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You would be forgiven for thinking that there has been more than enough "manure" thrown around our little club this close season, however I find it amazing that none of it landed on the pitch........how weird 
Yonmon, on a personal note, it was a delight to meet you on Saturday
Yonmon, on a personal note, it was a delight to meet you on Saturday
Copyed and pasted this off the clubs e-mail news letter After recent comments regarding the state of the Crown Ground pitch after Saturday's 0-0 draw with Aldershot, Stanley’s next home game is against Macclesfield on August 21 and managing director Dave O’Neill hit back:
“There was an accumulation of things that probably put us back by a fortnight. The weather in East Lancashire certainly didn't help. We’ve got the pitch contractor coming back now for the next fortnight to put the final stages of work into it."
“When we did get it seeded it was the driest spell it could possibly have been and once the grass started growing it’s just been flooded. For the last five or six weeks we’ve had nothing but rain."
Mr O' Neil also said, “We did try to postpone the game last Friday but the Football League said it was our home fixture and it would give us an advantage later on if we had three home games in a row."
He added, “But the contractors have assured us that they can pull it around. “I’m told the drains take three months to get working and they’ve only had two. At which point the pitch should be in great shape.”
Stanley boss John Coleman added: “The pitch hampered us with the way it softened up. “But I think it will be all right. I think in a couple of weeks you’ll see a different pitch.”
After recent comments regarding the state of the Crown Ground pitch after Saturday's 0-0 draw with Aldershot, Stanley’s next home game is against Macclesfield on August 21 and managing director Dave O’Neill hit back:
“There was an accumulation of things that probably put us back by a fortnight. The weather in East Lancashire certainly didn't help. We’ve got the pitch contractor coming back now for the next fortnight to put the final stages of work into it."
“When we did get it seeded it was the driest spell it could possibly have been and once the grass started growing it’s just been flooded. For the last five or six weeks we’ve had nothing but rain."
Mr O' Neil also said, “We did try to postpone the game last Friday but the Football League said it was our home fixture and it would give us an advantage later on if we had three home games in a row."
He added, “But the contractors have assured us that they can pull it around. “I’m told the drains take three months to get working and they’ve only had two. At which point the pitch should be in great shape.”
Stanley boss John Coleman added: “The pitch hampered us with the way it softened up. “But I think it will be all right. I think in a couple of weeks you’ll see a different pitch.”
Mark,It disappointed me to read in the Telegraph that the £70,000 which our benefactor Ilyas Khan had bestowed upon the Club for the Pitch improvements was actually a 'parting gift' !..
I didn't like the connotations in the word 'parting'.....seemed rather final and a little bit sinister to me !...and I hope that Ilyas has yet much to offer to the Club which he supports so admirably !... I'm sure that I am not alone in these sentiments!!
Gotta say yonmon, it usually disappoints me reading the telegraph these days, hence why i very rarely buy it, they spout more crap than the picture ya posted, so i would say "Take It With A Pinch" thats my view anyway.
But which rascal would feed them the 'crap' you speak of in the first place Cashy ?.
Surely no representative of Accrington Stanley would wish to confuse or mislead the Fans by releasing 'news' which might contain inaccuracies ?...
Incidentally, the chap on my Avatar is the latest addition to my 'family'...Meet 'Stanley Hope' !!!
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Well with the media, if they aint got a 1st rate rascal, a second rate one will do, if they aint got that, the power of invention tends to come into play, so basically i can't say which rascal.
P.S.perhaps Alfred E knows?
Well with the media, if they aint got a 1st rate rascal, a second rate one will do, if they aint got that, the power of invention tends to come into play, so basically i can't say which rascal.
Do you realise that this is the most diplomatic answer you have ever posted Cashy !!!...
( ps. Since 'Stanley Hope' moved in AE has gone into a sulk..
just sits there singing 'On Stanley...on Boys' and blowing his Vulvazulu !)
Can't help it , is me background in the diplomatic circles, cultured as FOOT is our cashy.
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I've heard that we are under an transfer embargo again, something about a player we had on loan a few years ago. I can't see this being right, maybe Dany can tell us this week
were ya hear that?
Vairy interestink Grumbler !...but can you impart any details regarding the current state of 'Ilyas's Pitch' as requested in my last post ??...being sequestered in the depths of the Ribble Valley makes me reliant on good folks like yourself for such information....so can Grumbler or anyone pass on a word or two in this respect ??..PLEASE !
On sky sports this afternoon that leam Richardson has signed for a year for us.
Great news - embargo over !!!!
Great news - embargo over !!!!
SH !... I'm completely overwhelmed by this information about THE Embargo....but what about 'Ilyas's Pitch'...Has it been fettled yet ?....Has more finance been made available for the project ?..Does anyone know ?...Is anyone really interested ??...or must I have to wait for an Official proclamation ??...
really in any transaction,theirs only the guy who paid the bill, n the guy who received the payment, can tell ya, n we know 1 of those is infamous fer porkies, same applies fer any further work needed, so to not put too fine a point on it, yer knackered fer finding out.Maybe the Telegraph may be quicker
Maybe the Telegraph may be quicker
Tried that Dave...told the Man on the Sports desk that I was a Stanley Fan and could he tell me anything about the Pitch..he told me that this was a viscous Resin produced by plants and formed from Petroleum !,he was however
quite au-fait with Transfer Embargoes...so I hung up !.
I guess that all will be revealed on Saturday !!.
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I will reply to your question about the pitch yonmon. Contractors have been on it all week a new drain has been put in down in the corner near the water tank as it was flooding there with heavy rain,right up the cow shed sid has been gravel slitted every two or three feet from the wall out to about the edge of the 18 yard box and I must say that this morning it looked "better" but IMHO the only cure is a spell of dry weather to allow it to stablize and the grass to root and knit together properly.