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Originally Posted by Revived Red
An excellent description. From my own perspective, there was no need to buy a season ticket as I was never likely to attend enough home games to justify the expense. I did it (as did other family members) to support this special club called Accrington Stanley. No need to sponsor players, no need to sponsor match programmes, no need to pay £1 for the team sheet - all that has become unnecessary. The club no longer needs my money, nor anyone else's. The club now seems to be financially safe so no longer needs my help in that way - nor, of course, anyone else's help. I wonder how many people noticed the little comment from the mighty Peter Marsden when he said that he would henceforth be devoting some of his undoubted energy to "the world of non-league football nearer home". I understand that sentiment.
I cannot deny that Andy Holt's arrival has gained financial security - but something has been lost.
I am quite happy to support Plastic Box; in fact, I bought 12 of their storage boxes at The Range only last week. But if I were to buy a Stanley shirt, I would want to buy it from Accrington Stanley, not Plastic Box. Sorry - that's just me.
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Before the arrival of Andy Holt we were a club that was everybody's idea of a joke apart from the die hard fans that were below 900 one Tuesday night game not so long ago the only thing that would have been lost was our fantastic little club if Andy had,nt stepped in I for one think we are only going to go from strength to strength both on and off the playing field.
