[Tin Monkey]

Ask any football supporter in the country what they think of when you mention the word Ultras in association with football and you'll get the same reply. However you want to dress up the facts, Ultra style organisations are associated with right-wing, often racist, football hooligan elements.

I never for one moment suggested that the 'Stanley Ultras' were any of those things, but I would wager that a fair number of others around the country will have thought that. Maybe those people are misinformed? But it doesn't stop them from believing that.

I have no problem with the people who want to promote the name of Accrington Stanley and bring colour to all matches, but I personally believe that the name is ill-chosen. That is my honest opinion.

The mock-up of the wristbands was very tongue-in-cheek and I assumed that it was taken that way too. It was merely a wind-up following on from a thread on Confguide where a number of supporters from other Conference clubs had expressed similar views to my own on the suitability of the name Ultras.