Burnley friendly

[lancsdave]

Now confirmed as £10 for adults and £5 for concessions.

Cashman admittance price is £20 as it's an extra priveledge for him

[Tin Monkey]

I wonder what the turn out will be? I was hoping for loads, but a few people yesterday said they were thinking nearer the 1000 mark.

[Stanleymad]

Posted via Mobile Device Carpon excellent post mate couldn't put it better, a subject exactly i have said for years to my rover supporting relatives. Seems the attitude of those supporters have always been 'im alright jack' excuse the pun.

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by Tin Monkey

I wonder what the turn out will be? I was hoping for loads, but a few people yesterday said they were thinking nearer the 1000 mark.

I hope I'm wrong but I think unlikely to be no more than 2,000. The hierarchy at Burnley are doing there best to rally the troops, even to the extent of already announcing that Nugent will make his debut. It's difficult to call

[VALAIRIAN]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

Now confirmed as £10 for adults and £5 for concessions.

Cashman admittance price is £20 as it's an extra priveledge for him

Thanks for the info LD Lets hope at those prices we get a really big crowd What is the feeling about the crowd numbers from a Claret point of view??

Just seen above posts!

[Stanleymad]

Posted via Mobile Device If the attendance is 1000 or 10000, what should that matter and wouldn't be no dis respect, all helps and would be a huge boost to the fund kitty and a great move forward to clearing the debt in space of an hour or 2,

[cashman]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

Now confirmed as £10 for adults and £5 for concessions.

Cashman admittance price is £20 as it's an extra priveledge for him

where is it confirmed dave? can find sod all on fishy site. by the way i'm suprised there letting ME in that cheap.

[mab]

Nugent Set for Stanley Fund-Raiser Burnley FC - The Official Site

[cashman]

Originally Posted by mab

Nugent Set for Stanley Fund-Raiser Burnley FC - The Official Site

cheers mab, still waiting fer ok from the ******* at the premier league though. gonna leave very little time to publise it in media.

[VALAIRIAN]

Originally Posted by Stanleymad

Posted via Mobile Device If the attendance is 1000 or 10000, what should that matter and wouldn't be no dis respect, all helps and would be a huge boost to the fund kitty and a great move forward to clearing the debt in space of an hour or 2,

No disrespect meant in anyway SM Just my mind ticking/thinking, 1000 gate = £X, 2000 gate = 2 x £X and so on Like you say it all helps, but the sooner that thermometer reaches £308K The sooner we can all start to breathe a sigh of relief and then brace ourselves for the next Stanley crisis, because lets face it, it will only be around the corner

[Stanleymad]

Posted via Mobile Device Lol im sure all our minds are on the funds table, understandable. After then its back to business of climbing the league and sustaining clean sheets both on and off the pitch

[lancsdave]

Somebody posted the comment below on one of our message boards, which is probably the best summing up I've seen. There has been a healthy discussion of those who take option 1 and those who take option 2. An interesting point is right at the end, not a lot of people were aware of it, and probably explains better why the offer has been made by our chairman and manager.

Accrington have a big job on their hands raising this money, and their fundraising people will need to keep their own morale up, if they are to make a half-decent fist of it. I guess it helps knowing that a neighbouring club is providing assistance.

There are much bigger clubs in 'Lancashire' that could help perhaps..
- these are global brand names who normally don't miss a trick when it comes to Google Page Ranking...you know who I mean...

How can they assist 'Accy' though, when they have hundreds of millions of pounds of debt themselves ?

Put simply, I think that fans are in one of two camps on this one...

Firstly, that as supporters we are part of one big football 'family'.
We help each other out. We are part of the best football competition in the world, which is rich in history and tradition, and we should try and preserve it. Many other countries are envious of our league set-up and try to emulate it.
There are many examples in recent years of this football 'family' helping out clubs in difficulties [eg. Brighton and Bournemouth]. I needn't go on.

Or secondly, some fans simply look at it as an accountant would, in 'profit and loss' or 'balance sheet 'terms...ie. if a club is struggling financially, just close them down.
I know which camp I'm in.

Finally, remember the 'Orient Match' ? What might have happened that day... ?
Pre May 2009 and Wembley..apparently our own football finances were dire at that time...For Accrington Stanley read............Burnley.

[VALAIRIAN]

Final bit sums it up LD, spot on, let's just hope plenty more think/remember like that.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by yonmon

A good point SM !, but wouldn't you agree that then was then, and now is NOW ...Different times-differing circumstances, and how the face of Football has changed since that shattering and emotive intervention of Bob Lord so long ago !.
But today's Status Quo exists, and the emergency facing our Club is as real, if not more pressing than that facing the Stanley in 'the bad old days'.

Yet it would appear that from all the mechanisms for survival and future growth of 'The Reds' which have, and are now presenting themselves as potential strategies for this purpose, by far outstrip those efforts able to made to save the Club in those far off, but never forgotten days!.

Is not this then a situation which can offer to us all a measure of optimism and assurance that all will be well ?....and I'm not wearing my Red-tinted spectacles as I put forward this opinion!!.

As many have said on our Forum....If there ever was a time in the history of Accrington Stanley which demanded real ACTION and less of the constant literal analysis of political and fiscal convolutions at 'The Crown', then it is NOW !!......the scenario which will be consequent to a failure to meet the struggle facing everyone involved, just cannot be imagined !..

So..'ON...ALL WHO LOVE 'THE STANLEY!!...ON!.

The eloquence of this man’s words echo form a proud and deeply red heart.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Doug

The eloquence of this man’s words

ya never ever said that about me ya git.