[choirboy]

I think that there are a few quite harsh comments on here about our 'developing ground'.
It's not that many years ago in 'Non League' that the Clayton End was just a flat patch of cinders with a wonky sectional concrete wall behind it! The atmosphere was sometimes still brilliant then.......Just look at the pictures when Paul Beck scored his hat-trick against Gateshead in one of our earlier cup runs! I can also recall playing Morecambe on one Boxing Day and the gate was around the 1,500 mark!.....also a great atmosphere.
Another Boxing Day I remember was against Fleetwood and like on Saturday it was very very foggy, (after some frost!) I was amazed when Fleetwood came out in a grubby old all grey strip! The match would have been abandoned at half time but they changed into Stanley's 'Away Strip' for the second half!
I thought that the foggy conditions just added to the........er... 'Atmosphere' on Saturday.......tsk..tsk!
Under our new management we are going in the right direction and with a limited budget we can only do the jobs one at once and when 'planning permission' has been granted. I do hope that in a couple of seasons the rest of the ground can be up to the standard of the Clayton End which is wonderful now and a credit to the club, and to Andy Holt and the AOSSC for helping to fund the improvements.
My view is that a roof and better facilities for the 'Away' Coppice End should be done first. Then the Whinney Hill Stand second and refurbishing the 'Main Stand thirdly. While all of these are going on the move to a Modern Office and shop in the 'Old Garage' and the perimeter infrastructure could take effect too. Then we might think about a fancy big screen somewhere in the corner!

ON STANLEY ON
'UNITED' WE STAND
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and if we get the 'Dream Draw' on Monday night......

'ON UNITED WE STAND'

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