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Are the games on this weekend. ????

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There's a merchandise requirement for the club shop on Saturday so it looks like they are on

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Splendid, hopes thats the case,got withdrawal symptoms.:D

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Buzzer put nets up today,everything being pushed forward ready for Saturday, changing room wall down, water connected to new first aid room (now on Clayton end) new kit room complete with new washers and dryers (in what was first aid room), seats repaired/ replaced on Clayton end and grass looking even better than last year bring it on !!!!!!!!

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Thats a novel way of attracting more female fans, players getting changed in full view of the fans :)

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Should have explained wall between home changing room and treatment room taken down so now open plan lol

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Anyone know if there's any segregation planned for Saturday?

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Cod army in cow shed, brfc in changing room end of main stand and stanley the rest I think.

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Sounds OK to me!! Are u ok to be my Google Page Ranking gent?? If you accept there will be more duties!!

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Mmm can I think about that one Mr T ???????????????

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Anyone behind goal at Coppice end?

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fleetwood in the cowshed, oh

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Quite looking forward to tomorrow seeing the new signings and getting back around the hallowed turf:)

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So is it true that the Clayton End is being given over to Rovers fans tomorrow and we're confined to the Main Stand? :eek:

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I will be damn annoyed if its the case.:eek:

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Better not be!!!

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Come on Wyn they need somewhere to hang their Kean Out Banners:D

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Quote from t'fishy site:

Stanley supporters have been allocated the Main Stand, Blackburn fans the Clayton End and Fleetwood fans the Whinney Hill Terrace.

A very poor do, in my opinion! :(

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Where else can they put the Rovers fans, have you seen the price of skip hire these days :)

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Seriously annoyed!!!!

Do ANYBODY use their brains !??!?!?!?!

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I would guess it's a directive rather than a voluntary decision.

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Will there be many of you lot turning up early doors to watch the first game? cos I'm pretty sure not many cods will be staying around for your game! ;)

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I know I certainly wont be.

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On that principal, does that mean if Blackburn get Manchester City/United in the FA cup, will the Manchester/Surrey fans have the Blackburn end?

That is very poor on the Stanley management part.

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Is the away end not open then?

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Logistically there are 2 sets of away fans and only one set of turnstiles. I'm sure that will be the official reason.

My personal opinion is that it is a directive from the SK bodyguard group to keep the Rovers fans as far away as possible from any contact with last years Premier League Manager Of The Year :D

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If this means we have to sit down I will not be attending. What a balls up! On second thoughts, hpw on earth are they going to tell the Rovers fans from us if we don't wear our colours? No funny answers, please Dave!

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if so there will be segregation in the burger queue

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Well I for one will be taking up my usual spot on the Clayton end !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! simple as.

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So if you don't wear colours you will be quite free to go in the Clayton End and stand up ;)

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That's what I thought re: the segregation.

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Ill be in the Clayton End tomorrow, Sod em

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As the chickenheads will already be on the ground from the codheads match, it's pretty obvious that anyone turning up at the Clayton End turnstiles for the second match is a Stanley fan, colours or no colours. Nevertheless, I'll be rolling up at the Clayton End at 2.45 as usual. If I'm turned away, I'll be going back to the pub. No way I'll be sitting down in the main stand!

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Same here, if refused access to me usual position, they can shove it were the sun don't shine.:mad: I DO NOT go to sit down n the clayton end is the stanley end. I will certainly have me red scarf as well.

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Yeah, I thought that's what you might say! ;)

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You won't have a problem :)

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Think you've got that half right Dave he was only Manager of the year in the Dingle Dome:D

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If it were Burnley it would be easy the Dingles are the ones with 6 fingers on each hand, give us six:D

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At the end of the day I think it will be nothing to do with Stanley what so ever, it will be a police directive, police get rather touchy when local fans meet up, they always go OTT

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I don't know what the fuss is about?? Its a pre season friendly against a local club whom I know for fact from the plenty of fans I drink with have Stanley in there heart and always look for the results. If I can't get on to the Clayton End I will go into the Main Stand and just walk round. Do you think the Rovers fan who comes to Stanley when Rovers are away and sits in the same spot in the Main Stand is going to go into the Clayton End I think not.

Its a nothing game which will bring a bit of cash into the club, its a nice day at last which should swell the crowd a bit more whom are attending to watch a bit of football, but once again someone at the club puts the Stanley fans last with there short sighted ideas to which I'm very disappointed.

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The fuss Gaz is a matter of principal, I prefer to stand n in me own end,:rolleyes:

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I meant there is no fuss as in I'm goin ont Clayton as per usual Cashy :D

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Nowt to do with the fans meeting up. Segregation for a friendly at Stanley is not the norm.

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Its not often you get 3 sets of fans at one ground in one afternoon, but as I say the police always go OTT, as we both know from local derbies, something that never happened years ago when there were 50,000 plus at both Ewood and the Turf for these matches

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Is it also true that if you don't want to watch all the fleetwood match you can't get in until 2 pm. I was thinking of going on about 1 o clock to see the second half of Fleetwood game, but on Fishy site says gates open at 11 o clock then again at 2 o clock. Completely different story than I was told previously,even the seating arrangement, get your act together Stanley. The left hand doesn't know what the right is doing

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im going on the clayton end, in my normal spot, end of.

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Sat amongst the Rovers fans last year at Morecambe no problem when we played them pre-season at the Globe.

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Well my 1st game of pre-season and I must admit im massively pleased :)

Thought we bossed the second half which was great to see, Hatfield in particular looked like he was controlling the Midfield.

As for the new lads, Number 13 (Eckersley) I think, looks the real deal to me at center back, and would be a huge asset to the squad. Toto looks stronger and fitter than last season, and was my M.O.M.

Thought Miller had a good game in the middle of the park, nice to have some competition for places.

After watching that all we a short of is a striker and dare I say it a keeper, (though Bav's looked pretty solid) surely we cant go into a season with only 1 senior man between the sticks??

As for the Rovers fans, a small section = Absolute disgrace.

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I think Cooky will be quietly pleased with this afternoon's performance, and we the fans can be excused for feeling a buzz of excitement for the coming season. I struggled to put a name to many of the new faces but was very impressed by most of the many lads who wore the shirt. Great to see them having a real go in the second half with some nice passing football, building moves impressively with both full backs giving the attacks superb width. I know it's only a friendly, but surely the Rovers fans would have been concerned with the lack of fight and leadership from their lot. They are going to have to up their game a heck of a lot if they are going to even survive in the Championship. As for us, we are going to have much harder games against the tougher Div 2 outfits than we faced with Kean's half-hearted strollers today. Chant of the day from the Rovers fans - "If Burnley beat us, you're blooming dead", or words to that effect!

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Decent afternoon in the Sun, Crown Pub looking smarter inside, Pumps on behind the Clayton End good stuff.

Thought Rovers fans were amusing with their songs and banter it must be difficult and a bitter pill to swallow watching their side and the well documented things that have gone on.

It was a decent warm up match and gave us the supporters a few glimpses of some of the new signings and things look okay, first half Rovers probably shaded it but the only real stand out was Dunny as for Stanley the back four looked solid, midfield struggled a little bit whilst Carver did well with his hold up play.

Second half brought a few changes and I thought more mobility for Stanley especially in the middle of the park thought the number 20 for Stanley Brian Smikle looked to have a good touch and got his goal whilst Gray looks like he could be a good aquasition.

Very enjoyable afternoon plenty of competition in the middle of the park for places but like Smudgie just need another Keeper and at least another striker as well as Gray.

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You really have to wonder if a football manager is just totally arrogant or totally stupid to work surrounding himself by a mini army of henchmen.

I was only there for the last 20 minutes but I must admit I was shocked by what I saw surrounding Kean. I've seen some unpopular managers in football but none of them have ever had to go to the lengths he has to stay in the job. Amazing !!!!

They even pulled the coach right up to the players gate after the match

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Having seen today i can see Rovers doing what teams like Charlton, Southampton etc did and get relegated again.

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After the attitude of a large number of their fans rishton, I hope so.

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2013/14 season, division 1 fixture, Stanley v Chicken farmers - believe it!

Dangerously overexcited? Moi? :banhat:

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If the current owners stay in charge for a few years they will do a Darlington

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Nah Wynn, for you my friend that's the norm.

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Redash, Rovers played Man City back in1969 in the F.A. Cup and City got the then home end, the Darwen End. Since then the Blackburn End has been the home end.
City won that game 4-1 and went on to win the cup. The Rovers goal was the only one City conceded on the way to winning the Cup. Jim Fryatt scored the goal.:)

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What upset you, Smudgie? It seemed a good natured occasion to me, apart from the justifiable bile directed at Steve Kean.

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Just their whole attitude in general, felt sorry for their young lads and new signings to be honest.

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We had a bit of good craic wi rovers fans, In fact one of our lads asked em what was the ambition this coming season, and the reply was= To play Stanley in Div 1 next season.:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38: Not a lot wrong wi humour like that in my book.

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I'm sick of Rovers fans being lambasted for having a go at Venkys and Kean many Rovers fans have vowed not to but money into Venkys until they get out of our club therefore yesterday was an opportunity to vent their feelings towards Keen (whose absolutely useless ignoring all his other short comings) while putting money in Stanleys coffers

I agree to some degree that it can't help the team but there was plenty of support throughout both games.

Like all fans we are all passionate about our clubs and we will still be there when the Manager and Owners have moved on is it so wriong to have a passion for your club even if in your view it's misdirected

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Kean's going nowhere and Venky's are going nowhere (and Rovers are going nowhere! ;) ).

Time to start supporting your hometown club perhaps?

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Supported Rovers since 1975 and not going to change my loyalties now although I do get down the Stanley too

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We used to regularly eat at a fantastic restaurant, but then it changed hands. The service and the food were awful. The new owners didn't give a stuff, so we found other, nicer places to eat - simples!!!!!!

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My likes and dislikes re food have changed over the years but once a Rover always a Rover and I'm sure that sentiment applies to the majority of genuine fans whoever they support. RTID

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Sad really to see so many Accringtonians neglecting their hometown club to support a club from another town.

What price local pride and loyalty? :(

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Born in Blackburn live in Accy - supporting the same club for 37 years thats not loyalty!! and as I previously said I also go on Stanley

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Everyone from the area's born in Blackburn these days, since Rough Lee closed, aren't they? Makes no odds, you're from Accy, you should support Stanley.

I said LOCAL loyalty. You should be Stanley til you die, never mind about "going on".

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I do support a local club when I started going to Ewood in 75 they were in the old 3rd division (and yes I know thats where we may end up with Venkys in ownership of our club) at that stage Stanley were probably in the Lancashire Combination and therefore there was no contest in terms of who to support. If I supported Spurs or Chelsea or another club miles away then your argument would be more meaningful. Be realistic Stanley are always going to struggle to be the 1st team for established Rovers and Burnley fans and be grateful that we also choose to spend our money at the Stanley

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if you were born in great harwood do you have to support great harwood wellington ?

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depends if it's the nearest pub to were you were born!! if not then clearly the Harwood mafia will be paying you a visit to tell you the error of your ways!!!

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any way lets get back the thread, according to the BBC website, rovers last game was a win against fleetwood town, and next game is against rochdale on the 25th, no mention of accy 1-0 win ,is it that embarracing to them

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You know perfectly well that by local I meant hometown, so don't try the old semantic sleight of hand stuff. You want me be to be "grateful" to the likes of you, a traitor who has so little regard for his hometown that he won't support the town club? What do you expect me to do, bow and scrape and say "thank you"? Your arrogance knows no bounds!

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Facetiousness doesn't become you! ;)

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So everybody has to support their hometown club thats an interesting concept. Stanley theselves have acknowledged in the past that geographically they are in need of Rovers and Burnley to support Stanley as their 2nd team and its evident thats what does happen. So although clearly you would like me to be disloyal to BRFC and adopt Stanley as my first club (which isn't going to happen)would you prefer me not to financially support ASFC at all or to have it as my 2nd club. I'm not sure Stanley are in a position to decline my gatemoney or is your money more valuable than mine.

I take if somebody lives in Blackburn or Burnley or any other town outside of Accy then you and your parochial friends will be maning the baracades and telling them that they are not welcome at the Stanley and they must retun to their town of residence and support their town team

god forbid that I ever move to Burnley!!

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You're not being disloyal to the chicken farmers! You're an Accringtonian, you should support Stanley! That's loyalty! HOMETOWN loyalty! If you don't understand that concept, I can't explain it any better.

As for what people from other towns do, that's up to them. All I'm concerned about and ever have been concerned about, footballwise, is ACCRINGTON STANLEY, first, second and last! :s_gupjump

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Incidentally, Hedman, you seem to infer that supporting your hometown club is something weird or unusual by your sarcastic use of the word "interesting". I'm sure many in Accrington would agree with you, but what a sad state of affairs that this is so!

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When I started going to football in the 70's my choices were Rovers or Burnley as far as I was concerned at aged 14 Stanley were not an option and clearly since then they have made massive strides and I'm proud that Stanley are in the football league. Perhaps looking at your age you can recall the demise of the Stanley in the early 60's and perhaps that is why you feel more passionate about the Stanley and without patronising you I admire your passion and commitment to Stanley

The word interesting was your thinking that everybody should be a supporter of the hometown club which was probably the norm 60 years ago when people relied on public transport and the road networks were not as good as today however to call me a traitor for staying loyal to my first club is rather obtuse

Stanley will spend my money as well as they spend yours yet another concept you fail to admit

I'm afraid we will have to agree to disagree on this one

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Can I please enter this argument about who to support. Hedman2003, I am old enough to remember the final season with the demise of the old club. I can understand your argument that the new club was a non-league club whilst Rovers and Burnley were both football league clubs. I like you supported a club from outside the are, I could not bring myself to support Rovers or Burnley, but, and this is a big but, I was away in the Army for many years and finally left in 1986. That is when I came back to the Stanley fold, even though they were still non-league. I have ridden the roller coaster of many a Stanley season (and not all have been good). Now I live away from the area (Wigan) but I still come home and watch my hometown team, although I could, if I wanted, watch premiership football week in, week out. I cannot do it every week due to work commitments, but I get whenever I can. Ok so you have been a Rovers fan since 1975, that is your right and whilst I applaud you assisting our club as a 2nd team, I also respect your right to support whoever you want. Wynonie, I am sure you can't make all people from Accrington come and support the club, I wish we could, we may get a half decent ground out of it eventually, but the way I see it, I believe that Stanley are similar to Wigan Athletic and may just get the promotions that they have, maybe not Premier League for a few years, but why not live the dream n'est pas.BTW my brother is a Rovers fan and he was born in Accrington, but I have seen him on our ground on occasions. It's his choice.

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Actually. I don't think everyone should support their hometown club, I think Accringtonians should support their hometown club! Everyone else should be a traitor and support Stanley anyway (like my mates and fellow supporters ThirdDivNorth, Yonmon, Mab, Valarian, DaveinGermany, Pendle Red and others! ;) ).

Yes, we will have to disagree, but if you're ever in the Oaklea prior to spending you money at Stanley, I will gladly buy you a pint! :Banane35:

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thanks for your balanced response

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Yes, but I'm trying!

Very trying, some might say! ;)

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"Balanced" is not a word I would use in relation to me and Stanley...unless you were being sarcastic! :D

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Cheers - I do enjoy going to the Stanley as without in any way being disrespectful its like the Rovers used to be in terms of being able to sit or stand where you want. I agree with similar posts on here that Stanley must be the friendliest club to visit

Thanks for the discussion

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Nope I wasn't being sarcastic! - I admire your passion for your club

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I too was a Rovers fanatic in the old division 3 days of the early 70s - home and away. Unfortunately my loyalty has wained over the years, but I really admire your staying power. All the best for the coming season!

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OK, Hedman, make sure you get on as much as you can this season when Rovers don't have a game. Could be a good season! :)

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Trouble is Wyn, us Peel Paek Vets are diseased ! Even though I was exiled down south in '52 and had no knowledge of a resurrected Stanley pre Unibond days, I could not conceivably adopt any other club. Now retired on the south coast but still a Stanley nut thru' 'n thru' even though oap status limits away games I can get to.

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That's the spirit, LLS! Stanley Til I Die!

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If Stanley were the last team on the planet, i still wouldn't support 'em Wynonie.
You keep going on about support your own town !!
I suppose you do all your shopping in Accringtons indoor market, thats if all the stall owners are from Accy.

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The fact that you can possibly compare supporting your football club with buying your weekly shop shows to me that you really don't understand the spirit of the game...and probably never will. :rolleyes:

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Wynonie spirit? YOU SHOULD STOP DRINKING TOO MUCH SPIRIT

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Wynonie shut up

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Quite a sophisticated array of debating skills you've got there. :rolleyes:

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people support who the hell they want, for whatever reason they want. End of.
This subject is now ended.
Enjoy your keg beer in the Oaklea...

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Who suddenly put you in charge of Accyweb?

Incidentally, mine's a pint of cider if you're ever in.

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keg i presume...
i never go in the oaklea, more of a Peel Parker... REAL ALE

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So you do have a connection with Stanley then :)

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Good for you!...although I don't quite see what it's got to do with football. Have you been imbibing rather too much this afternoon with the warm weather and all? ;)

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No real ale. The photo's of old Stanley are very interesting. I love footie generally, because i like to have a bet on it. So it helps to know a bit about all the English and Scottish clubs.
Arsenal, Arbroath to Yeovil and York City, Conference too.
Fleetwood made me loads last season, come on you fishermans friends...