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Barrow is already ruined, be honest would you really want Barrow to be the club that is taken over because I'd rather Stanley got the chance before one of our ex-rivals:cool:

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If Mr Whalley wishes to "sell out" my only wish, (I dare say like may likeminded fans of this club) then I hope it is to somebody who can continue the BRILLIANT work that he started,so long ago,when this club was in the Unibond 1st Division. We may have a few "issues" now but let's not forget....SIX years ago league football was an ambition. We've come a hell of a long way in a short time under the stewardship of Eric and Coley.

If Mr Whalley wishes to sell and (as I am sure) he has the best interests of this wonderfull club at heart, I am sure he would not sell out to an "enterprise" (if you could call it that) such as MFC.

We have a LOYAL fanbase who will continue to work together to push this club in the direction it has been heading. It's now a matter of putting bums on seats and feet on the terrace.

Whilst I'd agree that financial input (at this moment)will help the club maintain league football, let's address the problem in hand,i.e. the lack of numbers. E.W. and J.C. can only do so much.

To quote a title :"A.S.F.C.- the club that wouldn't die "or to pardon a phrase "The Long Road back"

Let's make sure the efforts of all the people who worked so hard to get this club back to league football aren't in vain.

And selling out to a consortium such as MFC would totally contravene and RUIN the efforts of all who have strived to put this great club back where it is now.

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Carpon is absolutely right. Whalley and Coleman have achieved a phenomenal amount on a shoe string. We as fans now have to do our bit in getting more people into the ground. Now that the Clayton End Roof is on we can make a great noise - it was fantastic against Grimsby with only 1300 in the ground. What we can't pretend is that the team are offering table topping premiership stuff. its just good honest, entertaining football.

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I make no excuses for this bit of tat. On Whalley On.

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Doug, I am astounded!

how can we tell you aint working at the moment?

I like it, forward it to Zero

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Absolutley brilliant Doug...............will even put a track together for you:D

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You will recognise it as a shameless rip off of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” (Julia Ward Howe 1819 – 1910) so please don’t credit me or Jonny Reb might take revenge. :rolleyes:

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So am I, and after this I'll be Dammed................:D On Stanley On

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i recognised it straight away mate, track progressing nicely, loads of drums, Brass etc!!!

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Nice one Doug :thumbsup: heres a little warning for all the Eric out crowd.

The Ballad of Leeds

O come ye good children, and gather 'round my feet
I'll tell ye the sordid tale of the football club named Leeds
A club so mighty they once stormed through the Cup Euro
Until the semi-finals, where Valencia laid them low

With mighty Mark Viduka, from auld Van Dieman's Land
And Kewell and Bowyer, Woodgate and Ferdinand
And pulling all the strings was the genius on the bench
Crafty Dave O'Leary, for whom winning was a cinch

Then the Dark Lord Ridsdale took a mortgage on the side
The bankers came a-callin', and Rio paid the price
Sold down the road to Manchester for 30 sterling mil
Like Judas sold our savior, 'fore they led him up the hill

O'Leary stood up and cried, "A pox upon yer head!"
So Ridsdale had him banished and put Terry in his stead
But 'twas far too late to keep them evil banker boys at bay
The till ran dry, the bill came due, and Ridsdale ran away

The boys in white went down, and went down once again
Now in the third division, they still pay for Ridsdale's sin
And no white knight has ridden in to save them from their fate
Just Black Ken Bates to suck them dry and revel in their hate

So listen well my little lads, my little lads in blue
And heed my words, me boys, heed my words so true
Beware of evil owners when they drive good men away
And leave your club with nothing but a banker's bill to pay

Remember my sad tale of the brave West Yorkshire sons
Who once plied their trade in Europe and now toil in League One<!-- sig -->

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This forum is getting too cultured. Let's bring it back to its usual level. Should Coley play McEvilly? What do we really think of the new roof? Holland's pies or Greenhalgh's? Let's have a vote!

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i think doug should sing it at the karaoke at the crown on friday:D:D:D:D:D

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been out of touch for a while and just caught tailend of this thread - thought I'd chime in to congratulate Carpon on expressing the sentiments of all true Stanley fans. It ain't possible to have success season after season - in the words of the tv ad "it don't work like that". Other clubs fans may have a muppet mentality of 'getting rid' the minute the sun stops shining - but we are Accrington Stanley - so Whalley and Coley forever !