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Originally Posted by lancsdave
I find that strange Macca. You obviously work very hard at trying to raise the profile of the club and hope for bigger things yet if the bigger things happen, (ie 2 promotions) you are effectively eliminating yourself from watching the games. I doubt ( and I hope I'm wrong ) that the government will ever back down on the standing issue)
I might get shot down for this but I think Stanley fans are between a rock and a hard place at the moment. For obvious reasons many of you feel the intimacy of the club because of the past few years and want that to remain but at the same time you want to see the club do well and rise through the ranks. The higher the rise the more the club will probably alienate the fans. Sadly ( in my honest opinion ) In todays football world I don't think you can have both. Although I'm a dingle first I'm also a football fan and I have to say the greed involved as you go further up the league sometimes makes you question your loyalties.
Out of curiosity if you all had to choose between the 2 options which one would you go for, keep the friendly club but not go above league one, or the ultimate dream of the premiership at the expense of losing the intimacy. Don't go cheating and say both  |
You're quite right Dave, cos although I really enjoyed last season & can't wait for the new one to start, I do miss a lot of things from the non league days. At the start of last season I wondered how much we'd have to change but it turned out ok cos home games were more or less the same, with the players still coming into the bar afterwards. This season it's all change again but I think the move to lease the Crown is a good one and I can't wait and see how it pans out. However, I can't believe one or two are saying they won't go to games if they have to sit down or if they can't have a fag for 90 minutes! Stanley is my club and always will be, the only thing that would keep me away would be if we do rise through the leagues which could mean that I wouldn't be able to afford to go as often. So I guess that means I would choose the first option.