"Save Our Stanley"

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Club statement
Friday 4th Sep 2009
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Save our Stanley
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Accrington Stanley has today launched
Save our Stanley, the official campaign to raise money to satisfy HM Revenue and Customs demand for £308,000 in just under eight weeks.

Already much has been said about the problems that the club is facing, and while we are happy to continue to answer any questions about this, today is about outlining our plans for the coming weeks and ensuring that the future of the football club is secure.

The club will be seeking to tap into the goodwill of all who support Accrington Stanley, whether they be supporters who regularly come to our home games, people who live in and around the town and want to see their local club survive, or people from further afield who have an affection for our famous club and perhaps follow other sides but see us as their second team.

We have been heartened by the messages of support, literally from around the globe, reaffirming our belief that there is a strong affinity for our club that goes well beyond the game of football. Fans of other clubs are already making plans to help, perhaps most notably our friends at Bury who are supporting a bucket collection at the weekend and planning to come to our home game against Darlington next Friday, and indeed our own supporters have already started to put plans into action to assist the cause.

Website and telephone and text fundraising services

Today we launch www.saveourstanley.co.uk, a website that will be used to keep supporters updated with regards to activities that will be taking place and totals raised from various events. On it are details of how people can help the club, with the ability to make a donation by post, telephone, text or online.

We have set up a dedicated telephone service that will collect a one off donation of £1.50 from the caller. The number is 0907 706 4648, and we would specifically hope to appeal to the large number of people that we know that around the country that have an affection for the club. Also supporters can make a one off donation of £5 by texting ACCRINGTON to 80777 or £10 by texting STANLEY to 79988.

Activities

Fundraising activities officially start on Saturday afternoon with a bucket collection at our match at Bury that will be coordinated by the Stanley Ultras. The club will be working closely with the Ultras in organising a series of bucket collections over the next few weeks.

A calendar of events will soon be posted and maintained on the Save our Stanley website, with details of activities being run by both the club and by supporters. Plans are now underway for a high profile football match to be played in the next few weeks, details to be announced shortly, together with news of a number of other events such as dinners and sponsored activities that will bring in significant sums to our cause.

The next few weeks

There is a lot of work to be done over the next few weeks, and never has the phrase many hands make light work been more prevalent. The club welcomes and indeed needs the support of all who hold our club dear, and we are confident that together we can raise the money required, get the club back on a secure financial footing and continue to progress in the Football League.


Great site been on already and is very professional :) Well done to whoever. :) :)
 
:) Said of radio lancs that a friendley would take place on Tuesday night against BURNLEY at Turf moor , But nothing on fishy or burnley web sites:confused:
 
cheers emzy..sending a cheque to


Payable to 'Accrington Stanley Football Club'
Accrington Stanley Football Club
Livingstone Road
Accrington
BB5 5BX
 
good positive report on BBC north west about stanley, Hope the DONs forecast is correct, now gettin off me ass n going to the crown.
 
I have just put my cheque in the post, my pledge I made on here a few weeks ago
 
Hi,
I have written to Spirit of Shankly, bluekipper, toffeeweb & red and white kop groups/websites to gain support/publicity for the campaign.
I will post any responses on here.

For those who are not aware, these are large Everton/Liverpool fans groups.
 
Found this on Football Blog

"Reply 7. Snarklife Wrote: | 21.57BST | Sep 5, 2009
Off topic, but there was a really touching call just now on 606 from a top nob at Accrington Stanley - who desperately need to feed the taxman 308,000 pound coins before Saturday 24th October 2009 or they'll be consigned to the dustbin of footballing history.

I grew up with *that* milk ad and was really pleased when AS gained promotion to the 'big leagues' a few years back. I know it's an obvious observation, but £308,000 is probably what Man City pay their benchwarmers every week - it's literally nothing when you think about Premiership cashflow.

So I've just donated a tenner and I really hope everyone who visits this great blog will do too (Harry, you seem like the kind of chap who'd be behind this campaign, so hope you don't mind this post). And, when I sit in the West Stand Upper for the Man U game (borrowed ticket), I'll try and get the chap next to me to donate his Rolex.

Us yids understand the real value of football, don't we? And I think we can relate to some of the crushing emotions AS fans must be going through right now. So visit the link below and make a donation now. They accept payments by post, phone, SMS, Paypal and direct bank transfer - so it's dead easy to do.

Cheers and BIOYC!

LINK

Robin in Oxford

Reply 8. onedavemackay Wrote: | 23.44BST | Sep 5, 2009
Reply to Snarklife:

Off topic, but there was a really touching call just now on 606 from a top nob at Accrington Stanley - who desperately need to feed the taxman 308,000 pound coins before Saturday 24th October 2009 or they'll be consigned to the dustbin of footballing history.

I grew up with *that* milk...

Good shout


I've donated a tenner from Lady onedave's paypal"
 
FANtastic find Haggis, that is the kind of thing that will (I hope) carry us through the 308 barrier.
 
FANtastic find Haggis, that is the kind of thing that will (I hope) carry us through the 308 barrier.

It was on the Spurs unofficial fans blog.

I have publicised the club's plight on the Sheffield Wednesday blog I am member of and the link to SOS.
 
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