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Originally Posted by Revived Red
One is Ilyas Khan and ASSF, and the other is a major sponsor.
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I don't understand why the two can't be merged. I know it's a separate issue but the club needs major sponsorship; it's clear that potential business affiliates are distancing themselves further and further from the club at the moment. It's just my opinion but sponsorship of the ground seems the fairest way of handing over a large sum to the club. I don't understand why there's this fear of donating money to the club without a substantial amount of shares given to the company in return; I'm pretty sure that Mr O'Neill wouldn't rush out and spend the money on sweets. Surely the ASSF realise that a fresh share issue is completely unfair on the club's new chairman and it was only a realistic prospect while Eric Whalley was still the one at the helm (of course the personal agendas of a few so-and-so's were included in the idea of a fresh share issue at that time). There's a quarter of a million pounds that we know about sitting there ready to be pumped into the club by people with brilliant intentions at heart. As has been mentioned earlier in this thread (think it was Doug) compromise must be exercised but it is imperative that it happens quickly. A controlling stake won't be handed over; if that means that less money is pumped in then so be it but please can those involved with the ASSF push for some way of getting a sizeable chunk of the money donated to the company into Accrington Stanley Football Club - as soon as possible.