Stanley Reserves Yes/No ?
 

As we dropped out of the reserve league last seaosn.. will we have a reserve team this season .. I know we have all the youth setup ect.. but whats the story re reserves ?

Re: Stanley Reserves Yes/No ?
 

According to last weeks Accy Observer our reserve team has been accepted into the Pontins League, playing against the likes of Burnley & Blackpool reserves.

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Didnt see that... gotta start reading it... thanks :) sounds good as well BTW .. hope they play some games when first team not playing..

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And Manchester City it said.

Also the reserves in the pontins league play half thier fixtures on a wednesday night 7pm ko, and half of them on a wednesday aft 2pm ko

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Sounds good. Should be able to get to a few of them then :)

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I have heard a rumour that Stanley Reserves may not be playing at FES and that they may be playing at Clitheroe. Some other teams reserves may be playing at FES. Only a rumour so don't quote me.

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That's nothing new though Jeff, Stanley's reserves haven't played regularly on our ground for a couple of seasons now which I think is a shame, especially when all & sundry seemed to play there last season and our reserves got kicked out of their league for not being able to fulfill their fixtures, the result I think of not having a fixed place to play their games

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Burnley reserves use FES though to avoid recking their pitch further so rent ours then seems daft we use clitheroe - very strange:confused:

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if we pay less for clitheroe pitch than burnley pay for ours then its very good business..

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Well yes not disputing that better to get a few extra quid to the club as long as the pitch dont get wrecked with extra usage:rolleyes:

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Its the same usage isnt it.. if we didnt let burnley use it and we used it then no money and same use... OR no one use it then whats the point of having it :)

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Too many games last season caused havoc with the quality of the pitch despite all the hard work of ant; but if we're making a wedge on the burnley games then we've got to keep that deal - especially now FCUoM won't be playing at the FES anymore.

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How many games did FCUM play there.. 2 or 3 at most... you can hardly say that was a big impact... There where lots of other games and not just advertised ones.. other clubs used the pitch during the day... A bit OTT to name just one club that used the ground twice isnt it.

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I thought it was necessary to mention them due to the vast amount of fans that went through the gates at those 2/3 games - probably more than paid to see burnley reserves for more games.

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Had those thousands been on the pitch I would have followed your point :) I think your talking money and mixing it with wear and tear of pitch...