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mab · 24-02-2011, 07:55

Whalley to leave STANLEY in the next few days.can someone put the link on pleases

cashman · 24-02-2011, 08:01

aint online yet.

Whalley Red · 24-02-2011, 09:05

Now online:

Whalley set to cut his Stanley ties (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Long time red · 24-02-2011, 09:26

Paragraph 2 is the most interesting to me.

"19 months after relinquishing the day to day running of the club". having known Eric for many years some of the decisions made during this time certainly did not seem his style.
I spoke to him a while back regarding the cheap season ticket offer, his comments where as you would expect. this was in my opinion a big mistake as i suggest it did not put more bums on seats, just eroded the clubs income.
Also our Commercial Dept should certainly take a good look at itself (or perhaps Mr Khan should look at it) it surely isn't pulling its weight in the old days all games had sponsors, we had new boards around the ground, also how successful is our weekly draw these days.

maccawozzagod · 24-02-2011, 09:35

its certainly true that the Commercial Team doesn't appear to be doing its job. Ground not sponsored, no new shirt sponsorship tied up, boards not full, games not sponsored etc etc - Hopefully this is all linked to EW still casting his shadow but should this latest twist happen to be true then the gloom should be lifted and they can finally start to earn their corn.

As for the weekly draw, i've never liked it. I think that the main benefit of how it is at the moment is that the club do not have to do much regarding the organising of it. But I would certainly prefer a draw that is actually made at the club (half-time) and where the winners are all local. Does anybody think that the draw, with lower 'jackpots' but local winners would encourage more or less entrants?

cashman · 24-02-2011, 09:51

dont think its right to knock commercial dept, as hands were tied wi that albatross around there necks, once the DoN hopefully follows suit, then they stand a much improved chance of attracting sponsors. IMHO.

maccawozzagod · 24-02-2011, 09:54

agreed - but hopefully they have a long list of businesses to contact who have previously intimated that they wouldn't deal with us again whilst he is around

jaysay · 24-02-2011, 09:54

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Originally Posted by maccawozzagod

its certainly true that the Commercial Team doesn't appear to be doing its job. Ground not sponsored, no new shirt sponsorship tied up, boards not full, games not sponsored etc etc - Hopefully this is all linked to EW still casting his shadow but should this latest twist happen to be true then the gloom should be lifted and they can finally start to earn their corn.

As for the weekly draw, i've never liked it. I think that the main benefit of how it is at the moment is that the club do not have to do much regarding the organising of it. But I would certainly prefer a draw that is actually made at the club (half-time) and where the winners are all local. Does anybody think that the draw, with lower 'jackpots' but local winners would encourage more or less entrants?

I've had a ticket in that draw for, must be ten years Mac, but never see the winners printed anywhere does this happen and it does where are they published?

maccawozzagod · 24-02-2011, 10:01

there is a list of main winners published almost every week on the website. Failing that you can usually find them on the Blackpool or Preston sites.

There are however many bigger winners but then a couple of hundred or so £5 or £10 winners where the names aren't published - I only know whether Ive won or not when the tenner drops on the doormat!

As welcome as tenners are on the mat, to be honest any of us only ever play these sort of things for jackpots don't we?

cashman · 24-02-2011, 10:06

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Originally Posted by maccawozzagod

there is a list of main winners published almost every week on the website. Failing that you can usually find them on the Blackpool or Preston sites.

There are however many bigger winners but then a couple of hundred or so £5 or £10 winners where the names aren't published - I only know whether Ive won or not when the tenner drops on the doormat!

As welcome as tenners are on the mat, to be honest any of us only ever play these sort of things for jackpots don't we?

Jackpots...whats them? aint won a jackpot since they stopped yeh fiddling the bandits up the elite in 60s.

JEFF · 24-02-2011, 10:15

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Originally Posted by mab

Whalley to leave STANLEY in the next few days.can someone put the link on pleases

Whalley was leaving Stanley eighteen months ago when he "sold" his 51% shareholding to O'Neill. I will believe it when I see it, but maybe it will happen "in the next couple of weeks".

jaysay · 24-02-2011, 10:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by maccawozzagod

there is a list of main winners published almost every week on the website. Failing that you can usually find them on the Blackpool or Preston sites.

There are however many bigger winners but then a couple of hundred or so £5 or £10 winners where the names aren't published - I only know whether Ive won or not when the tenner drops on the doormat!

As welcome as tenners are on the mat, to be honest any of us only ever play these sort of things for jackpots don't we?

Thanks for that Mac, its just that, as I said, I've had a number in the draw for about 10 years and have never won a bean

cashman · 24-02-2011, 10:30

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Originally Posted by JEFF

Whalley was leaving Stanley eighteen months ago when he "sold" his 51% shareholding to O'Neill. I will believe it when I see it, but maybe it will happen "in the next couple of weeks".

Perfectly true, but suspect his balls are trapped in the mangle this time.