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Diego

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Hi everyone,
The One Man Army also known as The Accrington Stanley Brazilian Supporters Club :D is arriving in England (London) tomorrow night!
I'll then travel to Crewe to see the Stans play away from home on Tuesday, and on Wednesday I'll take the train to Accrington. I arrive at 11:59am. I'll be staying in the Maple Lodge @ 70 Blackburn Road.

I've been talking to Mr. Robert Houseman and he offered to show me Accrington and the club on Wednesday and players training on Thursday, I can't wait! I go back to London on Thursday, 5PM.

Anyway, the reason I'm writing this thread is to call people to go to The Crown Pub, about 7:30PM on Wednesday, to have a drink and talk about football (and/or everything else :D).

Hopefully I'll see some of you soon.

:)
 
shakermaker said:
If only the people of Accrington showed even a tenth of this man's enthusiasm and interest in our town's team. Top effort fella.
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Thanks mate!
It's my pleasure... let's say I'm not an "average" football fan :D

VALAIRIAN said:
Where are you staying after the match??????
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I've booked a place to stay in Crewe after the match, then I get the train in the morning the next day.
 
has the Observer got a reporter called Donna?

"hi, just called to let you know that he's on his way, Diego to MorrowDonna"

I know, I'm going . . .
 
stetrovers said:
Andy Carruthers was born in Brazil, he's a big Rovers fan, living down south, he has relatives in Hollins Lane. His brother travelled from Brazil to come to some Stanley match a few seasons ago.
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Yep, it's amazing, some people will travel from the other side of the globe to watch Stanley. Others who live in Accrington spend their time supporting clubs from other towns. Funny old world. :rolleyes:
 
Wynonie Harris said:
Yep, it's amazing, some people will travel from the other side of the globe to watch Stanley. Others who live in Accrington spend their time supporting clubs from other towns. Funny old world. :rolleyes:
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Stanley didn't exist between 1962 and 1969, so there is a void of 7 years. Myself being born in 1963 followed my big brother to watch Rovers, although i went to Stanley home games in the mid 70's when Rovers were playing away. Stanley were never going to replace my Rovers, even when they got back into the football league. Many people stay away from Stanley because of the prices, when they were non-league crowds were bigger than they are now. I've been going to football since 1971, most people sit at home and watch football on tv and they consider themselves football fans. that seems to be coming the norm. Even Man Utd have to advertise the Ajax game on radio to try and to fill their ground.
 
stetrovers said:
Stanley didn't exist between 1962 and 1969, so there is a void of 7 years. Myself being born in 1963 followed my big brother to watch Rovers, although i went to Stanley home games in the mid 70's when Rovers were playing away. Stanley were never going to replace my Rovers, even when they got back into the football league. Many people stay away from Stanley because of the prices, when they were non-league crowds were bigger than they are now. I've been going to football since 1971, most people sit at home and watch football on tv and they consider themselves football fans. that seems to be coming the norm. Even Man Utd have to advertise the Ajax game on radio to try and to fill their ground.
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Stop it! Stop all the excuses! I can tell from the underlying tone of your post that really you want to come back to where you belong. The Clayton End is your natural home so stop fighting it and submit to your natural instincts. Plenty of ex-Roverites on here, a great craic and we're even playing badly at the moment so it'll be just like watching the chicken farmers. Go on...you know you want to!
 
You tell him Wynonie ... for him, home should be where the heart is, for me heart is where the home was.

But it is a bit of a bar steward that Premier League handouts allow Rovers to set their prices so low that we can't undercut them significantly.
 
Chimer said:
You tell him Wynonie ... for him, home should be where the heart is, for me heart is where the home was.

But it is a bit of a bar steward that Premier League handouts allow Rovers to set their prices so low that we can't undercut them significantly.[/quote] Nail on head Chimer:)
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Hey Diego...I hope you really enjoyed yourself despite the result.I hope you got to meet many of the names you see on here. You going to get to a home game?
 
I too began watching football in the time when Stanley weren't there and actually went to the Rovers one week and Burnley the next, supporting both clubs except when they played each other when I was definitely a Rovers fan. I fell out of love with football in the late 1980's but in 2003 my sons took me to watch the Rovers at Leicester and I couldn't have cared less who won. A few months later, living in Buckinghamshire at the time, I decided to go and watch the Stanley at Barnet and as they say the rest is history. A 0-0 draw but I was desperately looking at my watch for the last 15 minutes just like the old days. Went regularly to away matches in the South east until I moved to Cornwall. Don't get much chance to see them now and the change of date of the Torquay match has stopped me getting to that one but if I'm asked now who I support there's only one answer and it's got be the Stanley.
 
Diego has asked me to post that he will be in the Crown from 7:30pm tonight (Wednesday) if any fans would like to say hello.
 
John Alty a former Stanley chairman chairman put me off going to Stanley when he slagged league football off after having his wallet nicked at a Rovers v Man City game. Little did he expect Stanley getting back into the league. I have been on The Crown Ground once this season, to watch the mighty Scunthorpe beat you in the League Cup. They were my dads team, and the first result i look out for on a Saturday afternoon. I even had a spell of going over to Scunny when Rovers had no match on Saturdays
 
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