10,000,000 pounds..

Kiwi John · 10-08-2006, 08:48

You have won a lottery,which decrees that 10,000,000 pounds must be donated to the footy club of your choice.You naturally choose Accy.You get to decide what its spent on,-players,wages,facilities etc..
How would you spend it??

Outback Ozzy · 10-08-2006, 08:50

Stand on what is the Whinney Hill Terrace with changing rooms beneath and seating for at least 5,000. Roof over both ends of the field and Disabled facilities for the away fans in the away end.

shakermaker · 10-08-2006, 10:37

New Ground!!!

Buy out Peel Park School - get the stadium set up there.
& we'd probably have enough cash left to buy Gary Neville

Redraine · 10-08-2006, 11:49

Why would we need Gary Neville, when we have Phil Edwards?

lettie · 10-08-2006, 17:13

Hehehe, whenever I go to a match, Stanley always score when I'm sat on the loo. Therefore I would put TV facilities in all of the toilets...

maccawozzagod · 10-08-2006, 17:17

livingstone road - then boot the moaning gits out!

then a louder drum so they could hear us wherever they move to

Kiwi John · 10-08-2006, 17:30

@ Macca

Alvin the chipmunk · 10-08-2006, 17:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by lettie

Hehehe, whenever I go to a match, Stanley always score when I'm sat on the loo. Therefore I would put TV facilities in all of the toilets...

A-ha!! I knew adult-sized nappys were a good idea, and they mocked me. Who's laughing now?

Henry Morton · 10-08-2006, 23:46

Well, Kiwi John, you've posed a really challenging and imaginative question.

You ask whether the money should be spent perhaps on players, and you also suggest that facilities should be an option.
Outback Ozzy makes an intelligent (if optimistic!) suggestion of how the money might be used in creating a Whinney Hill Stand, and I like his proposals for disabled supporters.

I'm firmly in the camp of facilities, facilities and more facilities.

Macca(etc) made a valid point recently that various supporters' organisations can only make a small impact on ASFC's income - it's really down to how many clicks can be heard through the turnstiles.

My own (admittedly limited) research over the last two years of how and why fans return to a Stanley home game indicates that the football result, i.e. win, lose or draw, is ninth on the list of their priorities.

Visiting Accrington Stanley for a football match should be an enjoyable and memorable experience ; only investment in spectator facilities can ensure that enjoyment and therefore guarantee that the people of Accrington will come back again and again.

Oh, BTW Shakermaker, great idea about going back to the club's roots but in 1962 there were probably only about 45 people who went to the match by car, so you'd need another £10 million in 2006 to buy out the local streets and bulldoze them for a car park

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MichiganRed · 11-08-2006, 00:49

How about some nice broadcast equipment for either the internet or television so those of us who can't make it down to the FES can still enjoy the action as it happens?

Bottletop · 13-08-2006, 11:32

I would:-
1/ pay for roo on Clayton End
2/ buy naming rights for Clayton End and call it:-
"THE NO 'F' IN ROOF STAND"

Tin Monkey · 13-08-2006, 11:47

What's the use of a kangaroo on the Clayton End? All it would do is jump around and block the view.

Bottletop · 13-08-2006, 11:53

What's the use of a kangaroo on the Clayton End? All it would do is jump around and block the view.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH