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Why would you think this is just down to money ?
Shrewsbury are in free fall.
Destined for league two and no money.
Gillingham a better bet for Ainsworth.
At least Gillingham had the balls to get shut and identify who they wanted and went for him.

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Just my opinion Twenty Eight. As you point out Gillingham a better bet with new American owners. And yes they had the gumption to change their manager, 5 times so far in the last two seasons, good work there. Ainsworth has experience higher up the football pyramid......I'll watch his progress with interest....

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Anyone any idea why Carlisle are only getting just over 1000 tickets for the game in 3 weeks when Bradford had over 2500 at the weekend

Over to you Mr T perhaps ?

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Maybe that’s all they asked for?

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Carlisle utd are below Stanley and fighting to stay up at the expense of Stanley... Why give them that extra man with a large away following and vocal at that ..

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Not sure where you're getting the idea that they are "fighting" for anything from The truth is they have half a team who really dont give a **** about the club, the fans or even worse their own professional pride and just roll over at the first chance they get.

In fact id say its pretty certain they will already be mathematically beyond being able to catch Accrington by the time of the game and were it not for Stanley hitting this latest slump that position would have been achieved already.

Believe me if any Carlisle fans thought they were a threat to Stanley staying up they would be down here in their thousands, tickets or no tickets.

In fact if they were to win their next couple of games [ dont panic guys there is zero chance of that ] they could still do that creating a problem for Accy that didnt need to be there had they just played fair and given the same allocation to them as Bradford were given.

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[QUOTE=NORTHERNSOUL;1281398]Anyone any idea why Carlisle are only getting just over 1000 tickets for the game in 3 weeks when Bradford had over 2500 at the weekend

I would think it's just operational NSoul. I wouldn't read anything into it. Would you expect Carlisle to sell 2500? With their present League position?......

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[QUOTE=Crown Grounder;1281440]Not sure what you mean by "operational" CG ?

Anybody can see from past allocations that the maximum is somewhere around the 2700 that Bradford has last week yet Carlisle are given not much more than a third of that with no explanation given as to why whatsoever and without any hint of an explanation from Stanley.

To be honest i expected better than this from Stanley, Andy Holt and the management team at the Wham. [ Carlisle are just saying it was a decision made at the Accrington end and theres nothing they can do about it ]

And to answer your question yes the 2700 would have sold easily [ unless you fancy trekking to Cheltenham for a dead rubber game ] it will be a lot of fans last chance to see their club away in the football league ] and for instance the 1750 that Morecambe gave [ the maximum they can offer ] for the game next week sold out on the first day of sale not going beyond the top priority level [Season ticket holders] and i would have thought the not letting the opposition fill the ground argument is much more relevant to them than to Accy dont forget this is a club who last season took over 4k to two away games [at Bolton and at Wigan] and over 3k to two more matches.

But to look on the bright side to see that Stanley are now doing so well financially that they can afford to turn down the 50k that the missing 1700 would have put into the coffers can only be good news.

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Don’t let it get to you, Northernsoul, the extent to which the town’ inhabitants (and Council) support Stanley, and after last Tuesday’s performance, with 1,000 tickets the Cumbrians may well outnumber home fans.:rolleyes:

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By "operational reasons" Northern Soul I mean't comments we've seen earlier about selling tickets in the seated area for away fans on the far side BEFORE selling any of the standing area on the Coppice Terrace in the "Temporary Stand" (Club's Words). Are you saying that the 1000 tickets already allocated to Carlisle, have been sold? If so maybe more will be made available......that seems to be the normal process for clubs with large away followings. From a personal perspective I wouldn't allocate more and give Carlisle equal fan support advantage.....but that costs the club money and I understand why the Owner would want to maximise revenue......I'm not quite sure which club you actually support....you seem to be wearing a Carlisle Scarf at the moment....and if that's the case I doubt you would want Stanley Fans telling Carlisle United what it should be doing on match days? Maybe I'm wrong......no offence mean't....just my thoughts...

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Hi There CG

And thanks for the reply

Ive never made any secret on here of the fact that i support CUFC and have done for well over 50 years but i moved to Accy in 2012 and started watching the odd game and then got caught up in the hulabaloo of the AH takeover and what came after with Billy Kee and against all the odds getting Promoted and over the last few years its surprising how little we.ve played each other which has been good for me and i.ve praying for you to get the points and get away from the **** end of the table the situation now is a bloody nightmare for me and i.d love it Stanley could win a game and beat Tranmere then if we did pull off the miracle it wouldnt be at Accys expense.

But yes i imagine they have as the only update weve had is that theyd sold over 800 by Thursday close but we.ve heard nothing since which is very strange but at the time they went on sale this is what our ticketing site said

Accrington Stanley v Carlisle United, Monday 21 April, 3pm kick-off.

"We have been allocated 548 seated tickets and 500 terracing tickets for this game. No more tickets will be available."

You are wrong about me not supporting selling all possible tickets to the away club and last season when we didnt sell 1700 away tickets to Derby when with a little work and a bit of extra stewarding/policing i wasnt the only one who criticised them for not doing just that and lets face it Accy have done so plenty of times in the past and i thought you might give us the full allocation and then challenge all the Accy stay aways to buy the rest and create a new record attendance.

But i think Accy [ OR Lancs Plod ] are creating a rod for their own back here because if we were to win our next two games do you really think many more wouldnt travel down knowing there would be 1700 empty seats [which would make Accy look very silly] so to speak and if they did Plod would then have to make a decision let them in or attempt to manage 1700 fans in the town centre on a Bank Holiday Monday afternoon after someone had created a problem thats totally unnecessary.

All i want is somebody to come out and say whos decision it was and what it was based on.

Ideal scenario for me would be Accy to get the points and we go into miracle mode and we sent our bogey team Harrogate back where they belong.

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All i want is somebody to come out and say whos decision it was and what it was based on.

Perhaps contact Mr T by direct message. But it sounds like you won't be happy whatever he tells you?

If the worse happens att least with Carlisle's fan-base it sounds like they are more likely to get back into the football league, whereas Stanley would really struggle with our low support.....

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Being Cumbrian born I have no wish to see CUFC suffer but those are exactly my thoughts too, CG.

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I actually did just that last week but up to now had no response which i find a bit strange as he always has done in the past.

I dont know why you think i wouldnt be happy whatever the answer because quite the opposite would be true it doesnt affect me as i have a ticket already and as i have a purchase history with Accy there would be nothing to stop me buying and sitting in my usual seat in the stand.

And i echo what youre saying about getting back if the worst happens my view is if youre gonna get relegated to the NL this would be a good season to do it as theres no really big cash rich ex league clubs down there next season and as far as i.m concerned so long as our absent American owners learn their lessons appoint a decent manager who actually knows what hes doing and dump the stats crap and keep the cash flowing we.d probably be odds on to get straight back up but a lots gonna depend on whats going to happen to the players on 5 grand a week ? will they want to stay ? Are there relegation release clauses/wage reductions ? or should we just try and get rid of the lot and start again.But the Yanks have a lot of questions to answer and right now all we are hearing is the sound of silence.

But i get what youre saying about that being less likely in Accys case and i would agree that it will be a little more difficult for them to get back up which is why its vital that you get the points you need to stay up because i think what JD has been building will pay off long term. I think somebody at the Wham needs to come out this week and rally the fans to get behind the team especially them who were so keen to snap up the Liverpool tickets in January but who havnt been seen since.

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