Originally Posted by maccawozzagod (Post 364588)

As a Stanley lifer I have seen us at the absolute arse end of football. I currently watch Stanley play in lovely grounds with nice seats and big impressive floodlights and crowds of 6/7000. I personally do not care per se if we end up having to play in the lower leagues again because I have watched the dream unfold before my eyes over the last 10 years.

When Eric Whalley took over we were £75000 in debt, playing in front of 250 people with a ground capacity of 2600. We were signing players from Whinney Hill and Altham for Gawds sake. Now we are free of debt, with considerable assets and a million pound turnover, playing in front of 2500/3000 people regularly and the ground, although lacking in comforts, holds over 5000. And we have witnessed one of the greatest sporting comebacks ever. For a tiny club like Stanley to come through the pyramid, in spite of the bigger clubs at the end of the street, in spite of poor crowds, in spite of poor facilities, in spite of local public apathy, is nothing short of a miracle. This has been made possible by shrewd helmanship by the Chairman and by the galvanising man management of the manager. Eric Whalleys' contribution to the footballing folk of Accrington must never be forgotten. John Coleman must be allowed to make mistakes as he has taken us further than one could ever imagine and has earned the right to get it wrong.

Things may not be rosy in the Fraser Eagle garden at the moment but we have plenty of time to get it right. McGivern getting injured was an absolute gutwrench as he looked like the foil for Mully we have lacked since Lutel ran his course. Roberts and Craney going was an inevitable nightmare that rocked the club, Boco doing his back whilst on International duty (when did Stanleyites ever envisage that problem?) was harsh, an almost entire team on the treatment table was the straw that broke the camels back. If we stay up we know that we have been able to compete in plenty of games this season and assuming that we dont have equally bad luck next season we will be entirely better equipped to have a tilt at something meaningful. We will also have a second successive year of 'big league' money via television money that will start to make a difference to the aesthetics of the ground, we will also have hopefully learned the commercial lessons of this season and be better able to exploit the cash cow.

If we do go down, it wont be the end of the world, it will be no more than another chapter in the romantic fairytale that is Accrington Stanley

Originally Posted by maccawozzagod (Post 364588)

John Coleman must be allowed to make mistakes as he has taken us further than one could ever imagine and has earned the right to get it wrong.

If we do go down, it wont be the end of the world, it will be no more than another chapter in the romantic fairytale that is Accrington Stanley

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 364602)

Some good results for you tonight. Barnets progress in the cup will hopefully distract them from the league and Grimsby got beat. Looking at thier goal difference they must be more favourite than anyone else to go down.

Originally Posted by Oggy (Post 364604)

Bloody hell, someone looking over the parapet, thanks.

Originally Posted by Doug (Post 364609)

He’s a closet Stanley Fan with a flirtation for a bit of rough, he’ll come out sooner or later and all power to him……On Stanley On

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 364610)

Am I allowed to say Bollox or will it be starred out :D

Originally Posted by Zero (Post 364634)

We`re Staying UP !

Originally Posted by jiffy bag (Post 364728)

KEEP FAITH MY FRIENDS!!
tRUST ME THERE WILL BE NEWS IN HE NEXT FEW DAYS TO SHOW STANLEY AND JOHN COLEMAN ARE AS AMBITIOUS AND SERIOUS AS ANYONE IN LEAGUE TWO!!
WAIT, SEE AND AGREE!!

Originally Posted by Redraine (Post 364767)

That's one hell of a build up - you had better not be teasing!

Originally Posted by KIPAX (Post 364770)

Check he didn't have his fingers crossed :)