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has anybody else seen the picture of the paul mullin sculpture at moorhead school?just shows the local community are warming to stanley and it will encourage even more youngsters to come to stanley. all positive you wouldnt have seen this happening about 3 years ago just shows interest in stanley is going forward.just need to sort the other thing out..

roll on next season:Banane35::Banane35::Banane35::Banane35::Ban ane35:

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i attend that skool i am entering my final year

the statue cost £2000 and took 250 hours by one person to make. they wanted to make it look more like paul mullin however lack of funds prevented this it is smart but lacks a plaque to tell people it is paul mullin.

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A great player, a great servant and a great role model need I say anymore?:D

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I refuse to be drawn into a debate re the academic ability of said school to teach spelling and punctuation...:D.. but I am curious as to who paid for the statue??

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Any chance of a photo or two.............

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I personally dislike it. It looks like one of those wobbly men they used to give out on the generation game. if that cost £2000, then I guess 2 grand doesnt buy what it used to. Like the sentiment though, Paul is a great role model for young sportsmen/women. It would cost a fortune, but a bronze statue which actually looks like Mullers would be a great addition to our ground. ;)

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...790/mullin.jpg

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No debate there Kiwi , but here is the link to the story you want .

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I like it.

If you want a statue, what you need to do is ask someone who manages arts based projects to look into finding some funding for you. Then you need to ask that self same person to manage the project and get one built for you. ;)

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For a life size human sculpture in bronze you're looking at between £35,000 and £40,000. Who's going to fund that? ;)

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so do you know anyone Gayle? :p


I'm with Alvin, I love the idea that its been done, but it looks nowt anybody let alone Mully (though it has no hair!) and I thought that statues were done to retired or dead players.

However, it is a great testament to the player and was apparently done to commemorate his record appearances. Well done Mully

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But would we want Paul Mullin or Johhny Coleman. ;)

We better start saving i want one of the whole confernce winning team :D

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Right, we'll follow Wembleys lead and charge £8 for a burger and £10 for a programme ;)

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You'd need an awful lot of bronze for a JC statue ;)

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wudnt this just turn in to another the roof is coming in febuary.

why not wait until we move to new stadium of course knowing stanley we will do a layer road.

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oops just realised they've got that special 'your can move up if you are moving stadium status' and are moving to a 10,000 seater in 2009

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Good idea. ;)

But I'm more surprised that nobody asked me how I knew the cost :D

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how do you know the cost :)

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I heard something today about a proposed statue of Les Dawson being commissioned for Lytham. It's to be done by the same sculptor who did the Stanley Matthews one at Preston and he said that was the cost. Dreary, but true. ;)

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I'm with Alvin on this, after reading the thread I got to the picture and after ****ing myself laughing for 5 minutes I composed myself to reply. Come on people it's rubbish.:eek:
Whoever decided to spend £2000 on that needs their head seeing to, this smacks of Gayles top of the coppice thingy.:)
I'm eating some chocolate fingers and I've decided to mould them into a figure that I'm going to call "A Stanley Ultra", can I have £2000 to allow me to fullfill a dream, no, thought not.:(

I'm reminded of an episode of "That's Life" from the 80's where a woman paid a lot of money to get her dead pet cat stuffed and mounted. I remember they showed a picture of a sweet looking cat alive then they showed it after some cowboy had worked on it. Like the Moorhead statue I remember howling with laughter because that was a joke too.:p

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Can you get a quote for an umbrella on legs statue, say about 150ft x 20ft. It can be called the Clayton End statue :D

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think you're being unfair there oh pussy one...:rolleyes: Some kid has thought about giving it a go, has got funding and and spent 250 hours putting it together...at least he didn't dedicate it to a rovers or burnley player...and why do people feel the need for it to look exactly like someone..it's a dedication to mullin's appearances and I for one admire the work that has gone into it!!

There said me bit now :)

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get to bed it's late.

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late??? nah still early for me :rolleyes:

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gone to bed now?

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At least it is clean & identifiable as a footballer, unlike the rusty bits of tin on the way up to Rovers Brockhole "academy", a misnomer of the word in most non rovers fans opinion! The club helped in the bid for Moorheads sports College status so a little payback is not too much to return the credit due & Mullers is the ideal local sportsman in recent times in the area to fit the bill, A tryer, true gent & the lad who put the ball in the back of the net to put us back where we belong-back in league football.

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no have you?? :D

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I'm with HR on this one. Although the actual statue may not be to everyone's taste, the kid who worked hard on it has shown excellent taste in dedicating it to a player who is a local lad and from the best team in Lancashire.

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I think that it is a wonderful piece of artistic licence , which , although not recognisable as any specific player , does seem to show the spirit and tenacity that Paul has brought to the team over the years .

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So the bottom line is it's ok to spend £2000 on a few twisted coat hangers because it's been done by a young local lad at Moorhead who named it after Mullers. It looks nothing like Mullin but I suppose to you arty farty types that doesn't matter, stop pretending that its art if Mullin hadn't been mentioned you wouldn't have given a toss.

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A local lad hasnt done this it is a commisioned piece and actualy Moorhead are going to erect a plaque when Paul comes up to offically unviel it. Stanley are also looking at looking at this artist for a piece of work at the FES. If you read the Observer.

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I also don't give a toss if you can't read a story and understand what it says .

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Ok then I don't get the Observer until tomorrow so who commissioned it?

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So where is the link O Mighty Clog?

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The Arts Council. comissioned it, represenitives from stanley helped create the wired statue.

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I do appologise . I think this is the one . Statue Immortalises Stanley Star (from Lancashire Telegraph)

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Like all modern art there will be people who like & people who don't but as it seems to have caused a stir then it is doing what it say's on the Tin (or whichever metal it is made from!) My personal view is it is iconic as is Paul Mullin.:)

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Now I have read the story I am now certain that it was a wasted £2000.

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And just to clear up one other thing that was said earlier in this thread. It wasn't commissioned by the Arts Council. They don't do that. Someone would have applied to the Arts Council for the funding and they would make a decision on whether to fund it or not. Obviously the decision was to fund it in which case it's supported by the Arts Council.

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I am not a lover of modern art, and though the statue doesn't look anything like Paul Mullin, I think I can appreciate what was trying to be done here.

I like it ! :D

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Moorhead got mega money for becoming a sports college bout £350,000.

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yea i should know i was involved with it. Stanle helped with the bid so it only seems fair that we return the favor if you look at it in that way

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Thanks for the link Cloggerman...the principle behind the statue is very good,however the physical item itself is not my cup of tea...

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I know I've said Liverpool fans aren't known for their knowledge of football, but I'm firmly in the Bagpuss school of thought regarding this heap of scrap metal.

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At last someone else who can see what a load of rubbish this is and surprise surprise it's a manc as well, I thank you.:)
Now can the people who have left me karma and PMs please speak up to show I'm not alone on this.

I will say it again if it hadn't mentioned Mullin you wouldn't have given a toss.:p

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Have kept quiet on this till a saw it a few times. Possibly it doesn't stand to close scrutiny, but what does?

Now, as I wander in, I give it a nod, quick as a flash the ball's killed and in the back of the net. :p

It's about imagination isn't it. I have friends who don't like cheese, but they don't go on about not liking cheese. Me I love cheese, £2k couldn't buy me enough cheese. ;)

When it comes to a school, it's about sparking kids (sorry, pupils) imagination, not every attempt will work, we won't get promotion every year.

Accrington Moorhead has worked hard to achieve Sports College status, it's second speciality is Arts, and it has forged close links with Stanley. So the Statue helps celebrate the link; Stanley will be using the latest facilities at Moorhead over the coming seasons.

Stanley and Moorhead are two success stories in Accrington, a couple of grand celebrating the fact, and linking the two is money well spent IMO.

'Course if you don't like cheese. :rolleyes: