other clubs’ fans who we have met online through Twitter.

"They are behind what we are doing and cannot believe Steve Kean is still managing the team.

“The fans in India follow me on Twitter and they wanted to put up a banner over there.”

In stark contrast to the ‘Kean out’ placards, Burnley fans have seized the opportunity to poke fun at their arch rivals, displaying ‘Keep Kean in’ banners.

Glen said: “If Steve Kean was the Burnley manager he would have been gone by now because they wouldn’t have put up with it.”

According to Glen, protests will take place before, during and after the match against Swansea City, at Ewood Park, tomorrow.

Hundreds of fans are expected to turn out in specially produced yellow t-shirts, bearing a message which says: “One hundred per cent Rovers. Zero per cent Venky’s.”