The 50th anniversary has been mentioned a lot recently simply because IT IS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY Malcolm! The club aren't stuck or living in the past it's just that Stanley's resignation from the league is an important, if not the most important, part of the History of Accrington Stanley FC!
The club have tried offering cheap football to the people of Accrington and surrounding towns but they didn't respond, so the ones who do turn up have unfortunately got to make up the shortfall in money going into the club via the turnstiles and season ticket sales. The only time i can remember the public turning out in great numbers to support Stanley, when a cheap offer was on was when IT WAS FREE!!, against Torquay a few years ago. Stanley cannot compete with Blackburn, and Blackburn know this but it wont stop Blackburn Rovers from trying to poach our fans. If they had the chance they'd close us down tomorrow if they could nick our fans, because that's how ruthless football has become.
The drum stays where it belongs..in the Clayton End, and i must say i miss that snare drum that accompanied the bass drum. Not being sarcastic here, but they truelly complimented each other, they are/were both played very well and i've even seen a club fetch a trombone to the Crown(can't remember but it might have been Aldershot in the Conference days)and it was superbly played, and it definately added to the atmosphere inside the ground. Premiership clubs don't have or need drums to drum up support, 35,000 people would drown out the drums noise, but clubs like Stanley need to create as much of an atmosphere as possible to make up for the lack in numbers inside the ground so BOOM BOOM!! is better than polite applause in my book! I won't go overboard about the residents who moan about our drum, because some might post on here, or read this page,but they seem to enjoy a good moan about something that only happens once a fortnight and the odd Tuesday night!
