[Doug]

Originally Posted by Stanleymad

Owww means i have to see it & be saddened again but if that what it takes wyn it seems no option but least buys a little time to seriously consider the consequences.....here come the tears as it chilled me when sent the scan copy curtesy of Gregor who sent it to me to be displayed at the exhibition, so some of you have seen it there or may of overlooked it, but here it is again...........with begging that history wont lend itself to repeat No football club - no players, no ground & no staff most of all no fans to support it other than in memory ..again.

One would hope that common sense will prevail and that the ghosts of 1962 will remain just that. Each of us has good cause to be worried, not because of what could happen; but by what is happening. The clubs response to this situation as been at best inept and was it not for true unsung heroes’ likes of Willie and the Ultras and Rob and the OSC and individual supporters of both Stanley and other local clubs little would have been achieve; from what I see and read all the club as managed is a little more than £14k for the Darlo game and even that wouldn’t have been possible without the sacrifice of the clubs employees.

The Club won’t die this time…I’m sure that Mr. Khan will do the honourable thing and give Mr. O’Neil a respectable way out. However; this action alone will change the face of Stanley forever, it will without doubt become a business and without any regard for love, affection or pride it will stand or fall by the size of the gates and the market place as all businesses do.

The greatest shame is that so much could have been, should have been and still can be achieved by taking sentiment out of the equation and marketing this club with a hard cold heart. Accrington and its people, its businesses and its council all have a role to play in the future of Accrington Stanley. The worst of it is, it is so bloody easy to do……….Basic Marketing. Cut the crap about nostalgia and stupid milk adverts….and market the connection between town and club, market what happened on that park on Friday Night both on the Pitch and in the stands.