Sorry, I thought you were taking issue with people wearing the searchlight, as opposed to the Club asking people to wear black.
Two separate issues:
Issue 1: If the club asks you (rightly or wrongly in your opinion) to wear black, should you do as requested?
Issue 2: Shoudl the club be asking fans to do that?
The point I was making was that IF they ask for black, I think you should wear black, as requested.
Whether they should ask that is a different issue.
I'm not interested in either of the issues you raise. I'm taking issue with the marketing of the club. Big opportunity missed.