The Perth Glory clash at Hindmarsh stadium will be stripped of its usual atmosphere as fans give the club a taste of life without active support.

Red Army protestors are planning to abandon the home support bays and keep their mouths shut for 12 minutes and 12 seconds - to symbolise their role as 12th man, while fans in the South End intend to stay silent for 80 minutes.

The silent night is symobolic of nobody from the club listening, say fans.

United are flying high on the A-League ladder – just four points off league leaders Central Coast Mariners – but fans say they are bombing in the PR department.

Fan Phillip Rollas blasted over-the-top Hindmarsh security on United’s Facebook page: “(Fans) are treated with a prejudiced and heavy-handed approach by security for the most minuscule of things.

Security guards confiscated Santa beards over the Christmas period and are accused of ejecting fans for trivial matters such as removing their shirts.

Most activities, fans say, would barely raise an eyebrow at cricket matches or other A-League home grounds.

The official response from the club is that only trouble-makers are being targeted but fans have promised rolling protests if their concerns go unheard.

Fan bays are roped off, supporters are turned away from entering active support areas and bans are arbitrarily applied, say long-time club supporters.

In the stand-off between fans and security, however, fans say they are standing alone. Reds diehard Shane Ervine said the club is deaf to the disquiet rumbling down from the terraces.

Ervine said the club routinely fails to respond to concerns raised on the Facebook page and the fan committee set-up by the administration appears to be in limbo.

Active support is dropping off under the constant and unwarranted scrutiny and lack of respect, he told au.fourfourtwo.com.

“The club isn’t willing to take on board what we have to say or stand up for what we’re trying to achieve,” Ervine added.

“We’re not allowed to swear but while (security) are actually telling us that they’ll say ‘you can’t effing swear’. Little things like that – we’ve had enough.

“This problem stems from the fact that our club won’t actually listen to what we’ve got to say.

“Shouldn’t the aim be to fill your stadium or at least promote your club as much as possible and promote support and membership?

“Why doesn’t our club have that mentality? I just think there is a lot of room for improvement and they can probably start by listening to what we have to say.

“I think if they were more proactive and wanted support to succeed they would be doing everything they can to reduce these policies or at least advice stadium management that their policies don’t fit with the culture of football in Australia.”

Tomorrow night’s action comes hot on the heels of the recent Passion is not a Crime campaign which highlighted media bias across the league.

And United CEO Glenn Elliott’s response to the protest in a Channel 7 interview last night has further fanned the flames of unrest.

Elliot suggested whatever fans elected to do was “their own personal choice and we can’t do anything about that.”

Supporters were outraged.

Reds supporter Shane Kelly vented on the club’s Facebook page: “Start listening to your members and supporters.

"They are trying to tell you something is wrong but you ignore it. The protest this Friday is just the start, don’t think it will go away if you continue to ignore it.”

In an official response to the protest the club said it “applauds the passionate support of the team, however passion should never be confused with anti-social behaviour at Hindmarsh”.

The club went on to say: “(We) will support stadium management and security in ensuring all patrons enjoy the spectacle of the game, so the message is clear to all – chant and cheer, but any form of offensive behaviour will lead to the removal of offending patrons.

“The club, stadium management or security is not out to end Active Support, nor is it targeting individuals or individual groups, but trouble makers are being targeted and will continue to be targeted.

“The club asks patrons to respect others and adhere to the FFA spectator code of behaviour. The game will continue to grow and without bad behaviour it will flourish.”