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Old 16-02-2009, 23:49   #36
Thin Monkey
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Re: Sportsman's Dinner

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Originally Posted by southernred View Post
To stress the point the Sportsman's Dinner is being run by the Directors (not the full time staff at the FES) I have never requested that the dinner be advertised on the site. Two reason's; firstly it would need contact details and I don't want the clubstaff dealing with enquiries and secondly I don't really want my personnal contact details broadcasting on the internet. The PM system has worked fine for me.
If anything this "treatment" of supporters is down to ME alone. Now I really feel it's rather unfair to level that at me!
Southernred draws a distinction between the (full time) Club and the unpaid / part-time Directors. It's a distinction I can accept because I have known most of the Directors for many years and appreciate the tireless work they have done to help get the Club were it is.

It is not a distinction which is so easily sold to those supporters who have been attracted to the club since promotions to the Conference and Football League. In any case the Club (i.e. the full-time employees) must have known that the sportsman's had been cancelled but no one took the trouble to post the info on the Fishy site. Leaving the announcement to be posted on an unofficial site which the Club has clearly disowned.

If the Club isn't going to bother posting announcements like that one, what exactly is the point of having the bloody thing in the first place?

I love Accrington Stanley and show that love by buying a season ticket, buying tickets for every raffle, attending every Sportsman's dinner, signing up to every rebranding of the weekly draw and maintaining a keen interest in all things Stanley. What do I get in return? I get a Gold Bond scheme sold to me on the basis that there will be Special Events and Prize Draws which never happen and a web site which seems to take a delight in not telling me things.

The love of a football club is like every other romance. It requires a bit of work from both parties and a bit of communication from both sides to keep it alive. It needs promises to be kept.

At the moment I just feel taken for granted.
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