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Outback Ozzy · 06-09-2009, 20:48

Simple answer is that the debt relates to the previous regime and dates back to 2005/6 (I'm sure someone will tel me if I have this wrong). Club originally went to court in June and thought they had 12 months to pay off the debt. They were then told last week that they have only 8 weeks to raise £308,000 to pay off the HMRC debt or they will be closed down (or go into administration to keep going but end up with a 10 point penalty) neither of which is ideal to the club.Whilst you may have only been a couple of times, the big problem with Stanley is that we have Premier League clubs either side (with better facilities) and a number of higher league clubs within 30 miles (Wigan, PNE, Blackpool, both Manchester clubs and Bolton). Since Stanley folded in 1962, the older generation of the town has gone to supporting other teams and since reforming in '68, the club has had a core of support from the town (currently around 1,000) but need more people to come onto the Crown to help out. Funding is in place to upgrade facilities but this will not happen overnight. However, the regime at the club have high hopes of being able to continue in the Football League for lots of years to come.

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Outback Ozzy Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Pie eating country again Posts: 4,659 Liked: 442 times Rep Power: 63678	Re: I know you're all busy but... Simple answer is that the debt relates to the previous regime and dates back to 2005/6 (I'm sure someone will tel me if I have this wrong). Club originally went to court in June and thought they had 12 months to pay off the debt. They were then told last week that they have only 8 weeks to raise £308,000 to pay off the HMRC debt or they will be closed down (or go into administration to keep going but end up with a 10 point penalty) neither of which is ideal to the club.Whilst you may have only been a couple of times, the big problem with Stanley is that we have Premier League clubs either side (with better facilities) and a number of higher league clubs within 30 miles (Wigan, PNE, Blackpool, both Manchester clubs and Bolton). Since Stanley folded in 1962, the older generation of the town has gone to supporting other teams and since reforming in '68, the club has had a core of support from the town (currently around 1,000) but need more people to come onto the Crown to help out. Funding is in place to upgrade facilities but this will not happen overnight. However, the regime at the club have high hopes of being able to continue in the Football League for lots of years to come. __________________ Piston broke owd geezer, Stanley supporter and shareholder, Retired and loving it Addendum, the views I express on here are my own, if you don't like them: TOUGH!