[Dan]

I appreciate that I am far from impartial on this subject, but maybe I can contribute something to the thread. Possibly. I hope!

Basically, one of the main problems with our business (ie radio) is getting something fresh each hour (or every couple of hours for sports bulletins). We try very hard to have something Stanley related in those sports bulletins every day - and the day before a game, match day and the day after there is pretty much Stanley coverage every hour.

The point I'm trying to make is that the less frequent the deadlines then the easier this idea would be to carry through. So if Pendle Red (and I apologise if I'm misinterpreting what you are saying) is proposing a column in a weekly or twice weekly paper then theoretically it's possible. The problems are a) contributors and b) potential audience.

To deal with a) a while ago I appealed to fans on here and elsewhere for contributions to our sports output and got about half a dozen responses. This is NOT me having a go, but that wasn't enough for us to run it -with that in mind Google Page Ranking you'd need to be clear who was doing what - would the sports department at the paper be responsible for the content, or volunteers or the club?

And as far as b) goes, the simple (and unpalatable) fact is that editors will only go with something if they think it will boost the number of readers (or indeed listeners).

I'm not sure I answered any questions here, but hopefully helped a bit...

P.S: I would LOVE for us to be able to have huge, extensive and in depth Stanley coverage every day of the week, but it's simply a question of resources!

I hope that people enjoy what we can provide...

Dan