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Another update at 11 o'clock - they have only 2 miles to go (apparently it's downhill :)) & Dave O'Neil has just joined them

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OOPS..............sorry!

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So what's he said about next week - is there any point in being in t'morra's cup draw ?

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Update to this:
Both are in a bad way and still haven't been claimed, the cat might not make it :mad:
1st thought on the dog was that it had been shot has it had a perfect circular deep wound to the front of its head and losing a lot of blood, as actually been run over and possibly dragged under the car and something hit it in the forehead.
How can anyone do this and drive on :confused: if you say you can then please let me know if I ever run over you, I'll do the same!
when I hear anything I will let you all know, sure Liz will too.
Liz - your a star, I know how upset you where, spoke to you a couple of times since, you did a great job - THANK YOU

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I just did whatever I thought anybody with any ounce of decency would do - and that would be take any injured animal for help. I still can't believe that someone would drive off and leave a pet lying for dead on the side of the road. And as for two injured animals that is just something totally unreal.

Real thanks goes to Jase and the kids for stopping and going through their phone book ringing everyone and anyone at stupid am to see who would answer their phone. Just glad I didn't have my phone on silent this morning, unlike Lucy!!!

Hope they are both going to be ok. Will let you know tomorrow xx

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Well for what you did I just hope 7 is one of your lucky numbers :D

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1256417483

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Job done Ken........:)

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thank you very much to everybody who joined in the 'fun'

it became more difficult than it needed to be due to the near monsoon conditions (well not quite but it was wet) and now my phone wont work. 67 people were on the walk which was very creditable given the conditions and how the SOS capaign has ended up.

Thanks to KSH for doing the sponsor forms
Thanks to Danny for doing the support car
Thanks to ASDA for supplying the water and bananas
Thanks to The Brown Cow for lunch and sambuca
Thanks to 2BR for offering a radio interview that i couldnt do as my phone drowned whilst on the moors
Thanks for nothing to the weather gods.

So chaps and chappessess lets have your money in please.

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You'll have mine before the end of the week Rob, most of mine are at work and I'm not back till Wed.

Well done everyone, good effort by all

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Gave you mine in the pub - was a fun walk.

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wheres yer proof :rolleyes:

cheers Sam, i meant to have a chat with you yesterday but my head was up me arse mostly.

Will try to catch up with you at the Ultras match if you're on

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Thanks, Macca, for pulling everything together so impressively - a memorable day out. Suffering today though with 2 black big toe nails and a bad back.:(

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you shouldn't have walked so fast!!!!

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I won't be able to collect my money until the week after next as the majority of my sponsors I work with and I'm off now for a week.

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is that for recovery time?

I can barely move at the moment. All eight little toes hurt, one kneecap, both shins and my back.

I wish i wasn't such a fat git!

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ive just aching legs

least you did it rob unlike a couple of younger lads who couldnt manage the last down hill leg!

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I was aching last night, but today I'm pretty much ok. I don't get to choose my holidays, I just have to take them when I'm told. Mind you, a week to recuperate won't go amiss lol

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No worries pal and no I didn't go to game to day - train for 11 a side team in uni on sundays so headed back this morning

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i still have the problem of beer water choccs and bananas and odd bits of clothing in the car :)

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Yeah we had that problem too from Owb Bets down into Norden, was raining that hard my can of lager kept getting a top up, was like gnats P when I got to the bottom of it :D

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i swear that em bottles of water are breeding in my car boot!!there seemd to be more each time i open the boot!

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Cat and Dog update:
The dog is doing well, it couldn't stand on Saturday but it is now and could well be transferred to the RSPCA at Altham some time today.
The cat is in a bad way, hasn't moved its legs since Saturday, they are going to do an X-ray today and see exactly what the damage is - doesn't look good though.
Neither have been claimed, I was up that way today asking round but no joy

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Well done everyone.... ken if you can stick my dosh in and I will give you it at next home match..


otherwise pm me and I will get money to you

As for cat and dog... sick!!! But the thought that went through my mind was that maybe someone threw them from a moving car in the early hours!!!

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No problem

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PM me your address and I'll come over and pick em up. Could do with your mobile again as well because my phone is still locked with water and I cant access any numbers. Same goes for anyone else who might be expecting a call from - PM me on here with your number again please

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I was trying to explain to Hannah that no matter how much I slurped outta the can it just wouldn't empty - but she was well past interested with the rain as it was!

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Superb effort by everybody !

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Bit harsh that Katei - everyone who did that walk in those atrocious conditions deserves praise, no matter how far they got, I'm sure no-one wanted to drop out before the end and anyone who had to had done their very best.

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it was tongue in cheek....................the group who was with us knows what i mean


as for hannah rob she was 2 busy having a sack race!!!

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and sledging!

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that girl is unbelievable!!!

put a very much needed smile back on our faces thought:)

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Glad 2 be on the walk,just wish i had some shower gell with me,lol.

Hope we find the scum that hurt the cat and dog.

Does anybody know how much we made from the walk.:)

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will take a while for it to be collected

we have £100 so far more to collected yet thou

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Some piccys :) SOS Walk to Rochdale

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It will probably take weeks to get an idea and will probably take even longer to actually get it all in, if Loweiys experience last time is anything to go by.

I would imagine that most initial money will be handed in next home game which would have given people a fortnight to make a start. Initial forecasts would be that around £100 is an average made, although some people have made much more than that which should bring the average up.

First target was to beat the £5k made last time and £10k was the hoped for sum. Around £200 in so far ...

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I don't begrudge my blackened toe nails, but having to refund money already donated is humiliating in the extreme.

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any monies raised could still come in!!! we'll need money to reform .

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If the unthinkable does happen tomorrow, could the monies that are collected be given to Coley instead of O'Neill? That way, we can at least get some of the funds to Coley, Jimmy and the players as a means of saying thank you for the memories. They will lose more than anyone if there is no club after tomorrow.

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Think along the same lines mate think we should give all the money to coley to be shared oiut between him JB and the players. If we do go we are losing out on alot, Symes turning into a good player for us, Bobby grant is really coming though as a good up and coming player can go onto higher level and will, Turner not had much chance this season but has performed ever game, the back for specialy edwards, they are all working together now, winnard and kempo, jimmy ryan quality player. JC AND JB as much passion for the club as the fans, work hard get the players in the right frame of mind specially in these 8 weeks to win games and play realy good football. What the players and the management must be thinking as they proberly know, sleepless nights just like the rest of us.

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Well I wont be collecting any more money until I can tell people what its being used for, they will have the choice then if they want to pay up or not, any thats already paid will be asked if they want it back if its not going to the original cause that they sponsored me for

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Cat and Dog update:
The cat didn't make it, had too many injuries and they had to put it to sleep.

The dog is still at the vets but will be going to the RSPCA tomorrow.
No-one has claimed either of them,
Wonder if Winstanley wants a mate :D

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Cheers Ken

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Whalley under 16"s team have asked me to pass on their grateful thanks to the OSC for the donation of bottled water for players use at games.

This was water what was left from the walk

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Rob, can you give me, or pm me, the Supporters Club bank account details so I can send over my sponsors money?

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PM sent

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Could you do the same for me too please Rob? I could then transfer the cash over and then it's done. I haven't collected it all yet, but I'm back in work tomorrow and I'll soon have it.

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PM sent

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Dog update:
I was passing the RSPCA today so I called in to see how the dog is doing.
They have named him Chance, he's doing really well, wound on his head as almost healed but he still has stitches in, his swollen eye has gone down but is still a little red and it irritates him a little, he has no other injuries.
He's very lively and friendly, all the staff up there love him.
Shame no-one has claimed him, they said it will be 28 days before the consider re-homing him, I'm not sure if that's 28 days from when they got him or from when he was taken to the vets.
I was going to take a photo of him but they wouldn't allow it.

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I think we should re-name him Winstanley and he should be our lucky mascot.

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Just a gentle reminder to get your sponsor money in to be in for a chance to win the signed shirt and signed photo
I spoke to Rob yesterday and he's going to give it until the end of the month, everyone's should be in by then.

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Last day today for a chance to win the shirt but I think we have the winner, better not say owt yet just in case someone beats it tonight!

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Any news on:-
1) How much money was raised
2) Where exactly has the money gone
3) Who won the shirt

I am a guest at my former employers Christmas do coming up and as I got well sponsored there I would like to be able to give them some info!

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Macca will post details this afternoon about the winner of the shirt and who wins the signed photo, all I'll say is the shirt won't be going to a Stanley fan :eek:

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Waddya mean? Someone who walked wasn't a Stanley fan?

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:d

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my mate Alistair did the walk and he aint a Stanley fan, he's a Rochdale fan

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;)

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hmmmm


i see we move in the same circles cocker, both me and him went to school with your cousin :D

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What the hell is going on - why the secrecy?

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sorry Redraine, no secrecy intended! I didn't have the exact figures to hand and hadn't spoken to the people concerned (and still haven't) so I didn't want to post up just yet.

But what the hey!

Prizes will be given for money handed in up to the end of November, so thank you very much to everyone who has done just so.

1st prize of a signed Stanley shirt does indeed go the Rochdale fan who walked with us. Alistair Dowber raised a fantastic amount of £353 towards saving the future of a rival club. FANtastic effort Alistair.

2nd prize is for a signed photograph of a player of Janice Guilfoyles choice. Janice raised £263 which was another FANtastic amount.

I'd also like to thank Bob Eddleston and Danica Ashton who both raised over £200. In fact Danica was only £8 short of 2nd prize, so unlucky there.

But the biggest thanks of all goes to everybody who raised an amount of money, big or small. Hopefully it can all go a long way and help to cement the future of Accrington Stanley.

so far we have raised £2620 pounds (less £295 for the coaches and £36 towards the water bottles) but only 19 people have so far handed their money in, so this figure will hopefully double at least.

Finally I'd like to say a big thanks to KSH. Ken raised around £600 on his own but was reluctant to accept a prize as he was the one who had organised the prizes!! (I know how you feel Ken!) so its only right that he at least gets some sort of thanks. Please send your Karma his way.

Once the money has all come in I will sit down with Dave O'Neil and work out some way of using the money. Dave is fine with this and understands the full reasoning why it didn't (or couldn't) go directly into the SOS fund.

There will also be the wristbnand money to add to this amount. That currently stands at about £1400.

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Cheers for the update Macca and a big well done to you Ken :)

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Cheers, Macca, and well done everyone!

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:eek:

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Karma to all who were involved in any way. Organisers, walkers, back ups and sponsors. You all did a great job and produced a magnificent result! :mosher: