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Originally Posted by Greger
Is that the right conclusion? All the examples you mention were changed back because the fans did NOT accept it!
But to be absolutely correct Bury and Arsenal didn't ignore their history, but rather tried to celebrate it. Bury had played in those colours 125 years earlier, and Arsenal (probably mistakenly) thought that their colours had been burgundy a 100 years earlier.
A club like Accrington Stanley should celebrate its history, not ignore it. Because it is what sets it apart. Without the history ASFC is just another Forest Green, or Stevenage!
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I'm sure most of us over the age of 30 would love the game to go back to what it was, our national working class game. Sadly those days have long gone, the greed of tv and corporate business saw to that. The history doesn't go, however you have to find any means possible to keep a club like Stanley afloat and competing in the top 92 clubs in England. If that means a diversion from tradition now and again, the club have to go with it, it's not an option unless somebody throws a lot of money in to the club. The shirt choice this season was driven by commercial reasons, there is no buying power to 'design' a shirt like the big clubs. It is temporary and a home shirt with stripes may never be seen again
