Accrington Stanley Football Club ( Tuesday 16th Jun 2009 )
Change at the top
Accrington Stanley chairman Eric Whalley has today stepped down from his position, passing on the reigns to David O'Neill.
David first got involved with the club through his video production company, producing the match day footage from our games in the Nationwide Conference. He joined the club full time eighteen months ago, initially as commercial manager, before taking on the role of general manager last summer, all of which have been unpaid positions. The 52 year old businessman has put £150,000 into the club in the last twelve months and will now take control of the day to day running of the club with immediate effect.
Eric has been at the helm of the club since 1995, also in an unpaid role, leading the club through three promotions and back into the Football League in 2005 where we have competed for the last three seasons. Throughout his life, the 68 year old local businessman has never been far from Stanley, playing in the old reserves before going on to manage the reformed side in non-league football and then eventually buying the controlling share from his predecessor John Alty.
A deal that will see David O'Neill take the majority of the previous chairman's shareholding will be completed this week.
Pic: Outgoing chairman Eric Whalley (left) with the club's management duo John Coleman and Jimmy Bell, and new chairman David O'Neill (right), taken last month. 
But as we all no its still on going.....