Sportsman's Dinner
 

Gents (sorry ladies:))

The Directors of ASFC are in the process of organising a Sportsman's Dinner in the Buy the House Lounge (Sportsbar) on Friday 20th of February.

This is an open invite to all fans of the club, with a particular empahise on the exiles to join us on a evening of merriment. ( we were critised on the message board at the last dinner for not offering an open invite)

We have booked Martin Dobson ( ex Burnley, Everton & England) as the guest speaker and Mike Kelly (TV Comic) as the speakers, with a top class 4 course meal.

The idea of a Friday before on home game (v D&R) is that long distance supporters could do the dinner and the match in one weekend. Discounts for the dinner + basic hospitality for the match have been arranged.

The dinner is selling now at £30 per ticket.

PM me on here or leave your details as the FES and we'll be in touch:)

PS Can this be "stickied" for a while???:)

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nice one SR. Book me in I'll square up shortly. Anyone else? maybe an Accy Web table?

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Tut, tut SR - surely in this day & age it should be a Sportspersons's Dinner, most disappointed :)

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agree women are very sporting, they must be,they live with us.:D

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Count me in Rob... i'll be happy to join the accyweb table

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Dobbo is my favourite all time player and I was gutted when he was sold to pay for a stand :mad:

Wish I could afford to go but unfortunatley a £30 dinner while the rest of the household are on jam butties is a tad extravagant at this moment in time. :)

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Spud's coming as well Mark so that's 3 on the AW table!

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Make it 4 Rob.. I'm bringing a mate... i do have mates you know :D

Anymore for the ACCYWEB table ???

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I think I may be able to make it.

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bump,

should be a good do this one, let's all make an effort and prove to the club why us great unwashed should be invited more often!

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Lets try and get a full table from Accyweb... Should be a good night out

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Hup...

Come on guys lets slurp our soup and have a good night out.

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i'll definitely be licking my plate

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:D:D:D:D

Cant take you anyware Rob... :130:

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Come on guys .... anymore for a night out, can we fill an accyweb table. One of the cheif organisers of the dinner is "Southern Red" a director who come s on here and always trys to help whatever the problem, lets get behind Mark and his fellow directors and have a good night out in the process.

I am bringing a mate so thats 2 Macca is up for it as is Redash, Lancs Dave come mate its yer man Dobbo anymore please post so Mark can give you a call.

First pint is on me for anybody on the Accyweb table.... Kiwi John thats got you thinking !!!!

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I'd love to but finances are tighter than Eric's wallet at the moment. Even had to miss some of my own teams 'extra' games recently. Hopefully they will get him back in the future and I can discuss with Dobbo how he felt knowing I named my hamster after him all those years ago :)

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2nd on me ....

sounds like rounds again ....:rolleyes:

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Thanks for letting us know Dave, hope your well and keep the faith, your boys are doin well.

Anymore please post so we can count you in.

ON STANLEY ON

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I'll be there, but not on the AccyWeb table. I do have a reputation to uphold, after all. ;)

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TM's bringing his own table and sitting outside beause Eric won't let him in

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He won't let anybody in, it's postponed.

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Sorry folks, I should have posted this before, but been busy with the seats.:eek:

Due to the ongoing fixture congestion we have decided to move the dinner to the end ot the season.

New date to be announced soon!!:)

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you can keep my money SR and book me a ticket fer t'next one. Spud as well.

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Same for me SR - This will give me time to improve my table manners so i can impress Macca :D:D:D

See you at the Daggers game...

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The Sportsman's is cancelled at less than a week's notice and yet, with just over four days to go, the decision to cancel still hasn't been posted on the Fishy site. And that's despite having removed the link to this forum!

The club really are taking the "mushroom theory" of supporter treatment to new heights.

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Hope the new date won't clash with the presentation night?

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It would seem theres enough people bending over and taking it so as not to really matter.

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Thats a very good point accymad, the end of season presentation night is usually the last sat home game of the season:rolleyes:

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To stress the point the Sportsman's Dinner is being run by the Directors (not the full time staff at the FES) I have never requested that the dinner be advertised on the site. Two reason's; firstly it would need contact details and I don't want the clubstaff dealing with enquiries and secondly I don't really want my personnal contact details broadcasting on the internet. The PM system has worked fine for me.
If anything this "treatment" of supporters is down to ME alone. Now I really feel it's rather unfair to level that at me!!!:eek:

With regards to the presentation, I am lead to believe that it will take place on the 25th of April, after the last home game v Chesterfield. I plan for the dinner to be held after this date:)

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TM levels a complaint towards the clubs treatment of fans and your response is..its the directors of the club and not the club. I am obviously missing something here..

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In my mind I split the Club as the paid full time staff and those that are there every day (EW and 1 other)

The other directors are also unpaid, but only attend on home match days, therefore our direct input to ASFC is reduced. We have been asked by EW to run a minimum of two events per year, without involving the full time staff. Trust this makes sence??

The post was by Thin Monkey (who I don't know) not Tin Monkey who is a regular poster and top fella.

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yeagh thanks for the description.. i am aware who tin monkey is and how long he has been posting.. far better than you do thanks...

i already know who is organising the sportsmans dinner.. my point was how you are saying the club and the directors of the club are two different things.. i personally see them as the same

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That's good to hear SR - wouldn;t want it to clash with an event that us ladies are allowed to attend :rolleyes:

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At least there not asking you to make butties for it hehe :)

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Not yet anyways - maybe that's why it's been postponed, nobody's had time to ask about the sarnies :p

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Southernred draws a distinction between the (full time) Club and the unpaid / part-time Directors. It's a distinction I can accept because I have known most of the Directors for many years and appreciate the tireless work they have done to help get the Club were it is.

It is not a distinction which is so easily sold to those supporters who have been attracted to the club since promotions to the Conference and Football League. In any case the Club (i.e. the full-time employees) must have known that the sportsman's had been cancelled but no one took the trouble to post the info on the Fishy site. Leaving the announcement to be posted on an unofficial site which the Club has clearly disowned.

If the Club isn't going to bother posting announcements like that one, what exactly is the point of having the bloody thing in the first place?

I love Accrington Stanley and show that love by buying a season ticket, buying tickets for every raffle, attending every Sportsman's dinner, signing up to every rebranding of the weekly draw and maintaining a keen interest in all things Stanley. What do I get in return? I get a Gold Bond scheme sold to me on the basis that there will be Special Events and Prize Draws which never happen and a web site which seems to take a delight in not telling me things.

The love of a football club is like every other romance. It requires a bit of work from both parties and a bit of communication from both sides to keep it alive. It needs promises to be kept.

At the moment I just feel taken for granted.

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join the club............

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very good Kipax, it works on so many levels :)

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What happend to this? Did it happen or not? Maybe in these current times it might a good "Fund raiser" and a way to get people together :idunno: Thoughts anybody???? :):) Or maybe we have too many other pressing things on at the moment?? HMRC for one....

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No,

It hasn't occured, several sensible reasons, credit crunch, success of our friends up the road, seat project etc.

It could be set up very quickly, key issue would be the sale of 120+ tickets at £30 per head.

Would suit me to put in late October, on a Friday night when the team are away on the Saturday.

Maybe somerthing "the fighting fund" could also get involved in??

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definitely - first project?

we need somebody who is experienced in these things - can you think of anyone Mr T?

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I was thinking of the FF involvement/organisation thing, I think that one of the FF had the original idea :rolleyes:;):) We can wait until the 17th for the fixture's, then set the date....Will leave it in your capable hands..:)

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Think you missed a smiley off Macca... :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


:)

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I'll happily front it, all we need is ticket sales ( which for whatever reason I struggled to acheive) and "specialist" help from 3 people. These 3 are totally dedicated to the cause, I'm convinced there will be on issues.

Bums on seats are the only thing thats needed!!