Todays game

[Outback Ozzy]

What a shower of sh*te. We were playing like a bunch of losers, only credit must go to Andy Todd (hope we buy him in the summer), Robby Elliott for keeping us in the game through the adversity of injury (why wasn't he subbed?) Paul Mullin and David Brown, For me, Craney, Roberts and Boco were all guilty of trying to be too clever by taking the ball passed people when a pass to another red shirt would have been the easier option. Don't get me wrong, all three have played excellently at times this season, but today they all had stinkers apart from the goals they scored (Boco apart). Grays played exceptionally well, but like York were complaining last week about fouls they didn't get, I think some of our players were bitching about fouls we didn't get today. The other thing I didn't like was the defenders stopped when they thought they had been fouled instead of playing to the whistle. Just out of interest sake, how many points can Grays get, I think they can also get 86, so 2 more wins for Stanley must be an absolute minimum, and no folding as we have in previous years.

[Outback Ozzy]

Correction to the above post, Grays can only get 83 points, but Stanley CANNOT afford any more slip ups.

[THE PEEL PARK GHOST]

sorry, but the way we r playing at home I dont think we would beat the Crown Pub team!!!!!!

[westcountrygraysman]

We can indeed still get 83 points. At present there are still 4 teams that can mathematically win the title, and for your information the lowest you can now finish is 4th!

I would hate to see you slip up and let Hereford or Halifax in so if you going to do so we had better make sure of the 83 points

[THE PEEL PARK GHOST]

i dont want us to go up....I like the non league paper report on sunday mornings!!

[THE PEEL PARK GHOST]

on stanley on!!!!

[Doug]

Greys played some excellent football above anything else they had the drive and the passion to push home every opportunity laid open to them and there was little shortage of opportunity thanks to our poor defending, a fair and justified victory for the Greys and long may they continue to play some good quality football.

Robbie Elliott was obviously distracted by his condition, but showed his quality in doing his utmost to stop shot after shot (get this lad signed up, Todd an all)….Those that got through where down to pure crappy defending by the rest of the lads, they where no where near enough to be effective, time an time again they failed to give Robbie Elliott the support he needed at the crucial moments. This was more disappointing for me in view of his obvious discomfort.

Greys played to the ball at every opportunity, when we had possession and posed a threat they had two or three men closing us down, when they threatened us there was little to distract them let alone close them. We could learn some good lesions about passion and drive by watching this game back a few times and seeing how little we did not only to secure the win, but also to pull it back.

Before people get upset, Accrington Stanley is probably the best team the Conference as seen in the last few years and without the slightest doubt deserves to be 13 points ahead and with a little more passion will be secure for promotion by Scarborough, but today they played some bloody good football at times but where nowhere near good enough to win…..Five games left. Go out and win every one of them.

[Henry Morton]

Originally Posted by Scott_ASFC

i thought it was a great game apart from the stewards aving a go at us for aving a bit of banter in the 1st half... i dont htink its on we got told not to do hand gestures so we didnt and we still got moaned at..... robbie did some great saves

I'm not familiar with your personal experience today, neither do I doubt your word.

Nevertheless, I'd like to say what a fantastic job the stewards did today. They were under strength and under pressure as far as I could see. They worked and worked . . . and worked.

Thanks guys and gals for a magnificent performance !

[gafcathman]

Originally Posted by Redraine

Ok, nobody seems to want to talk about today's disappointment, but we have to give credit to Grays for outplaying and outbattling us all over the pitch, especially in midfield. Although Rob seems to be carrying an injury at the moment he saved another 3 "certain" goals towards the end.
It was good to see the Stanley fans giving the Grays players a warm ovation at the finish.
I think we need to get Jaggers back playing in midfield - was he on the bench today?

Thank you Accy fans for clapping us off at the end a great gesture from some great sporting fans good luck in league two hope we can join you

[gafcathman]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Yeah, brought a tear to the eye lol

Seriously though, you could tell there was a mutual respect, and if Morecambe or Halifax fail to go up, I'd like Grays to go up. Great fans, and they play good, attacking football.

Mutual respect between our clubs has grown in just one season long may it continue of course Accys tradition is greater than ours but we hope to get there one day hopefully next season would be a good start see you in league two Great Accy Fans

[stanerlee]

robbie elliot was excellent and coley (even though he is the manager) shouldn't really publically blame one individual at this stage of the season. crikey he stood by crighton for long enough (long enough to cost us the playoffs) and elliot is in a different league. i think the wholesale defensive subs told a tale , not that it made any difference. craney's goal was class though, pity it wasn't a winner!!!

[jambutty]

A defeat snatched from the jaws of victory.

Sadly after witnessing Stanley losing at Bournemouth in the 3 round of the FA cup some fifty years ago it was to be my lot to see what used to be my home team lose at home on my return to the fold.
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What did they put in the Stanley’s half time drinks? Valium?
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When they came out for the second half and got going half the team’s body language shouted, “I don’t really want to be here.”
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However we could have been three or even four goals down by half time but for some stalwart goalkeeping and a few last ditch tackles that could so easily, on another day, have given away a penalty. Such staunch rearguard action got what it deserved in the second half with Stanley’s second goal that was worthy of being included as part of the Goal Of The Month on Match of the Day. Strange that it was not featured! Ah! Well! Maybe in a few years time?
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All I can say is that it’s a good job that Alan Hanson wasn’t around to witness a defence that had more holes in it than a sieve.
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Still this was only a minor hiccup and if the players do not dwell on it we can clinch promotion by the next home game. Fortunately whatever Gods there are were on our side and only granted Hereford a draw.
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FGR and Woking are too far away for me to travel but come Easter Monday I hope to witness Accrington Stanley (the world famous Accrington Stanley) return the to Football League proper.
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And now a couple of questions.
The shop doesn’t sell flags so where can I get a white ensign flag with Accrington Stanley printed on it? My bedroom window would be an ideal place to display it to notify the Darreners that Accy is back. Any reasonable size will do although 69” x 50” (175cms) x (127cms) would be perfect.
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I also saw someone (I don’t think that it were a steward) with a coat/anorak with the Accrington Stanley motif. Where can I get one?
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Finally just a word of appreciation to the Webmaster of the official Accrington Stanley web site – exceptional.

[zayno14]

You can get the club coats from the club shop...

[big al]

I saw the Greys in their first game of the season at Burton (little spying mission) & tipped them for a great season then. All credit for yesterday as they closed Garry Roberts down & had a class front line who worried our defence to the end result. Mclean had to be their MOM & well said the fan who shouted to him at the end come & play for us next season. It was returned with a big beaming smile. Spoke to one of their lads after & he said the team & fans all appreciated the warm applause for the Stanley fans at the end. Sorry Lowey but although Morecambe would be closer to travel to, I am still sticking with my prediction that Greys will be on our visitor/visiting list next season. Not too much collateral damage though & lets hope Morecambe do their job on Tues night & bring the celebrations a step closer.