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Yes, my mistake, Paul Cooke. They have played some good football this season.

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I think we just lose Vitek for 1 league game. It's the away game at Sutton on Saturday 23rd March. The Czech Republic play International Friendlies on Friday 22nd March and Tuesday 26th March. Let's hope Toby is fit and ready to step in.......

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Savin captained the U23 t’other week against Burnley and had a good match.

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I've noticed that the NWCFL's Macron Cup Final will be played at the Wham on Saturday, 11 May. Barnoldswick v Chadderton, 3pm KO.

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‘Cos it’s the Whambley of the north! ;)

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A friend of mine met some Barnet fans on the train home after the Bees had played Halifax at the Wham a couple of weeks ago. They were very impressed by the transformation of the ground and the hospitality available. Said they were looking forward to returning next season.


Unfortunately for them, that's not going to happen after today's result. Which also means that one of Altrincham, Bromley or Solihull Moors will be in the Football League next season.

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The free drink / snack etc offer backfired when it was stopped well before kick-off.

Lots of fans complaining they wouldn't come again. tinpot from holt.

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What…they won’t come again because they didn’t get a free sweetie or bag of crisps.?. Real fans, then.

We got our vouchers easily entering Coley’s but, if there was a mistake it may have been at the Clayton End where the vouchers were not being handed out individually in the turnstiles, but once people were inside the Fan Zone.
There were people coming from every direction and no doubt some coming back several times and the poor security guy was swamped and presumably dispensed all his vouchers.

Hey, come to think of it, I didn’t get a free Easter egg so I really should have stayed away yesterday out of principle.

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You were probably too old for the easter egg and they ran out too.

It was **** poor organisation, you are correct, and there were a lot of new/casual fans so you try to get these things right to give a good impression of the club and not mess them up.

Especially when you tell kids and the clubs can't do something basic.

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We got our voucher from a steward as we entered number 4 turnstile yesterday!!

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i got sod all but dont give a stuff.

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Jimmy Bell now full time manager at Clitheroe

:theband::theband::theband:

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Just reading that Holywood lost £5m getting promoted to League 2........and considerably more getting promoted to League 1!.. ..EVERYTHING THATS WRONG WITH FOOTBALL TODAY ........ Typical of the overpaid misfits of the modern world. What absolute plonkers!

So glad I was born and bred by real people who grew up in Accrington between WW1 and WW2.

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Umm … wonder how many £M Andy Holt has dropped over the last few years?

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Good question mate.
What's that old saying speculate to accumulate ?
Looks like Wrexham got it right.

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Really 28?.......I can't believe you really mean that. Hollywood are a symbol of Everything that's wrong with football today. But then .....we are all entitled to our own view.

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Wrexham have released 8 most of the promotion side including their captain Young!

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Presumably that is a measure to try and cut the losses that they are currently making.

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Fixtures for next season 24/25 are out at 9am on the Wednesday 26th June.......

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Max Stryjek, the keeper we had on loan in 2017/18 season but only played a matter of minutes for us after getting injured in our 2 - 1 win over Morecambe was the hero for Crewe last night, saving the last Doncaster penalty & sending the railwaymen to the play off final next week - and.yes, I'm bored already . . . . . .

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Rob Elliott managed Gateshead to win the FA Trophy st Wembley.

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Barrow & their manager have parted company

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Meanwhile at Morecambe at least the merry-go-round is still working.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/cerr20wmkgno

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Adams has always done well. He's had 8 management appointments but at only 4 clubs so he must be doing something right.

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Very , very happy to appoint The King as manager again. Things finally look to be improving with regard to the ownership too.

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Northern Ireland U19s v Ukraine, with Lewis Trickett is live now on iPlayer:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...land-v-ukraine

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Thanks for that Mike I am watching it at the moment.

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I discovered it and turned on just as he was being substituted.

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Link to tonight's match v Italy: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...k4r1yet#player


Currently HT, with Italy winning 2-0. Lewis on bench.

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Lewis on in 64th minute.

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U18s beat Liverpool away: https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/u18...nst-accrington

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Surely the fastest saving ever - Ryan Lowe has parted company with PNE & our very own Mike Marsh has been given the job as caretaker manager

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Tommy and Joe must be wondering what they've gone to at MK. New owners and now the manager sacked after 2 games.

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Scratch that - Mike Marsh has walked away

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Mike Williamson is very much still the Manager.

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Sorry. Saw a message from an MK Dons fan saying that he had gone on Saturday evening. Clearly wrong.

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Biggest crowd of the season at The Wham on Sunday last! :rolleyes:

https://www.accringtonstanley.co.uk/...s-with-a-bang/

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Connor captained Ireland’s U21s 3-2 win in a friendly against Sweden in Marbella on Sunday.

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Unfortunately couldn’t make last evening’s game but it sounds like it was an eventful affair, and another good victory for the U18s.
Well done to the squad and coaches….

https://www.accringtonstanley.co.uk/...lyth-spartans/

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Away at Aston Villa in the next round!

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Jimmy Bell left Clitheroe fc today....with Sean Mc talking over as first team manager.

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Does anyone know if the back section of the Coppice End has had to be taken out of use for some reason ?

As it seems to be taped off every game nowadays

Or is it just now that the away clubs get the seats there isnt the pressure to get as many onto the end ?

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Good morning

We are trying to protect the "temporary extension" on the Coppice by only using it for the teams who will bring over 1k away supporters.

It will be in use for the visits of Bradford, Tranmere and Carlisle if these teams do request more than 1k tickets.

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Cheers for the info Mr T

Could you explain what you mean by protect "the temporary extension"

So whats the maximum allocation for visiting teams nowadays ?

Cheers

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Sir

The "temporary extension" has been up a long time.

The experts are saying minimise it's use to prolong it's lifespan.

The away allocation is decided by ASFC in conjunction with the Safety Advisory Group (SAG) and the police after the away club gives us an indication what demand there is for a fixture.

EFL rules state a minimum of 10% of stadium capacity with a minimum of 100 seats under cover.

Trust this helps ?

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Cheers Mate Thanks for that i understand now

Ok lets say the away club say we will sell as many as you can give us as i.m sure lets say Bradford will have done

The reason i.m asking is we need to decide whether to join in the scramble for tickets at our end or to just bite the bullet and do the hospitality thing in the superb 1968 lounge.

Cheers

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Risk standing in the Accy rain or a superb meal and dry seat.
No brainer if you can afford it.

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Looks like we'll lose Connor O'brien and Joe O'brien Whitmarsh for the Swindon away game as they've both received call-ups from the Ireland squad, weekend of Saturday 22nd March.....

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Anyone know when theyre putting the Carlisle Hospitality on sale ?

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Connor’s absence is of little significance as he is (sadly) deep down Doolan’s freezer, but Joe’s is bad. He has made a huge difference lately.

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Both of them started in the first game, and Connor did so again today.

Republic U-21 may not be World beaters but I find it more than a bit depressing that a player who seems to be a fixture in their line-up cannot get a game with one of the weakest sides in League Two. He needs to move on, but I for one will be sad to lose him.

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John Coleman to be replaced by Gareth Ainsworth, only won 2 in 14. Not what big spenders Gillingham expect from a manager. The're now on their 5th manager in 18 months. I'd say sack the manager recruitment team!

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I hold no brief for either team but Ainsworth has gone down in my estimation.

“ Gareth Ainsworth had talked about wanting to build something special at Shrewsbury over a long period of time, as he did at Wycombe.
The constant message was he loved Shrewsbury and the short-term pain was worth it for the long-term gain.
BBC Radio Shropshire understands Shrewsbury fought tooth and nail to keep Ainsworth after being approached by Gillingham, to the extent he was offered a two -year extension no matter what league they are in.”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/cr42y3wlrnko

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[QUOTE=Exile on Spencer St;1281355]I hold no brief for either team but Ainsworth has gone down in my estimation.

It can only be the money on offer....and big money Exile. Plus I assume the promise of a large player budget. Shame these days, but most of football is spoiled by owners with big cheque books. It creates the haves and have nots, just like society in general. I may be going a bit over the top here....just thinking.....

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At least Jack will be pleased.

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Why would you think this is just down to money ?
Shrewsbury are in free fall.
Destined for league two and no money.
Gillingham a better bet for Ainsworth.
At least Gillingham had the balls to get shut and identify who they wanted and went for him.

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Just my opinion Twenty Eight. As you point out Gillingham a better bet with new American owners. And yes they had the gumption to change their manager, 5 times so far in the last two seasons, good work there. Ainsworth has experience higher up the football pyramid......I'll watch his progress with interest....

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Anyone any idea why Carlisle are only getting just over 1000 tickets for the game in 3 weeks when Bradford had over 2500 at the weekend

Over to you Mr T perhaps ?

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Maybe that’s all they asked for?

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Carlisle utd are below Stanley and fighting to stay up at the expense of Stanley... Why give them that extra man with a large away following and vocal at that ..

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Not sure where you're getting the idea that they are "fighting" for anything from The truth is they have half a team who really dont give a **** about the club, the fans or even worse their own professional pride and just roll over at the first chance they get.

In fact id say its pretty certain they will already be mathematically beyond being able to catch Accrington by the time of the game and were it not for Stanley hitting this latest slump that position would have been achieved already.

Believe me if any Carlisle fans thought they were a threat to Stanley staying up they would be down here in their thousands, tickets or no tickets.

In fact if they were to win their next couple of games [ dont panic guys there is zero chance of that ] they could still do that creating a problem for Accy that didnt need to be there had they just played fair and given the same allocation to them as Bradford were given.

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[QUOTE=NORTHERNSOUL;1281398]Anyone any idea why Carlisle are only getting just over 1000 tickets for the game in 3 weeks when Bradford had over 2500 at the weekend

I would think it's just operational NSoul. I wouldn't read anything into it. Would you expect Carlisle to sell 2500? With their present League position?......

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[QUOTE=Crown Grounder;1281440]Not sure what you mean by "operational" CG ?

Anybody can see from past allocations that the maximum is somewhere around the 2700 that Bradford has last week yet Carlisle are given not much more than a third of that with no explanation given as to why whatsoever and without any hint of an explanation from Stanley.

To be honest i expected better than this from Stanley, Andy Holt and the management team at the Wham. [ Carlisle are just saying it was a decision made at the Accrington end and theres nothing they can do about it ]

And to answer your question yes the 2700 would have sold easily [ unless you fancy trekking to Cheltenham for a dead rubber game ] it will be a lot of fans last chance to see their club away in the football league ] and for instance the 1750 that Morecambe gave [ the maximum they can offer ] for the game next week sold out on the first day of sale not going beyond the top priority level [Season ticket holders] and i would have thought the not letting the opposition fill the ground argument is much more relevant to them than to Accy dont forget this is a club who last season took over 4k to two away games [at Bolton and at Wigan] and over 3k to two more matches.

But to look on the bright side to see that Stanley are now doing so well financially that they can afford to turn down the 50k that the missing 1700 would have put into the coffers can only be good news.

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Don’t let it get to you, Northernsoul, the extent to which the town’ inhabitants (and Council) support Stanley, and after last Tuesday’s performance, with 1,000 tickets the Cumbrians may well outnumber home fans.:rolleyes:

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By "operational reasons" Northern Soul I mean't comments we've seen earlier about selling tickets in the seated area for away fans on the far side BEFORE selling any of the standing area on the Coppice Terrace in the "Temporary Stand" (Club's Words). Are you saying that the 1000 tickets already allocated to Carlisle, have been sold? If so maybe more will be made available......that seems to be the normal process for clubs with large away followings. From a personal perspective I wouldn't allocate more and give Carlisle equal fan support advantage.....but that costs the club money and I understand why the Owner would want to maximise revenue......I'm not quite sure which club you actually support....you seem to be wearing a Carlisle Scarf at the moment....and if that's the case I doubt you would want Stanley Fans telling Carlisle United what it should be doing on match days? Maybe I'm wrong......no offence mean't....just my thoughts...

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Hi There CG

And thanks for the reply

Ive never made any secret on here of the fact that i support CUFC and have done for well over 50 years but i moved to Accy in 2012 and started watching the odd game and then got caught up in the hulabaloo of the AH takeover and what came after with Billy Kee and against all the odds getting Promoted and over the last few years its surprising how little we.ve played each other which has been good for me and i.ve praying for you to get the points and get away from the **** end of the table the situation now is a bloody nightmare for me and i.d love it Stanley could win a game and beat Tranmere then if we did pull off the miracle it wouldnt be at Accys expense.

But yes i imagine they have as the only update weve had is that theyd sold over 800 by Thursday close but we.ve heard nothing since which is very strange but at the time they went on sale this is what our ticketing site said

Accrington Stanley v Carlisle United, Monday 21 April, 3pm kick-off.

"We have been allocated 548 seated tickets and 500 terracing tickets for this game. No more tickets will be available."

You are wrong about me not supporting selling all possible tickets to the away club and last season when we didnt sell 1700 away tickets to Derby when with a little work and a bit of extra stewarding/policing i wasnt the only one who criticised them for not doing just that and lets face it Accy have done so plenty of times in the past and i thought you might give us the full allocation and then challenge all the Accy stay aways to buy the rest and create a new record attendance.

But i think Accy [ OR Lancs Plod ] are creating a rod for their own back here because if we were to win our next two games do you really think many more wouldnt travel down knowing there would be 1700 empty seats [which would make Accy look very silly] so to speak and if they did Plod would then have to make a decision let them in or attempt to manage 1700 fans in the town centre on a Bank Holiday Monday afternoon after someone had created a problem thats totally unnecessary.

All i want is somebody to come out and say whos decision it was and what it was based on.

Ideal scenario for me would be Accy to get the points and we go into miracle mode and we sent our bogey team Harrogate back where they belong.

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[/Quote: NorthernSoul]

All i want is somebody to come out and say whos decision it was and what it was based on.

Perhaps contact Mr T by direct message. But it sounds like you won't be happy whatever he tells you?

If the worse happens att least with Carlisle's fan-base it sounds like they are more likely to get back into the football league, whereas Stanley would really struggle with our low support.....

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Being Cumbrian born I have no wish to see CUFC suffer but those are exactly my thoughts too, CG.

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I actually did just that last week but up to now had no response which i find a bit strange as he always has done in the past.

I dont know why you think i wouldnt be happy whatever the answer because quite the opposite would be true it doesnt affect me as i have a ticket already and as i have a purchase history with Accy there would be nothing to stop me buying and sitting in my usual seat in the stand.

And i echo what youre saying about getting back if the worst happens my view is if youre gonna get relegated to the NL this would be a good season to do it as theres no really big cash rich ex league clubs down there next season and as far as i.m concerned so long as our absent American owners learn their lessons appoint a decent manager who actually knows what hes doing and dump the stats crap and keep the cash flowing we.d probably be odds on to get straight back up but a lots gonna depend on whats going to happen to the players on 5 grand a week ? will they want to stay ? Are there relegation release clauses/wage reductions ? or should we just try and get rid of the lot and start again.But the Yanks have a lot of questions to answer and right now all we are hearing is the sound of silence.

But i get what youre saying about that being less likely in Accys case and i would agree that it will be a little more difficult for them to get back up which is why its vital that you get the points you need to stay up because i think what JD has been building will pay off long term. I think somebody at the Wham needs to come out this week and rally the fans to get behind the team especially them who were so keen to snap up the Liverpool tickets in January but who havnt been seen since.

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Fans Forum.with our CEO Warren Eastham to be held in Coley's on Friday 25th April, 7 pm

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Not on our website yet but Clitheroe have just posted that we have recalled Liam Isherwood from his loan spell.with them

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Congratulations to Bury FC, whose win yesterday in front of a crowd of 8,719 ensured promotion from the NWC Premier League.

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Very well deserved accolade to the ground staff. The Wham pitch has been superb throughout recent seasons.

https://www.accringtonstanley.co.uk/...of-the-season/

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Looks like JC is on his way back to Ireland

https://amp.rte.ie/amp/1510938/

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Otherwise known as Fleetwood Reserves.:)

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(Slightly) new owners for t'Moneybags:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/cx2jgpw8xg6o

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A piece about Accy and Colne Dynamoes:
https://unexpecteddelirium.substack....gton-and-colne

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Very good article, MikeA, well unearthed.
As a primary school child in Accy until 1963 I knew something of Bob Lord’s duplicitous behaviour but that wasn’t the only reason he was a hated figure. We also had to endure school meals for which Lord supplied the meat, actually mainly gristle. The joke was that we were (trying) to eat the Burnley players who got too old to make his team.
But, notwithstanding Lord’s part in Stanley’s downfall, the true problem was, as it is today, the total lack of response from the town to the future of the club.

P.S. all the more reason to get a season ticket while we can!

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Commiserations to Walsall and congrats to the real Dons. That’s one less long trip for Stanley next season. Just need Oldham to do their stuff next weekend.

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Your wish is granted!
Another local derby to make up for the loss of Morecambe.
You can't beat success for bringing out the fans.
No doubt the lattics will bring a bumper following to the Wham.

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Good to see three of our players getting involved with Stanley's carnival float today, nice one Connor, Alex & Tyler - wish I knew how to post a photo but I'm just not that tech savvy

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Glad to hear the Carnival still exists.
As to your technological limitations, aren’t there any five year olds in your family you can call on? ;):rolleyes:

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See here…
https://onstanleyon.com/2025/06/22/a...carnival-2025/

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Not today, just me & my cats & they're no help :D

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With the pantomime of Jason Whittingham and Bond Group at Morecambe I'm just so glad we have a decent owner in Andy Holt at Accrington Stanley. So grateful....

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I must agree CG and I have a great deal of sympathy for the Morecambe fans I just hope that after all the problems and disappointment that they have had and, obviously, are still having that they can end up with a decent owner.