[Doug]

Although I would agree that it is a shame that the gate is low at this time I think that making suggestions that appears to target the population it in a manner that puts shame on the people of Accrington is a little strong. Publicity is the key too many a door and many successful clubs promote themselves far beyond the pitch. The Accrington Stanley of today stands in the shadow of a fascinating past that holds so many ups and downs, tremendous highs and giant killing lows from which we can all learn the odd lesson and like so many other areas of life we neglect our past and look only towards tomorrow and the hopes that it brings, yet the club as so much to offer local kids clubs, schools and armature associations, all that’s needed is foresight and a little commitment from those in a position to spend a few hours with those groups that would benefit from history tours around the clubs past, groups of school kids attending games as part of there own physical sports activity or education will promote future interest that will open the doors to a host of supporters of tomorrow. The same might be derived from a positive televised publicity promotion that builds on what the club as achieved this year and the future plans for this historic and future league club. The past is full of positives yet we prefer to concentrate on the negatives of the day, even when the clubs is sailing high there’s still those niggards that focus on the obvious negatives. Get them young, infuse them with pride and fill the ground, sit around doing now’t and it will sink before our eye’s. Any written or televised stories about this fantastic club must be positive and full on, Talk it up and paint the whole of Lancashire and that crappy world beyond Red and White.