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Makes no sense whatsoever

The club will receive 500k a year from the EFL to fund the running of the Cat 3 academy and Stanley are in a much better place than most in that they have use of a fully eqpt facility for what you would imagine would be a reasonable rent in comparison to other clubs who will be paying full ad hoc charges here and there to rent facilities.

If the yearly deficit is a reasonable amount which it must be as there arent dozens of other lower league clubs going down the same path why couldnt Andy Holt or one of his companies have agreed to fund the deficit with a reducing amount for say 3 years giving the club time to find alternative sponsorship to cover the required amount.

There looks to be a lot more to this decision than first meets the eye and the clubs fans deserve more than a short statement saying the deed has already been done with absolutely no figures whatsoever for christs sake AH used to tell you how many cups of coffee the away fans bought on a match day. And you have to wonder why the club can afford to lose 150k by limiting the away allocations for the last 3 home games and how that money couldnt have been used towards funding the Academy for the next year.

If i were you guys i would be asking whats next because since this new guy took over its been nothing but Bad News and cuts and as has been said it seems very strange that this action has been taken so quickly after the head of the academy had stood up at the forum with clearly not an inkling of what was to come.

Currently the Official Club website is in contravention of the EFL rules in that it doesnt name the current board members or indeed who is the ultimate owner and why do you no longer hear a peep from the likes of Dave Burgess.