Originally Posted by mab (Post 673442)

:)Found this while i was surfing the net though it right to share it:) A few years after Stanley's resignation, Alan Benson, then the Mayor of Accrington, was interviewed in the Football League Review, and his comments are tinged with a bitter regret: "People do not realise just how important a League club is to a town's status and prestige until it is too late. Accrington was known nationally by reason of its soccer team. When you travelled to another part of the country and mentioned where you were from, people immediately linked Accrington to its football club. Now they say, 'Ah, the town which couldn't keep its football team'. Accrington Stanley could have survived with the proper backing."
Forty years down the line, the matter is irrelevant. But you can learn from mistakes. Today, another Accrington Stanley carries the town's standard in the football world. It isn't the same team that competed in the Football League, but that shouldn't matter. It is still our town's team. Forty years after Accrington lost her Football League status, I can't think of a better commemoration than for all of us - the town together - to make our way to the Crown Ground and take responsibility for the Accrington Stanley we are fortunate to have today.

Originally Posted by John_Timmins (Post 673262)

sorry but we prefer to chat about it in the pub than sat at the pc :)

fingers get tired ;)


just stick it back in please lee
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it will end all the problems...honest :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris (Post 673494)

Not 100% sure without looking, but I'm pretty sure that's from Phil Whalley's book. The problem is that the people of Accrington AREN'T making their way to the Crown Ground/FES.

Originally Posted by mab (Post 673664)

:)Just for you Wynonie:) Club hurtles to disaster – Cash-strapped Stanley forced to sell top players - News - Accrington Observer

Originally Posted by Redash (Post 673692)

Reading that article, it's just as relevant today as it was in the late fifties/early sixties. The Parallels are uncanny.

Originally Posted by maccawozzagod (Post 674334)

what 'event'?

Originally Posted by maccawozzagod (Post 674357)

get signed up Valairian!

Originally Posted by maccawozzagod (Post 674357)

get signed up Valairian!

Originally Posted by maccawozzagod (Post 672759)

One really worrying thing that has crossed mty mind this week is the FES name. From what I can remember of the limited published details it was a three year deal to name the ground and was for a substantial sum rumoured to be approx £1/4m per year (somebody might find a link to the Telegraph or Observer of the time). This season would be the last of those three years, are they going to renew? Bearing in mind that they pulled out of the shirt sponsorship earlier than we thought they would then I would be inclined to think so.