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Thought Rob had been recalled by Fleetwood before the gaffer came to play ? Anyhow, well done JB for bringing Rob back. Only saw him once down south somewhere but saw enough to be disappointed when he was recalled to Codtown. I wonder if Dean will start at LB if Rob and Tom are to be the central pairing ?
Waiting not too patiently for news of wing/attack signings - pre-season can be tough on us Stanley nuts, can't it lads 'n lasses ?

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Normally is, but this time don't seem half as tough in my view, seen some decent uns on trial, more actually than is usually the case, Reckon our new gaffer,sure has pull.;):)

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Deano, Tommo, Robbo, Nicko, Merfo, and Liddle Michael, I can honestly think of few better back lines in our league. Good signing Mr Beatts

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beattie made his debut against barnet as a sub, which rob atkinson played at centre half
in the same game

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You may as well call him Liddlo now :D

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My mum just calls him Billy - says it's much easier to remember than Michael :rolleyes: - I remember her shouting it & Dan saying to her 'you'd have to be at least 80 to remember Billy Liddle' - she just smiled :)

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Tell Dan "No you don't"; I not only remember him, I saw Billy Liddell play at Maine Road (very late 50s or very early 60s); I had in mind that it was a reserve game, and wiki does suggest, when I checked, that he did play the odd game for the reserves around that time ..........

And I'm not 80 ................Quite! :D

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Billy Liddell last played fer Liverpool on August 31st 1960.;) his 537 appearance which was a record at the time, Ian Callahan went on to beat it later.;)

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If reading between the lines is a reality and we sign Webber,Naismith,Windass and mingoia we have a very well knit and exciting squad with huge potential.James Beattie is certainly giving his all for Stanley and the loan market isn't even open yet what's James going to pull out of the hat then.Thank you James for the hope you have given this town. PS Marcus Carver player of the year????

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My husbands turned 80 and he was at Anfield in 1956 when liverpool beat Stanley 2-0 in fa cup. Liddle scored both goals. He reckons the crowd of nearly 50,000 must be the biggest Stanley ever played in front of.

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After reading yesterdays programme/squads,i still think we are short on numbers.
Starting eleven is reasonable,but injuries etc..will kill our squad.
In reality we have lost;
Jeffers
Beattie
Linganzi
Moly
bocco
Rachubka
Barnett
Linney
Bohan
Eckersley
Chippendale
And at present only Atkinson has come in.
Last seasons numbers only just avoided relegation,and although sometimes a shake-up does the club good,i feel were well down on squad strength.
Maybe i have my negative head on,but a lot of good players have flew the nest !!.

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James Beattie will come up with some great and surprising loan deals,so full strength squad !!! Watch this space!!!

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looking at that list football19 you would only be looking at the top six to be in a matchday squad, the other would only be making up the numbers during the season

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Also McCarten has been added, plus whoever beats adds before the season kicks off, if some of those trialists are signed, i fail to see why yer concerned Football19?:confused: The present defence to me is as good as ive seen at Stanley n the defence is always the starting point (or should be imho):confused:

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the problem with last years squad was that we had a good few who never got a look at the team as we had a largish squad. If the quality is there with the fewer players then at least they'll all get a decent rotation. We can't legislate for injuries or suspensions so that's where the loan system will need to be utilised but otherwise we've got a decent squad. I'm not getting carried away with it although the defence does look tight this year.