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Originally Posted by maccawozzagod
When you read back the newspaper cuttings and the various books written on the demise of 62 do you not feel the despair that was felt by all those who were present? does it not make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck when you see the picture of the crestfallen fan sat in the ruins of the main stand? does it not bring a lump to the throat when you see the tombstone of Accringtons coat of arms planted in the centre circle?
What about when you read reports of how the townfolk of Accrington had to be dragged kicking and screaming back to having a town team again? it took nearly 40 years of fans such as Jack Barratt and all who have followed him, having to bleed for the cause, for the right to say that Stanley are a force to be reckoned with. Remember the humble beginnings when The Crown was no more than a clay field with a wooden shed? Remember how we had to humble ourselves with the Milk advert in order to get cash to kick on?
Above all else remember the good times. Remember trying not to rush Grimmy, remember Paul Beck and his FA Cup heroics, remember the immense pride we felt when we thought that Aldershot and the Conference was as good as it gets, remembe rthe adrenaline when Elliot saved not one but two penalties to preserve the title triumph at Woking, remember how you felt as you walked up to Chesters ground for the first game back in the League and the Sky cameras were picking everyone out.
Remember that we have 23 days left to keep those memories alive.
Forget Khan, Whalley, O'Neil or any of the board members who may or may not have been able to do things different. The time will come when people have to answer their consciences. Now is all about the next three weeks and what we as fans can do to ensure this money is reached.
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I remember all of those things, even '62. The problem is not geeing up the supporters. I'm sure all of us will continue to support the fundraising drive in any way we can, regardless of our views on the club administration, because we desperately want to have a football league club to watch at the end of all this. I sometime still sit there in the pub watching the league tables come up on Sky Sports News every few minutes, simply exulting in the fact that Accrington Stanley, yes, ex-North West Counties League, butt-of-every-third-rate-comedians-joke Accrington Stanley are there in division two...and, yes, I know I'm a very sad man, but I'm sure all of us in our own way, love this feeling of being up there with the big boys, rubbing the likes of Crewe Alexandra's faces in it.
It's not the supporters that are the problem, it's keeping the fundraising going in the outside world, in Accrington and in the football world at large. People aren't stupid and they can see that the Stanley board have slammed the door on a man who had the funds and the will to solve the club's financial problems. The goodwill that abounded at the start of this whole saga is now starting to slip away, thanks to the antics of the board. And that's going to prove a real problem...
