Errrrrr look again on fishy site................April foolery has taken to a serious consideration now 
Come on Eric jokies over hehehehe
Come on Eric jokies over hehehehe
New name???
- Thread starter AccyMad
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United! United!
nice April Fool joke that conned nobody - however should have been taken off at midday with a subscript saying that Telegraph and Sky fell for it.
But by keepin it on and then adding to the joke by saying "yes its a joke but we may consider" just makes them look like fools. Let's see how low the crowds go if they ever do change the name!
But by keepin it on and then adding to the joke by saying "yes its a joke but we may consider" just makes them look like fools. Let's see how low the crowds go if they ever do change the name!
oh yeah and follow the Telegraph link and join in the debate with the Blackburn numpties that think the prices are still too high! use a couple of different email addresses if necessary
Why not!
I personally feel that there would be commercial advantage to changing the name to "Stanley Villa" or "Accrington FC", for one season only. Thinking outside of the box, play in old style kits, rename the ground as Peel Park, old style programmes etc etc. Limited to one season we could fully exploit the limited nature of the scheme!!
Just a thought!!
I personally feel that there would be commercial advantage to changing the name to "Stanley Villa" or "Accrington FC", for one season only. Thinking outside of the box, play in old style kits, rename the ground as Peel Park, old style programmes etc etc. Limited to one season we could fully exploit the limited nature of the scheme!!
Just a thought!!
maybe for an anniversary or summat? but all those dates have passed by (for 100 anyway)
Its a joke thats gone too far
Thank goodness for that i was beginning to feel sick at the thought of it
The first story was obviously a joke, but I still reckon that the second story is serious. Look at the time the story was published on the Telegraph site - 3.42, a little too late for April Fool's jokes, I'd say!
Yeh true wynonie think this is one big cock up by the club - cant do a joke right
Sounds about right.
This is all just a good joke gone too far. To indulge in the magical world of if's though... if the name Accrington Stanley was ever changed, it's the last they'd see of me. I support Accrington Stanley; no one & nothing else.
We could become the latest Franchise FC. New stadium, better players, bigger crowds, etc. Smashing!!
I was being serious!!
Accrington Stanley were not founder members of the football league, Accrington FC were.
Our beloved suffix of "Stanley" we owe to Stanley Villa.
So by changing our name, for ONE season ONLY, we are rekindling our connections to our heritage!
(As for East Lancs /Hyndburn United Francise, you can shove that where the sun doesn't shine)
Accrington Stanley were not founder members of the football league, Accrington FC were.
Our beloved suffix of "Stanley" we owe to Stanley Villa.
So by changing our name, for ONE season ONLY, we are rekindling our connections to our heritage!
(As for East Lancs /Hyndburn United Francise, you can shove that where the sun doesn't shine)
Obvious april fools ... all of it...
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I'm not sure whether to believe this or not, I was aware of an april fools joke this morning but even then I thought there might be something in it.
But if the club are considering it because of a few emails from people around Lancashire saying they'd support us if we changed our name, then I think it's stupidity. We need to listen to the diehard fans we get on every home game.
The name is a joke in itself, Lancashire Stanley United, sounds like a friggin Sunday league team for eight year olds.
But if the club are considering it because of a few emails from people around Lancashire saying they'd support us if we changed our name, then I think it's stupidity. We need to listen to the diehard fans we get on every home game.
The name is a joke in itself, Lancashire Stanley United, sounds like a friggin Sunday league team for eight year olds.
A really good April Fool joke works because it is so outlandish that only the most gullible will believe it. This one didn't work. Not because the idea isn't outlandish, but because the powers that be at the club are so out of touch they might just conceivably have come up with such a hair-brained scheme.
That's the joke.
That's the joke.
What started out as a bit of fun, as in a bizzare way turned around and bit us on the bum!
How much is down to mis quotes who knows
The Club should always be looking at new avenues to explore and I do not have a problem with that, a lot of things that have come out of the Club over the past few weeks has been really good news! reduced prices, the new stand, looking at new training facilities etc. The problem is no matter what walk of life you are from or what you do people don't always say well done and comment when things are going well, it's when things turn slightly or get taken out of context that people very quickly turn and see negatives and it produces all the wrong debate & headlines and then you have to start all over again!
How much is down to mis quotes who knows
The Club should always be looking at new avenues to explore and I do not have a problem with that, a lot of things that have come out of the Club over the past few weeks has been really good news! reduced prices, the new stand, looking at new training facilities etc. The problem is no matter what walk of life you are from or what you do people don't always say well done and comment when things are going well, it's when things turn slightly or get taken out of context that people very quickly turn and see negatives and it produces all the wrong debate & headlines and then you have to start all over again!