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Burnley arrange fund-raising friendly to help cash-strapped Accrington Stanley - MirrorFootball.co.uk

Big-hearted Burnley? Wait a minute we've got a very small squad, fixture congestion and we've already played them before. What's the point. I'm glad Rovers have seen sense.

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whats your point?

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Dont think there is one!! :(

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Posted via Mobile Device. Its absolutely heart warming that burnley once again is supporting us thro our hour of need! - whats blackburn ever done for us ? ****** all, as per and yet they have more money than burnley. Nice to suggest that our neighbouring footy clubs do nothing and let us go to the wall, there would be no there's only one accy!?!

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It was Burnley that ''Supported'' Accy back in 62 was it not??-and look what happened then...... Perhaps this is a real act of friendship. Good on them.

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According to fishy site its 3pm kick off, hope thats a typo

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I’ve had a special Axe that I’ve grinded over the years over 1962 and Mr. Lord’s role in our demise; Today, Burnley Football Club has extended the hand of support and friendship. Each and every one of us should accept it with good grace and gratitude; their effort great or small might just make the difference in 2009.

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Well i would rather have Accy over Rovers anyday,,,weve sent a donation, ,I hope they reach their target ,Come on Accy..oh i mean come on Burnley...no i mean let it be a draw...2..2

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John Timmins has arranged 10 coaches for this one at £2 a go. No doubt he'll be on later to confirm the details. get the blagging underway

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my point is that our squad is down to it's bare bones why are we risking this?

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No Club......no squad.

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my point is what planet are you on? this is about the existence of STANLEY.:rolleyes:

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Should boost the crowd a little with debuts for Nugget & Gorrilla.:D

Rovers the club and defo there plastic fans are to far up the own backsides to care whats going on around them!


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Thought this would be patently obvious to any Stanley Fan !!....

Be there, and you too will realise why !!...see you there ?????.

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that is when you find out who your genuine friends are,,,,

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Me too I've hated that club with a passion since I was a boy those claret & blue V shirts :mad:. My Father always used to tell me Bob Lord shafted us but at least this time its a genuine offer ;)

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yer dad probably was a mate of mine shurm, wynonie will tell ya my feelings, but in all fairness this is a marvelous gesture n all credit to em.

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in my eyes the slate is wiped clean.

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You can,t wipe the Bob Lord slate clean for those of us that were there BUT it was Bob Lord not Burnley although at the time he thought he was Burnley!! A nice gesture though from the Burnley management.

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Someone said to me a few years ago that Lord was dead and gone and only a fool would hold a grudge this long, but some stains are indelible …I guess we’re all fools at some time in our lives and I’m sure that one day those effected by 62 will fade away like all the Stanley Rearguard have before then and only then will people forget…..but the Spirit lives on and only Spirit will forgive

We; like Burnley F.C. live in a different era. Thank you again Burnley F.C. Never will the word Dingle pass my lips……..honest.

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Could not have put it better Cashy :)

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Posted via Mobile Device. Keep digging the bob lord **** up again when things go tits up but stanley then and stanley now must accept their owners got stanley in the mess in the 1st place and thus where the problem started! Easy to etch blame on those than finalised it be it lord or be it taxman. Thats the one major thing for me about don he has accepted this and is willing to do something about it he,s inherited it and for once hope that it wont go back that way again or im sure there would be no club, as the older generation haven't forgot the last time and now this, there wont be a next time.

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they charged the everton fans £34 to get in, i presume it wont be anything near that figure on tuesday?

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A good point SM !, but wouldn't you agree that then was then, and now is NOW ...Different times-differing circumstances, and how the face of Football has changed since that shattering and emotive intervention of Bob Lord so long ago !.
But today's Status Quo exists, and the emergency facing our Club is as real, if not more pressing than that facing the Stanley in 'the bad old days'.

Yet it would appear that from all the mechanisms for survival and future growth of 'The Reds' which have, and are now presenting themselves as potential strategies for this purpose, by far outstrip those efforts able to made to save the Club in those far off, but never forgotten days!.

Is not this then a situation which can offer to us all a measure of optimism and assurance that all will be well ?....and I'm not wearing my Red-tinted spectacles as I put forward this opinion!!.

As many have said on our Forum....If there ever was a time in the history of Accrington Stanley which demanded real ACTION and less of the constant literal analysis of political and fiscal convolutions at 'The Crown', then it is NOW !!......the scenario which will be consequent to a failure to meet the struggle facing everyone involved, just cannot be imagined !..

So..'ON...ALL WHO LOVE 'THE STANLEY!!...ON!.

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Everton was a league match :confused:

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Posted via Mobile Device They would charge accordingly as a friendly davo. Gratefully accept owt we get imho, its a bit of a swipe comment, whats everton doing for us even more whats big sam's rover's doing for us? Dont see any offers from elsewhere but bury and burnley whom are and have supported our club not fair to nit pick

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The friendly was mentioned on the football league show.

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Fair play to the Clarets for offering A.S.F.C. a great opportunity to help us raise the money in our hour of need. Whatever happened in '62, a.k.a. Bob Lord and all........ at least they're offering their help.:o

Unlike their bitter rivals in my home town.( I'd like to say up to press.... )but if the attitude of their "fans" is anything to go by, then I'm not over optimistic about Rovers helping us out.

After a drink in my local tonight, celebrating a fantastic win (at our neighbours and good friends at Bury) I can only hope that they follow Burnley's lead....

Somehow I doubt it.:(

I can only say....that despite the current plight of Stanley, the people I spoke with tonight were....( bearing in mind I have a good command of the English Language)........

Condescending.....Arrogant.......Iggnorant.....and self important...The rules of this forum dictate that I cannot use expletives to add to these. Bear that in mind.

I hope I have only experienced a narrow minded sample of the opinion of Rovers fans in general.

Lest they forget, that before a certain steel magnate put a vast amount of money into their club and saved them from lower league football, they were on the brink of the Abyss.

But for Jack Walker, Blackburn Rovers would have NEVER won the Premier League, let alone be anywhere near it and maybe if Mr. Walker's money had not transpired,Rovers would be languishing in lower league football.....which I am proud to say...I watch proper football.

I only hope that the sample of Rovers fans, I have had the misfortune to drink with tonight, are among a very small minority.

Not everyone gets a suggar daddy with a bottomless pit of cash, which, he deems fit, to transform, a down on it's luck club and it's run down facilities, into League Title winners.

And before all the Rovers fans with more humps than a herd of camels start having a go.... remember that Ewood Park with the holes??? Remember signs in front of the old Blackburn End...." No bad Language please ...Don"....

Before Walker put his money there Rovers were an average side......they might have even dropped back to the third tier ( as they did in the late seventies / early eighties ) or even dropped lower....who knows.

Without his generosity where would they be now ????:confused:

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Would think it's more likely to be £10 and £5 :) As a few have said it is a friendly.... An S.O.S. One at that :)

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I think you may be right. It won't be £7 or £8 otherwise they will be running to the local shops every 2 minutes asking for spare pound coins :D

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Now confirmed as £10 for adults and £5 for concessions.

Cashman admittance price is £20 as it's an extra priveledge for him ;)

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I wonder what the turn out will be? I was hoping for loads, but a few people yesterday said they were thinking nearer the 1000 mark.

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Posted via Mobile Device Carpon excellent post mate couldn't put it better, a subject exactly i have said for years to my rover supporting relatives. Seems the attitude of those supporters have always been 'im alright jack' excuse the pun.

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I hope I'm wrong but I think unlikely to be no more than 2,000. The hierarchy at Burnley are doing there best to rally the troops, even to the extent of already announcing that Nugent will make his debut. It's difficult to call

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Thanks for the info LD :) Lets hope at those prices we get a really big crowd :wave8: :wave8: :wave8: :D What is the feeling about the crowd numbers from a Claret point of view?? :)

Just seen above posts!

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Posted via Mobile Device If the attendance is 1000 or 10000, what should that matter and wouldn't be no dis respect, all helps and would be a huge boost to the fund kitty and a great move forward to clearing the debt in space of an hour or 2,

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where is it confirmed dave? can find sod all on fishy site.:confused: by the way i'm suprised there letting ME in that cheap.:D;)

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:)Nugent Set for Stanley Fund-Raiser Burnley FC - The Official Site :)

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cheers mab, still waiting fer ok from the ******* at the premier league though.:rolleyes: gonna leave very little time to publise it in media.:(

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No disrespect meant in anyway SM :) Just my mind ticking/thinking, 1000 gate = £X, 2000 gate = 2 x £X and so on :) Like you say it all helps, but the sooner that thermometer reaches £308K The sooner we can all start to breathe a sigh of relief and then brace ourselves for the next Stanley crisis, because lets face it, it will only be around the corner :D :)

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Posted via Mobile Device Lol im sure all our minds are on the funds table, understandable. After then its back to business of climbing the league and sustaining clean sheets both on and off the pitch :)

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Somebody posted the comment below on one of our message boards, which is probably the best summing up I've seen. There has been a healthy discussion of those who take option 1 and those who take option 2. An interesting point is right at the end, not a lot of people were aware of it, and probably explains better why the offer has been made by our chairman and manager.

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Final bit sums it up LD, spot on, let's just hope plenty more think/remember like that. :)

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ya never ever said that about me ya git.:D;)

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To me this is the best bit;


Couple of posts I picked up from the Stanley footymad site which shows this;

From a Notts County fan;


Self explanatory :)

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wouldn't it be good if the likes of David Lloyd and Alister Campbell were to show support and tun up , and maybe sell autographs or even that stupid chap that sells double glazing,,,,just a thought

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Posted via Mobile Device jeff brown safe style ad man, he,s a nice bloke he has done a few stints up at turf and at stanley.

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Shame the match will under the guidance of petty rules, otherwise I reckon they both may have fancied playing.

We could though bring out one of our hotshot forwards for the game :D
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Do not know if this has been posted, just seen on S.S.NEWS the Premier League have given OK for the match at Turf Moor :D :D :D

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Finally, remember the 'Orient Match' ? What might have happened that day... ?
Pre May 2009 and Wembley..apparently our own football finances were dire at that time...For Accrington Stanley read............Burnley.


Excellent point, Dave, and one that perhaps some of the "option 2 camp" on claretsmad should consider.

Incidentally, got stopped by Clarets fans on two separate occasions in Manc centre this weekend who spotted my shirt. Both shook my hand and wished us all the best.

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Every club will have a share of fans who take option 2, even certain ones on here have not really committed to option 1 have they :rolleyes:

As long as option 2 is always the tiny minority, football in general is safe :)

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Were you there with a bucket WH? :D :D :D

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deep pockets, tip him upside down when you see him :D

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Sadly, no, only Mrs H's shopping bags! ;)

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Yes they would be excellent, but what about Greg Pope as the MP for Hyndburn and of course Steven Gerrard as a mate of Dunbavin and Grant, Then of course there is the whole of Hyndburn B.C. This would mean that they are dipping into their own pockets to help save the football club that carries the town name and not dipping into Borough coffers.

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Quite right, Dave, I reckon the majority of football fans don't like to see any club die.

However, my experiences over the years living away from the town have convinced me that Stanley have a special place in the affections of British football fans. It might be the unusual name, it might be our chequered history, it might simply be the British love of the underdog. This is something which I feel will be of massive help to us over the next few weeks!

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I've been on the Rovers forum and encouraged them to come to the Darlington game. There has been a fair views hopefully responses will be up during the week.

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Well ive managed to sweet talk my rovers supporting brother into going and so i will be there ..

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First of all well done saturday we didn't turn up! (maybe Bury players should be investigated for illegal betting ;) ) only kidding

I can't get there on friday as i have to work so i am going to come on tuesday to make up for it!

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Ive also managed to sweet talk my 2 nephews who are burnley season ticket holders to go tonight .. and this will also be my nieces first visit to the turf .. she goes to ewood rather than the turf ....

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I am gutted at not been able to go tonight but if I went tonight I wouldn't be able to go Friday!!! So I have donated an extra tenner through my paypal donation on top of paying in friday even though season ticket holder.... and helping with the wrist bank purchase


so I am trying to do my little bit :o

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I, like HR am unable to go this evening, no baby sitter, but like HR I will be there on Friday.............Hope the turnout is a good one,and that no matter what the score, a good night is had by all....................would be nice to win though!! :)

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hope it stops raining here in burnley . for the game

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why do Burnley have no f***** roof :eek::p

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probably just what the away fans say at the crown.:D

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You don't need a roof if you have a good quality flat cap :D

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By hell; I've not seen one them for a while.....:D

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There are plenty of flat caps in Lancashire,Terriers and allotments thee knows