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carpon · 31-03-2011, 23:48

Whalley promised the football league....of which he delivered under the stewardship of a very, very talented manager and his assistant. Despite all the turmoil and adversity, tight budgets, losing quality players and having to work damned hard on a shoestring to replace them...Coley and Bell are still surpassing expectations and spurring a good set of players onwards and upwards and still producing the goods / results. More of the same over the next month or so and we could find ourselves in league 1.

If Alan Knill and his backroom staff at Bury have cost Scunthorpe the reported £175k in compensation, then what price would we put on Coley & Bell??? Thank God somebody had the wisdom to tie these two down on the long term contracts they've so richly deserved. Time now to tie some of our quality players down on similiarly lengthy contracts.

Whalley didn't do himself many favours by his actions / inactions when the financial brown stuff hit the fan. At last the whole sorry episode now has some closure and hopefully, with Illyas' hard work and backing we can move on to the next level. As he (Illyas) has said, there is still hard work to be done, but with him at the helm, hopefully the bridges that were burned in those dark days can finally start to be rebuilt.

Thanks for all you did in the good times you enjoyed Eric.....you've helped deliver a club back from non-league obscurity to the promised land of the Football League.As others have said, without Whalley's efforts and intervention, this debate wouldn't be happening.

Now perhaps with this ownership debacle being sorted, this progress will pour fuel on the fire that currently burns in the form of a damn good football side looking a good bet for the play-offs, or dare we wish for better ???? After all we're only six off the automatics with a game in hand

High time for the public of Accrington to get to the Crown to support it's flagship. With a captain at the helm it can trust in Mr. Khan. Two prized assets in Coley & Bell, who have steered the good ship Stanley through the troubled waters back to the Football League and continue to steer the club towards more glory and hopefully a fourth promotion.

I most certainly believe we as a club are on the verge of another historic chapter of glory!!!

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carpon Full Member+ Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The land of REALISM !! Posts: 814 Liked: 253 times Rep Power: 2120	Re: Thank you eric whalley Whalley promised the football league....of which he delivered under the stewardship of a very, very talented manager and his assistant. Despite all the turmoil and adversity, tight budgets, losing quality players and having to work damned hard on a shoestring to replace them...Coley and Bell are still surpassing expectations and spurring a good set of players onwards and upwards and still producing the goods / results. More of the same over the next month or so and we could find ourselves in league 1. If Alan Knill and his backroom staff at Bury have cost Scunthorpe the reported £175k in compensation, then what price would we put on Coley & Bell??? Thank God somebody had the wisdom to tie these two down on the long term contracts they've so richly deserved. Time now to tie some of our quality players down on similiarly lengthy contracts. Whalley didn't do himself many favours by his actions / inactions when the financial brown stuff hit the fan. At last the whole sorry episode now has some closure and hopefully, with Illyas' hard work and backing we can move on to the next level. As he (Illyas) has said, there is still hard work to be done, but with him at the helm, hopefully the bridges that were burned in those dark days can finally start to be rebuilt. Thanks for all you did in the good times you enjoyed Eric.....you've helped deliver a club back from non-league obscurity to the promised land of the Football League.As others have said, without Whalley's efforts and intervention, this debate wouldn't be happening. Now perhaps with this ownership debacle being sorted, this progress will pour fuel on the fire that currently burns in the form of a damn good football side looking a good bet for the play-offs, or dare we wish for better ???? After all we're only six off the automatics with a game in hand High time for the public of Accrington to get to the Crown to support it's flagship. With a captain at the helm it can trust in Mr. Khan. Two prized assets in Coley & Bell, who have steered the good ship Stanley through the troubled waters back to the Football League and continue to steer the club towards more glory and hopefully a fourth promotion. I most certainly believe we as a club are on the verge of another historic chapter of glory!!! __________________ "Once in a while you will stumble upon the truth, but most of us manage to pick ourselves up and hurry along as if nothing happened" - Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill.