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JEFF · 02-10-2009, 10:12

With all this slagging off of DON, ASSF, Ilyas Khan, etc. everybody seems to have forgotton the person who got us into this mess originally ERIC WHALLEY. As I see it this debt to the taxman hasn't "built up" over the years, it has come about because the wage records were not kept correctly and payments to players were not recorded properly. The Revenue inspected the books and because there were no books to inspect properly the Revenue assessed what Stanley owed them and came up with a figure of £350,000. This was a debt that hadn't been budgeted for so Stanley found themselves into a deep hole with this debt to pay. DON "gave" EW £100,000 to pay off some of the debt which kept the taxman away from the door for a while, EW then didn't bother to pay any of the rest which resulted in this winding up order. EW then did a runner taking more money from DON in his back pocket for his shares and then deserted a sinking ship. DON is trying to stabalise this sinking ship the best he can and ASSF is a last option for him if he fails. We as fans are trying our best to help him and whilst some people may not trust him we have to back him for the moment. I am sure that if there is a shortfall in the money owed and there is a danger of the Club closing DON will go to ASSF with the necessary package to save the Club. It seems as if we are all bitching again and not concentrating on the important thing of saving the Club. All this bitching does is endanger the fund raising so let's concentrate on the positives. We have raised a lot of money for Stanley one way or another and when we get out of this mess if the fund raising continues a lot of money could be raised for future investments. The team are performing well and getting some good results, the fans and Ultras at home and away are terrific in their support, so let's take a leaf out of their book and support and get behind everybody at Stanley who, I am sure, are all doing their best. Finally remember who got us into this mess, it wasn't DON, it wasn't ASSF and it wasn't the supporters.

02-10-2009, 10:12	#27
JEFF Resting In Peace Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,084 Liked: 1 times Rep Power: 2025	Re: Members ASSF Ltd With all this slagging off of DON, ASSF, Ilyas Khan, etc. everybody seems to have forgotton the person who got us into this mess originally ERIC WHALLEY. As I see it this debt to the taxman hasn't "built up" over the years, it has come about because the wage records were not kept correctly and payments to players were not recorded properly. The Revenue inspected the books and because there were no books to inspect properly the Revenue assessed what Stanley owed them and came up with a figure of £350,000. This was a debt that hadn't been budgeted for so Stanley found themselves into a deep hole with this debt to pay. DON "gave" EW £100,000 to pay off some of the debt which kept the taxman away from the door for a while, EW then didn't bother to pay any of the rest which resulted in this winding up order. EW then did a runner taking more money from DON in his back pocket for his shares and then deserted a sinking ship. DON is trying to stabalise this sinking ship the best he can and ASSF is a last option for him if he fails. We as fans are trying our best to help him and whilst some people may not trust him we have to back him for the moment. I am sure that if there is a shortfall in the money owed and there is a danger of the Club closing DON will go to ASSF with the necessary package to save the Club. It seems as if we are all bitching again and not concentrating on the important thing of saving the Club. All this bitching does is endanger the fund raising so let's concentrate on the positives. We have raised a lot of money for Stanley one way or another and when we get out of this mess if the fund raising continues a lot of money could be raised for future investments. The team are performing well and getting some good results, the fans and Ultras at home and away are terrific in their support, so let's take a leaf out of their book and support and get behind everybody at Stanley who, I am sure, are all doing their best. Finally remember who got us into this mess, it wasn't DON, it wasn't ASSF and it wasn't the supporters.