I see that the official website is giving information about a Football League competition to find the greatest manager/player etc from each club. ASFC wants us to tweet a suggested name. Not much good for old fogies like me who don't use twitter (or Facebook for that matter). The danger of tweeting the names is that it will favour more recent incumbents whereas those of us who remember Walter Galbraith, for example, would seem to be disadvantaged.
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I agree entirely,to me Twitter gives a distinct advantage to more recent managers in my view, many older fans do not use it.
Put them on here and I'll sweet them for you if you like.
OK Macca, since I can't be doing with all this Twitter/Facebook rubbish, please give 'em my choice of Coley, by a country mile. OK, Walter Galbraith was a legend, but he operated on a level playing field financially, compared with the miraculous results that JC achieved on a shoestring.
... and Coleman takes the lead 
And I'll go with the name I mentioned - Walter Galbraith!
Cashers, can you twitter Walter Galbraith for me cos I'm a left t*it.only fer a short while.
Not sure how it works mate? may want yer name? Macca will know i think?
if i can i certainly will, Think ive done it.
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As a 23 year old it has to be coleman.the budget he had to work with . The promotions. Having a beer with the lads... Top bloke and top manager.
tweeted it for you RR
Galbraith did miraculous things. However we are talking about a time in which 5 up front was common and the likes of New Brighton and Bradford Park Avenue could compete in the Football League. A halcyon time when good management was all you needed to succeed.
Plus regionalisation made it easier to stretch such resources.
Quite simply John Coleman was Mr Accrington Stanley, having been there longer than 60% of the fan base.
When I was a school boy I would get bullied for supporting the Reds, made worse by some of the shocking teams we were putting out. If you'd said we'd be in the Football League, be dissapointed with 1000+ gates and play the likes of Fulham and Newcastle....they'd have taken you away in a white coat.
I think you have to think about what Coley would have done with 10,000 gates.
Radcliffe....Farsley.....Woking....Alty. Its frightening to think how many electric moments in my life I owe to this man.
From Bradford PA to Bradford City....from Frickley to Fulham. Quite simply what JC did for this club and this apathetic town...will never be surpassed. He has laid the groundwork for JB to build on. Let's hope I can copy and paste this speech one day with JB's name in.
Plus regionalisation made it easier to stretch such resources.
Quite simply John Coleman was Mr Accrington Stanley, having been there longer than 60% of the fan base.
When I was a school boy I would get bullied for supporting the Reds, made worse by some of the shocking teams we were putting out. If you'd said we'd be in the Football League, be dissapointed with 1000+ gates and play the likes of Fulham and Newcastle....they'd have taken you away in a white coat.
I think you have to think about what Coley would have done with 10,000 gates.
Radcliffe....Farsley.....Woking....Alty. Its frightening to think how many electric moments in my life I owe to this man.
From Bradford PA to Bradford City....from Frickley to Fulham. Quite simply what JC did for this club and this apathetic town...will never be surpassed. He has laid the groundwork for JB to build on. Let's hope I can copy and paste this speech one day with JB's name in.