[ukcowboy]

Originally Posted by Doug

Draft a letter to Mr O’Neil and Mr Heys asking them to resolve the Contract issue for the sake of the club and both John & Jimmy and the players. Get the Observer and the Telegraph to publish that this letter will be available at the Town Hall for the public/supporters to sign and get as many signatures has you can.

Then present it at the Club on mass, candles and flags ablaze………..press, photographers the works.

I'll drive over and sign it...

Do you mean something along these lines Doug?


An open letter to :-

Messers O'Neil, Whalley and Heys,

Sirs,

We, the undersigned demand that the current situation with reference to the contracts of Manager John Coleman and Assistant Manager Jimmy Bell be brought to a conclusion with imediate effect.

It is common knowledge that these contracts have been sitting waiting to be signed for over eight months, and this, in the opinion of the fans of ASFC is totally unacceptable.

Both Mr Coleman and Mr Bell have given 12 yrs of undying support to ASFC and it is our opinion that this remarkable achievement should be recognised by the Club, and the aforementioned contract/s be ratified forthwith.

Failure to do so will surely mean that both Mr Coleman and Mr Bell would be forced to seek employment at another club, which in turn would, we feel, have a detrimental effect on ASFC's league position/standing.

Mr O'Neil, when you first took over the day to day running of ASFC, you said at a public meeting that you wanted us to 'trust you'..........Well Sir, you have repeatedly scorned that trust in the past 2 years, you now have a chance to at least start to recoup some of that by securing both Mr Coleman's and Mr Bell's services. We implore you to do so.


Regards, the undersigned:-


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Lancashire Telegraph, Accrington Observer, BBC Radio Lancashire, 2Br, Granada TV, BBC North West, Hyndburn Borough Council



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