Stanley Chairman Nominated!!

VALAIRIAN · 01-03-2010, 17:02

Even more good news!!!

Lancashire Dealmakers Awards 2010
Monday 1st Mar 2010

Stanley chairman receives nomination
Accrington Stanley chairman Ilyas Khan has been nominated as Lancashire's Entrepreneur of the Year at an awards ceremony to be held at Ewood Park on Thursday evening.

The Lancashire Dealmakers Awards 2010 is being run by Insider Media Ltd, and is designed to celebrate the continued strength of the county’s dealmaking community. The nomination is great publicity for the club and highlights the fact that Accrington Stanley is now beginning to be noticed for the right reasons within the local business community.

Speaking about the nomination Ilyas said "I am thrilled that Insider Media has seen fit to nominate me and ASFC for this prestigious award, and honoured that we made the shortlist. This reflects the incredible progress that the club is making – and indeed it is a true turnaround.

"I would like to make it clear that whilst the nomination names me, as with all entrepreneurs and business men I am only as good as the team that I work with, and in getting to this stage I pay tribute to the hard working and often anonymous staff at the club and all its many volunteers."

lancsdave · 01-03-2010, 17:06

Congratulations to Ilyas.

I presume I wasn't nominated because of the venue

Nickelson · 01-03-2010, 17:09

Congratulations, Ilyas.
If anyone deserves the recognition its you.

smudgie · 01-03-2010, 17:10

100% Legend!!!

shakermaker · 01-03-2010, 17:12

Well done Ilyas.

maccawozzagod · 01-03-2010, 17:14

I dont get it

Ilyas is nominated - and rightly so for everything else he does. But Accrington stanley is hardly a template for entrepeneurial brilliance - yet the article reads as though he and the club have been nominated.

Willie Miller · 01-03-2010, 17:22

Lets not argue Rob, headlines for the right reasons & all that

maccawozzagod · 01-03-2010, 17:27

Not arguing I just dont get it

Shurm · 01-03-2010, 17:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by maccawozzagod

i dont get it

Ilyas is nominated - and rightly so for everything else he does. But accrington stanley is hardly a template for entrepeneurial brilliance - yet the article reads as though he and the club have been nominated.

Pendle Red · 01-03-2010, 18:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by maccawozzagod

I dont get it

Ilyas is nominated - and rightly so for everything else he does. But Accrington stanley is hardly a template for entrepeneurial brilliance - yet the article reads as though he and the club have been nominated.

Bamboozled as well

cashman · 01-03-2010, 18:49

its a positive n thats what really counts. IMHO.

Pendle Red · 01-03-2010, 18:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by cashman

its a positive n thats what really counts. IMHO.

Yep that can't be denied

maccawozzagod · 01-03-2010, 19:14

I've had me tea now so can phrase it better.

Has the Chairman of Accrington Stanley been nominated or has Accrington Stanley and it's Chairman been nominated?

is what I meant

expatriate · 01-03-2010, 19:25

macca and pendle and all. DOnt be bamboozled or fooled or confused. I would respectfully suggest that we are happy that our club is being seen in a positive light, and in the business context, getting the great press that this nomination has bought. I doubt that i will win but to be shortlisted was a great achievement. This gives us a wonderful platform to start appealing to those businesses that can be of such great sponsorship and support assistance in the months and years ahead.

Macca - the nomination is for people, but the nomination in this case is linked to the turnaround for asfc. I cant imagine its easy or even possible to differentiate, and your question is therefore really not easy for me to answer. I suspect that the nominations committee looked at me as an individual and then looked at the context of the club and the history etc.

regardless of anything else, I also want to echo on this bulletin board that the "hidden team" from the groundsman and the security on match days, to the 20:20 sellers and the professionals in the office and the shop, should be very proud of this step. As has been mentioned in many other places we have a lot to do and a long way to go, so we will not get carried away with this nice little interlude.

Ilyas

Shurm · 01-03-2010, 19:28

None of them Ilyas Khan has been nominated