[maccawozzagod]

The man speaks the truth. Ish. There is no reason why couldn't survive on 1500 crowds, although I think this will rise to an average of 2500 in the 1st year and 2000 if we get a 2nd year. Rochdale have pottered about on crap crowds for years and there are others. Bury are only in their financial predicament due to previous frivolousness. Eric is not frivolous and he runs a very fine business at the Club. We can and will continue to prosper with our various off the field activities that the people of Accrington do support us with.

The issue of crowds will gradually rise if we stay in the league long enough. The average crowd of 1500 contains 1000 people who weren't watching us five years ago. 23 years ago as a six year old boy I was the only Stanley supporter on my street and in my school. Now I see kids playing in the park wearing our red shirt and it makes me proud that this generation of Stanley fan is not alone in their support. If we continue to grow the fanbase as we have then in five years we will have crowds of 4500 (assumed I know, but...)

We also have the added benefit of not being in any kind of debt other than general day to day stuff such as the window cleaner and milkman. If we needed to, then we could make use of an overdraft or a loan. It is not the Whalley way to do this, but how much would it take to gamble on promotion to League One? That would not happen but it could be done. The future is in safe hands. Even if we do come straight back down, so what? Better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at all. We will be a 'proper club' then. We will have said ta very much for the grant money and our lovely new stands and roof, we will have banked some brass from better crowds, we will probably have sold Roberts, Mangan, Craney and Boco and have banked about £300k for it. We will probably have a 20% bigger fanbase with which to compete in the Conference, and we will get back on Sky every other week.

Now taking names for the train to Rochdale by the way