"Save Our Stanley"
 

From Official Stanley Site.


Club statement
Friday 4th Sep 2009
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Save our Stanley
http://www.accringtonstanley.co.uk/g...ey%20crest.jpgAccrington Stanley has today launched Save our Stanley, the official campaign to raise money to satisfy HM Revenue and Customs demand for £308,000 in just under eight weeks.

Already much has been said about the problems that the club is facing, and while we are happy to continue to answer any questions about this, today is about outlining our plans for the coming weeks and ensuring that the future of the football club is secure.

The club will be seeking to tap into the goodwill of all who support Accrington Stanley, whether they be supporters who regularly come to our home games, people who live in and around the town and want to see their local club survive, or people from further afield who have an affection for our famous club and perhaps follow other sides but see us as their second team.

We have been heartened by the messages of support, literally from around the globe, reaffirming our belief that there is a strong affinity for our club that goes well beyond the game of football. Fans of other clubs are already making plans to help, perhaps most notably our friends at Bury who are supporting a bucket collection at the weekend and planning to come to our home game against Darlington next Friday, and indeed our own supporters have already started to put plans into action to assist the cause.

Website and telephone and text fundraising services

Today we launch www.saveourstanley.co.uk, a website that will be used to keep supporters updated with regards to activities that will be taking place and totals raised from various events. On it are details of how people can help the club, with the ability to make a donation by post, telephone, text or online.

We have set up a dedicated telephone service that will collect a one off donation of £1.50 from the caller. The number is 0907 706 4648, and we would specifically hope to appeal to the large number of people that we know that around the country that have an affection for the club. Also supporters can make a one off donation of £5 by texting ACCRINGTON to 80777 or £10 by texting STANLEY to 79988.

Activities

Fundraising activities officially start on Saturday afternoon with a bucket collection at our match at Bury that will be coordinated by the Stanley Ultras. The club will be working closely with the Ultras in organising a series of bucket collections over the next few weeks.

A calendar of events will soon be posted and maintained on the Save our Stanley website, with details of activities being run by both the club and by supporters. Plans are now underway for a high profile football match to be played in the next few weeks, details to be announced shortly, together with news of a number of other events such as dinners and sponsored activities that will bring in significant sums to our cause.

The next few weeks

There is a lot of work to be done over the next few weeks, and never has the phrase many hands make light work been more prevalent. The club welcomes and indeed needs the support of all who hold our club dear, and we are confident that together we can raise the money required, get the club back on a secure financial footing and continue to progress in the Football League.


Great site been on already and is very professional :) Well done to whoever. :) :)

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Just had a small mention on S.S.NEWS via the news captions across the bottom. :)

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Nice to see a link on AW's home page, well done Roy

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i'll second that well done ROY.:)

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:) Said of radio lancs that a friendley would take place on Tuesday night against BURNLEY at Turf moor , But nothing on fishy or burnley web sites:confused:

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the thermometers started moving a little, fingers crossed it goes the distance.;)

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Well Done Julie & Tony.................. Lets get into action peeps

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i am willing to put a fiver in,,,,but where would i send it...?

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www.saveourstanley.co.uk - ive donated on there

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cheers emzy..sending a cheque to


Payable to 'Accrington Stanley Football Club'
Accrington Stanley Football Club
Livingstone Road
Accrington
BB5 5BX

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good positive report on BBC north west about stanley, Hope the DONs forecast is correct, now gettin off me ass n going to the crown.

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Great work by Julie and Tony Greenwood, a massive effort in very short time. :)

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cant wait for burnley :D next tuesday

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Good onya ULTRAS... you rule.

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cheques in the post,,my son has sent a fiver also...hope they get the cash needed...its a fine club

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I have just put my cheque in the post, my pledge I made on here a few weeks ago

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Hi,
I have written to Spirit of Shankly, bluekipper, toffeeweb & red and white kop groups/websites to gain support/publicity for the campaign.
I will post any responses on here.

For those who are not aware, these are large Everton/Liverpool fans groups.

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Found this on Football Blog

"Reply 7. Snarklife Wrote: | 21.57BST | Sep 5, 2009
Off topic, but there was a really touching call just now on 606 from a top nob at Accrington Stanley - who desperately need to feed the taxman 308,000 pound coins before Saturday 24th October 2009 or they'll be consigned to the dustbin of footballing history.

I grew up with *that* milk ad and was really pleased when AS gained promotion to the 'big leagues' a few years back. I know it's an obvious observation, but £308,000 is probably what Man City pay their benchwarmers every week - it's literally nothing when you think about Premiership cashflow.

So I've just donated a tenner and I really hope everyone who visits this great blog will do too (Harry, you seem like the kind of chap who'd be behind this campaign, so hope you don't mind this post). And, when I sit in the West Stand Upper for the Man U game (borrowed ticket), I'll try and get the chap next to me to donate his Rolex.

Us yids understand the real value of football, don't we? And I think we can relate to some of the crushing emotions AS fans must be going through right now. So visit the link below and make a donation now. They accept payments by post, phone, SMS, Paypal and direct bank transfer - so it's dead easy to do.

Cheers and BIOYC!

LINK

Robin in Oxford

Reply 8. onedavemackay Wrote: | 23.44BST | Sep 5, 2009
Reply to Snarklife:

Off topic, but there was a really touching call just now on 606 from a top nob at Accrington Stanley - who desperately need to feed the taxman 308,000 pound coins before Saturday 24th October 2009 or they'll be consigned to the dustbin of footballing history.

I grew up with *that* milk...

Good shout


I've donated a tenner from Lady onedave's paypal"

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FANtastic find Haggis, that is the kind of thing that will (I hope) carry us through the 308 barrier.

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It was on the Spurs unofficial fans blog.

I have publicised the club's plight on the Sheffield Wednesday blog I am member of and the link to SOS.

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Top man Haggis, spread the news :D

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Might not be a bad idea for people to publicise our plight on the official and unofficial blogs of teams we have had gallant losses against in recent years notably QPR, Wolves, Watford and Leicester City. Leicester are also interested in us because of Billy Kee.

If Kenny had still been here Partick fans might have been added to the list.

Might also find that our recent Conference compatriots Dagenham, Aldershot, and Exeter are sympathetic.

Not too sure my efforts with Sheffield Wednesday fans are getting the message across, Read this from a guy who is a moderator:confused::confused::

"by P.C Guru on Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:46 am

This is what happens when clubs make a profit and then spend it all on player recruitment. They should budget properly. Profit=Tax. Unless you have tax losses you can use."

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Just an idea . The slips we was giving out yesterday with the numbers to ring and text to donate money . How about putting the slips in the observer?

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As long as the Observer print the details in the paper, we wouldn't have to put the slips inside.

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Not much money to give here:(:( but my paypal account had a full £63.00 in it that I was saving for a rainy day, its been raining today so its all gone the the SOS fund. :eek:

Its only money I suppose, are there gonna be buckets at Turf Moor on Tuesday night I have a jar full of pennys that can go in aswell


:D

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Can you find a bigger signature Gaz? That one only fills half a page!!

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Is that better Sir TM?????:confused:

:DYou better watch it of i'll get my mate Grimps on ya:p:p:p

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I bet Proccy misses that penalty too ;)

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Wrexham fans debate collecting for Stanley

Collection at Oxford game? - RedPassion.co.uk - Wrexham

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:) i've joined one of the meany QPR message boards getting some intrest also put SOS link on we'l just have to wait and see also on Stokes port vale and m/field forums all have the link:)

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As I cant get involved in any fundraising, I've just made my first donation via paypal - 2nd one will come when I get paid again at the end of this month for the same amount - I am very moved to hear all these stories about fans that are not Stanley that are willing to make a donation

Jimbo T :horn8:blower

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yer not on yer own jimbo, even n ignorant sarcastic get like me is moved.;)

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I'm going around asking for sponsors for the sponsored walk to Rochdale, and begging wherever possible for donations to the fund.
One question I'm being continually asked is "If I make a donation or sponsor you, and you don't make the £308,000 needed, what happens to the money?"
Does anybody know? I know it sounds very negative, but it's a question I feel needs answering.

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It will already have gone to pay towards reducing the debt

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Or used for the day to day running of the club

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It's going in daves back pocket when he then accepts the ASSF money and clears off. :eek: :D

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It's in a separate bank account for payment to revenue & customs, so he can't put it in his back pocket:rolleyes:

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The DON answered this question on Friday night (I think it was in the forum, but it may have been a personal question afterwards!) If the S.O.S. was to raise £200K then the tax bill is reduced to £108K. The hope is that that would appease the H.M.R.C. And buy more time! If not then it's down to The DON to deceide which offer to accept, in his words "The best deal for the club"

I would like to look at it another way, what will the club do with the money OVER £308K that is raised?? The DON said it would go to a charity, just not sure which.... :) :) :)

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as it equates approx 38.5K a week fer 8 weeks, i think theres more chance of the pope turning moslem than getting oer that valairian,;)

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That's good to know :rolleyes: is that the same account the 2 other deposits went in the pay the taxman :eek::eek:

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Janice at work has organised a whip round for Friday and I've told everyone to bring plenty of money :D. Janice is doing the walk to Rochdale as well so we'll be sponsoring her.;)

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Does anyone know if SOS is a registered charity so that the funds raised avoid being taxed?

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:) :) :)

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a Darlington sell out would be worth around an extra £35k, the Burnley game should be good for £50k so that puts us around a third of the way with six and a bit weeks to go.

There is a worry that once the initial surge of interest has subsided that the donations will slow down but that is why the club haven't released details of everything they intend to do yet.

No doubt a really succesful Sportsman could raise upwards of £25k depending where they hold it.

The sponsored walk needs to be aiming for 100 people and £10k minimum.

Its gonna be slow going watching that thermometer go up but it will. I'm well confident of it hitting 200k and that would hopefully show the taxman that we are good for it.

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Out of curiosity are all the proceeds of that going to the SOS fund or are they going to take out the average gate and put the rest in ? After all every league match will have an income which has been budgeted for day to day running.

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All depends which way you look at it Rob, I think theres a lot of people holding back to see how it goes, I think (or is it hope) that if we get to 200k in 6 week, the other 108K will happen very quickly with some big hits

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Thats my main worry Rob, having first hand experiance of the I.R.S. there is no sentiment in em. we NEED the " Full Monty" IMHO.

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well I would like to think that at the moment ANY income over and above the norm will be diverted. We know that the Darlo fixture would only be worth around 1700 fans usually (at the most) so anything over that amount should be considered donations. I really do hope beyond hope that we make sufficient allowance for the extras with regards to programme sales and particularly alcohol for the bars (sale or return and stack the buggers high)

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yeah we do need the full monty Cashy, BUT there is precedent that provided we make a substantial payment (and probably 3/4 of it) then they wouldn't continue proceedings when they can see that by doing that they would get nowt. Dangerous game if that is what we end up relying on, and I really hope that we don't try to pull the wool over their eyes for a few grand in the hope that they will allow the last portion to be installments. For now though we concentrate on the full amount and then start panicking a bit later on.

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The thing that'll be central to making the total will be the consistent application of fresh ideas over the next 7 weeks. While the bucket collection by the Ultras made a brilliant, unprecedented amount of money; most people will only put money in a bucket on one occasion. The club needs to get better organised and more involved with what groups are doing, they have the man power in the fans whenever necessary. As has been said elsewhere HMRC won't benefit from closing us down, especially over an excess amount that is not met by the fundraising.

It would be handy to know if anyone has the answer to this SoS charity question, though!

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the club should be coming wi that answer pronto shaker.:eek:

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Don't forget season ticket holders who are paying on the gate.

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that does need clarifying- pointless me paying on gate if it don't go to the SOS fund:confused: MRT or someone where are ya.? my suggestion would be n undertaking that anything above the "average" Gate, progs etc be donated to the SOS Fund.

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cashman why not get a bucket and ill stand outside the ground and collect the money hat you would pay and ill give it to someone high up somehow

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Posted via Mobile Device Think if sensible they will put the extra to one side till rough idea on what is short on the fund at taxman's final whistle but if not needed then should be put into a contingency fund should we have a poor week or putting it into regeneration of club stock in time for xmas or improvements

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what will the club do with the money OVER £308K that is raised?? THATS A GOOD QUESTION,I would like to think that any money left over could be put in to a central fund that would benefit any other league club that needs a cash injection,just a thought:) on another note we now have links to SOS on Brighton's forum,and Shrewsbury towns forum :)

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The official answer is on its way ;) :)

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I've posted information about our plight and a link to the donation site on a couple of national forums I use regularly. I don't know if anyone is contributing, but a couple who said they wouldn't donate did say they were ordering shirts instead.

Every little counts ;)

How do u know an answer is forth coming psychic lol

Posted via Mobile Device

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I would just say Local Red, check out the Official Accrington Stanley Website over the next couple of days ;) :)

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i reckon if this "Mountain" can be climbed, given the good likelyhood of this "Grant" on the horizon, this will be the "Best" oppertunity Stanley have had to get on a good solid footing, since the "Re-birth" in 68, so stay positive n focused.:)

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SU Buckets roll on to Anfield, Maine Rd & Ewood this Sat.......

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Good to see the Lancashire Telegraph backing the campaign!

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I thought it was on it's way ? When will it be today or Wednesday ?

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Do you need permission from Liverpool, Man City and Blackburn to have a bucket collection outside their grounds ?

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This is the analysis of the total raised copied from SOS website

Paypal Total 1,463.57
SMS and Phoneline Total £300.00
Private Donations £5,000.00
Bucket Collection (Accrington) £1,400.00
Bury v Accy Bucket collection £2,100.00
Total £10,630.57

If you add up the analysis it only comes to £10263.57 not £10630.57. No wonder the club's finances are in a mess when they cannot add up five amounts correctly.

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Just a trifle pedantic Jeff ??.....What's important is not the £ ???.?? shortfall, (Sorry but my Subtraction skills are obviously not as well honed as others on our Forum !).....BUT the massive sum of money still required to make the total Balance read £ 308,000.00.(With a bit left over!).

Like Cashy so succinctly puts it!!......EVERYONE MUST STAY FOCUSSED !.
and the future for our great team will be assured !!

'ON STANLEY!!!....ON!!!'

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I agree, but surely the ones behind the scenes can get something right sometimes.

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:d:d:d

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He's on his prayer mate as I write cashy:D

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Id give Liverpool a miss lads. Theyll take the money and the bucket :)

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IT'S NOW BEEN CORRECTED. Well done and thank you

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How about putting a couple of signs either side of the concessionary turnstiles on the lines of:
SOS
Think before you come in here!
Some season ticket holders are paying full price tonight.
Why not help the club out by joining them?

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A typical comment from a manc:(

Will the two donations of £20k and £25k be added to the total?

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I would doubt it Baggy, as the Don admitted that these 'loans' had gone towards the day to day running of the club...............He also stated that ' the monies were availiable in the bank, and would be returned to the loanees if required'.

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maybe the loanee's may agree to them being added to the sos fund but then it wouldn't be a loan then would it??? shut up Lesley :rolleyes:

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Not much there anymore pal :p:p:p

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It would be wrong in my opinion to try and embarrass people into not claiming concessions if they are entitled to it.

Not only wrong, but counter productive as well in my view.

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Sorry Mike, I agree with Bernard, especially if they are stay away fans making the plunge. I have donated Paypal money, planning to do the Dale walk and many other things in the pipeline, but due to personal reasons I will have to use my ST for at least the next two home games and any kind off sign/message would make me feel like I'm in the wrong.:)

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Agree with Bernard, the worst move of all would be to aleinate people,same goes to the dumbos who call other clubs(think about it) ya need all the friends ya can get to get out of the mire. giving is voluntary NOT an Obligation.

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Hi Guys, Shrimper in peace.

Not sure this is the right place but..........

Just had to register to add my support to your SOS Campaign.

As you may know we have a simular winding up order made by the HMRC for unpaid PAYE (Over £690,000) which has to be paid by 28th.Oct.2009, which we are hoping the club will be able to pay.

I have made a small :mad: donation to your campaign of £10.00 and have also tried to spread the word with posts and links on some of our forums.

FootballJunkie
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Ready hope you achieve your target of £308,000 and look forward to seeing Stanley's results for many many seasons to come.


"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. YOU are Stanley."

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Thanks for the support and post Big Dady :)

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do you know I can't help but feel a massive whelm of love for all these people who are coming out in support and donating whatever they can... it shows there is still some good in football regardless of the adverse publicity it brings sometimes...

ahhh big hugs everyone...

crikey I have gone soppy :eek:

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some one needs to put the cup game into sos game list when it is v sbury town

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even cashy has, but sod the hugs.:D

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Well done to everyone thats donated to the S.O.S. fund but if the "DON" is the succesfull business man he says he is and the savior of Stanley then why has he not put a single penny into the fund. Maybe he is all talk and no cash as many of us now believe. I know it has been said before but where are those missing cheques for £50k, has the "DON" really been looking into it or do we need CSI Accy on the case.

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I think you need to be very careful in what you decide to say. This kind of rumour-mongering is harmful to the campaign.

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Look you've been told the official answer is on it's way :D

Oh and thanks to Burnley Football Club

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I think it is time that we stopped making assumptions and accusations. THERE ARE NO MISSING CHEQUES. DON said at the fans forum that the money from the loans was in the bank and if the parties wanted their money back they could have it. These loans were not made specifically to pay the Revenue or for the SOS but were just to help the club through a difficult phase. We are not contributing to the SOS to help DON but to help save Accrington Stanley and this must be our main objective. All these accusations can only be harmful to the SOS, so let's all pull together and forget our differences until the eight weeks are up, and then if it all goes wrong we can express our bad feelings and if it all goes right we can give ourselves a pat on the back and get back to what we do best - MOANING

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Well said, however when are we getting the answer to where the money is going if we are unsuccessful in raising the 308k I thought the answer was on it's way? People are asking as they donate money if the club folds (which it won't hopefully) were will the money go ? Charity ? Give the tax man what we have ? People want answers sorryto ask again.

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thank you jeff,:):)

post of the week!!

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And I'll second that :)

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All monies raised are going to the taxman - that is what the appeal is for.

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This was asked a few days ago......

Quote:
Originally Posted by Local Red http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/s...s/viewpost.gif
I'm going around asking for sponsors for the sponsored walk to Rochdale, and begging wherever possible for donations to the fund.
One question I'm being continually asked is "If I make a donation or sponsor you, and you don't make the £308,000 needed, what happens to the money?"
Does anybody know? I know it sounds very negative, but it's a question I feel needs answering.

I would just say Local Red, check out the Official Accrington Stanley Website over the next couple of days ;) :)


Its just I haven't seen anything on the AS website :confused: but you seem to be in the know Jeff so I suppose you have been told this, otherwise you could have answered Local Reds question on Monday. :)

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I think you will find that The DON has already paid £100K to the taxman and invested circa £250K in the club altogether!! :eek: Give the man a break :rolleyes: :)

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Nice post Jeff, well said mate :D

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Thats one we will have to work on ;) :)

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Has he :eek: didn't know that these things need to be told to anyone with any scepticism (like me :o) and how much did he pay Eric for the club or is that part of that money mentioned.

Why do I hear then that he won't put any more money in ? Is that a fact or just rubbish as well ? :confused:

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Just what he said at the "FANS FORUM" :)



I guess that he has no more left to invest :confused: :)

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i have made myself a member and decided to contribute to the cause of promoting Accrington Stanley, i myself go to every home match and most aways so i feel i speak about our team passionatley BUT!!!!!! when certain people come on here, who admit they dont come on any more, so therefore dont know the D'on , slag him off and accuse him of STEALING money in his back pocket should be very careful what he writes!!!!