Whilst perusing the online sports pages of the Daily Telegraph, I came across this little article. I thought I'd share it with you: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/12/19/sfngeo19.xml&sSheet=/sport/2005/12/19/ixfooty.html
A deserving case...
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cheers for that sparkologist a very interesting reed
Cheers for that sparks and cheers to Ricky George for a brilliant write up 
And they've put a link to the official site on there too!!!
And they've put a link to the official site on there too!!!
I enjoyed that, something I feel that can be built on locally as well as nationally. Maybe the area will be a little less depressed if people can begin to learn to take pride in the efforts of the club and a hand full of die hards. Perhaps this is the first example of the staring of a once and future giant.
Great article, thanks for that, Sparkologist. Just one factual error - Stanley were not the first Football League club to be unable to fulfill their fixtures. That dubious honour went to Wigan Borough who resigned from the league on October 26th, 1931 (and just look where their successors are now!).
I like the idea of "Stanley - The Movie". I reckon the bloke who plays Ken, the landlord in Early Doors would be perfect for the part of Eric!
I like the idea of "Stanley - The Movie". I reckon the bloke who plays Ken, the landlord in Early Doors would be perfect for the part of Eric!
Thank you very much for posting the link. I thoroughly enjoyed that article.
I wonder if this is the result of what Rob mentioned earlier this week about the press taking more interest... I bet it is..
Jimbo T
blower
Jimbo T
blowerRicky George has been a wonderful friend of Non-League Football for many years, and has always been generous toward Accrington Stanley in his DT column.
One week before his recent article in praise of Stanley (which, of course I cut out and saved !) he wrote an even more interesting piece about the recent history of Maidstone United.
Maidstone's historic parallel with Stanley is quite astonishing.
Check it out !
One week before his recent article in praise of Stanley (which, of course I cut out and saved !) he wrote an even more interesting piece about the recent history of Maidstone United.
Maidstone's historic parallel with Stanley is quite astonishing.
Check it out !
Good article, Henry. Ricky George always writes good stuff.
Here's the link: http://sport.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/12/12/sfnfav12.xml.
Here's the link: http://sport.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/12/12/sfnfav12.xml.
cheers for the link henry morton, i have mentioned the similarity between your home town and mine in the past, but given the choice of watching stanley or the stones it will have to be stanley, who knows perhaps when the stones ground is finished a freindly between the two, what a great opening game it would be for me, and the mighty ultras could show the stones fans how to support their team
maidstoneaccy said:
I was fairly sure that Maidstone Accy would join in once United were mentioned !
BTW , John, please thank MikeA for the link, not me . He does it so well, whereas I only waste my time reading newspapers !
The idea of Accrington Stanley playing Maidstone United is a stroke of genius.
It should attract enormous media interest, particularly after we're back in the League - you know, the "If Stanley can do it, so can Maidstone" sort of thing.
If there's one thing the Press loves more than an underdog . . . it's a clean pair of underdogs !
Henry Morton said:
Sorry Henry, had to quote that, it had me laughing sooo much. maybe it's the bottle of wine that helped, but cheers!!!