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Any news?

I don't think the threat of relegation should make any difference, still play 46 games in the conference!

Why not try something like Wolves unveil season ticket refund offer « Express & Star

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They'll probably wait to see what league we will be in before announcing prices and stuff

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The earlier they are sold the better. They have never waited until the season end to sell them have they? I would expect something announced in March and an April early bird deadline.

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Sounds a bit like the Stanley Legends scheme from years ago. That came to nothing special as well.

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Don't forget when they tried getting people to buy a brick aswell, whatever happend to that

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It went the same way as the arch :D

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What exactly does the man in charge of ticket pricing do?? apart from get it so wrong on so many levels?

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The main benefit is access to high demand cup tickets I would imagine, however it rarely gets to that.

Not sure if you get discount in the club shop, only been in once ever. When they 'sacked' the woman who sold shirts etc on the table cus a few got robbed it put me off.

The buy a brick at a grand a pop minimum was always vastly overpriced, I felt sorry for the lady who bought one in good faith.

The cheaper fund raising for the screen has been met after being revised, so some success when things much more sensibly priced.

You can't argue with the cheap season ticket prices, but other than that the match day ticket prices are aimed at chasing in short term from the away fans rather than growing the home fan base long term.

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for me that was all pie in the sky.

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can,t see em being sold until we know what league we,ll be playing in next season. there,ll be a number who will not renew there,s me included if we fall into the oblivion sorry i mean the conference. braintree on a tuesday night no thanks.

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You see, I just don't get that - doesn't matter what league they're in, Stanley are my team & it's as simple as that for me.
Even when we came perilously close to losing the club completely I couldn't see myself going off & supporting anyone else, I might've watched odd matches here & there but no way I could imagine developing the passion I have for ASFC for any other team

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you might be different than me as i only started going to the crown in 2009 so i missed the non league days. i hope that i don,t come across as a glory hunter, if i was i wouldn,t have picked stanley. i supported hartlepools before since i was a little kid so glory hunting is not in my dna. i just don,t like non league football with all their happy clappy fans who think attending a game at ossett town makes em unique and proves they don,t support a premier league side with all that goes with it. will not desert stanley if they fall into non league but i,ll pick my games home and away but will not support anyone else even pools again.

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Agreed 100%. Supported Stanley wherever they were, even in the depths of the Lancs Combination. And I'd rather be a "happy, clappy fan" (whatever one of those is) supporting real, grassroots football, instead of sitting in some sterile, plastic stadium watching a premiership match between two sets of cosseted, jaded millionaires. Sadly, though, there aren't many like us, especially in Accy!

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Don't think anyone who comes to the Crown can be called glory hunters MH, & yeah maybe it's different when you've followed them through the non league days (& I'm talking well below Conference level)
I enjoyed those times & the journey through to the league - in fact I've sometimes said the getting here was often more fun than being here. Don't get me wrong, of course I want us to stay up but for me personally it wouldn't be the end if the world if we didn't & certainly wouldn't be the end of going to every home game & as many away ones as I can manage - even Ossett Town :)

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you,vewynonie hit the non league scene on the head totally there. real grassroots football is what they really mean as playing on surfaces even a rugby club would complain of, poor standard of football, officials much worse than we get but you can always go into the clubhouse after the game, have a go at football in the premier and football league and dream of your local postman getting the winner against who, one of the football league sides you,ve decried all season. sorry wynonie its just not for me.

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A bit harsh on the National League, MH. I'm sure the likes of Tranmere, Wrexham, Macclesfield, Aldershot and Torquay wouldn't recognise that scenario at all. Not many "local postmen" playing at full-time clubs like these. As for "having a go at football in the premier", I reckon most Stanley fans do that. This is why we go to Stanley!

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You can't call Stanley grassroots these days, it must kill you watching professional football. Plenty of jaded millionaires at the crown, did you not see the Notts County squad?

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As the smallest club in the FL, I'd say Stanley are still very much grassroots...and standing on the Clayton End enjoying the craic, watching my home town team is a world away from the smug, plastic, artificial blandness of your average premier league stadium. Now, having to go through the latter every other week would kill me!

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Refer to my thread about supporting Leeds v Accy.

I'd very much prefer Stanley to be above non-league if my infrequent trips to Stockport County and Guisely are anything to go by, but I'd still prefer that to paying £33 for something very bland.

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try north ferriby, guiseley, fylde, maybe salford next season plus the likes of forest green rovers where you can,t even purchase non veggie food. home games where they,ll come in a taxi with room to spare. total lack of atmosphere. substitute morecambe for the delights of a 1950,s film set, sorry i mean barrow. is this what anyone really wants. no league cup and the delights of being knocked out of the fa cup qualifing round by someone called west allotments on a pitch that the grassroots have died months before. the real glory of the non league scene.

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Have good memories of most if the places you mention, with the exception of Barrow of course (I defy anyone to have good memories of that place) & Salford who were almost unheard of pre-Nevillegate & no of course revisiting them isn't what most of us want but we'd cope without (much) moaning if we had to because it'd still be our club & that's what's important

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Of course I don't want to be relegated. But I also realise it wouldn't be the end of the world. To me the division we play in doesn't really matter. It's about the craic with friends and also seeing Accrington represented on the footballing map, which a club on a stable footing the town can be proud of.

I've never understood this modern trend of going to watch the opposition. Whether we play Frickley or Fulham, Pontefract Colleries or Plymouth, I'm going to watch The Stanley, nobody else.

Is playing Aldershot, Wrexham et al. actually all that different to playing then likes of Morecambe and Newport? I'd suggest some of these views of Non League are very outdated. There's at least ten clubs at Conference North level (two below) who can draw four figure crowds, never mind the National League itself.

I've never been to Braintree or Dover either so every cloud!!

It won't happen though. We will never be relegated under JC. Dragged us from Congelton and Flixton to West Ham and Boro. Won't let it slide easily!!

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"What anyone really wants"? Where did anyone on this thread say non-league is what we really want? The point is, you seem to support Stanley because they're Football League. Most of us support Stanley because they're Stanley!

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There are some very supportive comments about the club, I used to follow Stanley from the early 90s to approximately 98. That was the old Unibond days. Some were enjoyable but we all wanted to get back into the league. Some the grounds mentioned brings back memories. Who remembers Emley who played on the top of the moors. Brave supporters only went there. The club became Emley and Wakefield trinity. The craic was good then. The Stanley we have today is a completely different animal and we are in different times with different pressures. Each game matters to the financial survival of the club more now than ever before. If we go down there needs to be a complete restructuring of the management system. We would have to use the time wisely to rebuild. I still hope we will stay up even if it is by our fingernails. As to support another club is not a feasible idea. You are what you are. Good, Bad or indifferent. we hurt as much as fans of any other club when things are going against us. We all have our opinions on the rights and wrong of decisions by managers, Refs etc. My beef at the moment is the way the club is being mismanaged on the off field bit. we were promised the upgrade of systems that don't seem to be appearing. Yet the supporters club and fans have done a fantastic job getting the fanzone up and running and the big screen project. whether you agree or not you can not decry the commitment of the supporters to do the best for their club. We can return to winning ways with fans like we have. we just need a lot more.

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Come on Chris, there's been plenty of improvements off the pitch. New seats, toilets, new pitch, loads of clearance around the ground etc.
Rome wasn't built in a day, nor will Stanley be.

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Just to be clear ChrisR, What "upgrade of systems" are you talking about?

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I'm sure most fans, including all of Stanley's, would agree with that, Wynonie, but it's interesting that they are not from the smallest town.
Fleetwood, with a population of around 25,000, can claim that.

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I agree there have been some fantastic improvements around the ground. The toilets in the sports bar a due a bit of renovation. But as you rightly say Rome was not built in a day, The club has come a long way in many ways yet have been lagging behind on the technology front. I appreciate there are a lot of things to do and we will get there.

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The ticket system. The ability to buy tickets online, or change seating if you are a season ticket holder who wants to bring other friends to a match. this may involve surrendering your normal seats to avail yourself of any extra seats if you want to sit together. We all received emails on more than one occasions warning us to bring our season ticket book for scanning, not happened. why? This software is inexpensive and should have been a priority before now. The benefits as a management tool should have been recognised long ago. Many people who do support the club know only too well the system would be a fantastic boon to the smooth running of the club. The biggest upgrade to our club system is to be competitive with our neighbours. we had the ticket fiasco with prices for the Luton Match compared to premier league clubs. This should not happen. you can't increase home crowds by charging more than prem clubs for a cup match. Attitudes need to change. We need a more customer friendly approach, The grumpy old man image of the board does not help. Andy Holt will spare time to talk to anybody and that is great. The electronic side of the systems management is lacking and letting us down. Our prices for in match catering and drinks are a little high. £2.50 for a pie is a bit OTT. why not have a specials deal like pie and peas for say £2. the meal deals we are selling at the moment can be made more attractive. There are many other little ideas that make visiting the wham an experience people will come for and can afford to enjoy. we are going the right way. My comments and observations are for the betterment of the club and not criticism.

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Pies £3 at Mansfield, coffee £2.

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Pie inflation happens a lot at Steve Evan's clubs.
Couldn't say why.

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fleetwood may have a low population but have been lucky in their rise has coincided with the fall of their near neighbour blackpool. i know things are not going too well at blackburn but if burnley were in free fall i,m sure our attendances would be a lot higher. its easy to support fleetwood at the moment but if the wheels start coming off it could be a different story.

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Dave Burgess just tweeted prices will be announced in "Next few days, Almost sorted"

Suppose "next few days" is better than "next week"

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I scan mine every game?

You mention this a lot - can you provide quotes for what software you think is being used / going to be used / who your expertise would suggest the club to use?

My experience travelling to away games is that this isn't particularly expensive, especially if you get the pie and a pint for a fiver deal the club currently does. Do you have any experiences of other league grounds that have more affordable deals? Genuine question, not having a go, I just may not have been to the grounds that have. £2 for pie and peas surely isn't viable at our level - it wouldn't leave much room for profit?

It feels to me that you want a platinum football league experience for the price of the Unibond days. Times have moved on - I think there needs to be an element of realism as to what our limits are, not to mention that the cost of living has increased substantially over the last decade or so - and whilst that should be a reason to offer value to the fans, the club surely also has to work within those restraints?

Just my thoughts.

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It seems I am going over old ground so I will simply keep out it.

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Next few days does mean next weak at Stanley doesn't it

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nah it means next week.:D

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But by some way still the smallest borough I'd imagine.

Also Fleetwood is not comparable to us and the likes of Morecambe. Artificially inflated league position due to a sugar daddy in Mr Pilley. :)

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Also, having been everywhere in this division bar Blackpool and Donny, I can say our catering prices are more than reasonable. Fiver for a pie and a pint. An actual pint. As opposed to the norm of £3.50 plus for a tiny bottle of ale and £3 average pie cost.

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That can be applied to just about half the Football League and many in the Conference pyramids.
Is not Andy Holt a sugar daddy? A very welcome and sensible one, but how long would the club survive without his 'sugar'?

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In my view it wouldn't:eek: