Peel Park
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When Accrintgon Stanley reformed why was'nt Peel park used in stead of the present location FES? Anybody know?????????????????????????????
Mab, any chance of your unbounded enthusiasm being channeled into the History project, PM me if you want to be involved.
Phil Whalley's book is a must read for fans though, get thee to a library.
Because it was owned by Lancs County Council by then, who used it as a playing field for the adjacent school. Stanley did actually go back there to play one match in March, 1973 (2-2 draw against Nelson) when the Crown was unplayable.
Should have run up there with some jumpers and sawdust when the Brentford match was called off
Because it was owned by Lancs County Council.
Because it was owned by Lancs County Council.
Nope, they bought it off a scrap metal dealer from Wigan. He'd bought it when the club finally went bankrupt in December, 1963. Think he was hoping to stage speedway at the venue or something similar. He hired the ground at a nominal rent to Stanley's successor - Accrington FC who played there until they finally folded in January, 1966.
I have just finished it ..... the book that is Phil Whalleys at long ruddy last of waiting to get a copy - which incidently i only got yesterday afternoon Hence been very quiet much to my households delight but i was too engrossed in it - answers all your Q's mab, yes they did play on the th'owd hallowed ground before the crown for a short while - gee hasn't some things changed with the FES hehehehehe centre pitch probs 
Brill book Phil.....................whens the next book please [this time i hope to claim a copy before they all sell out again non being in club shop for a while i had to resort to other desperate measures to own 'the club that wouldnt die'!]
Btw back now did u miss the quiet
Hence been very quiet much to my households delight but i was too engrossed in it - answers all your Q's mab, yes they did play on the th'owd hallowed ground before the crown for a short while - gee hasn't some things changed with the FES hehehehehe centre pitch probs Brill book Phil.....................whens the next book please [this time i hope to claim a copy before they all sell out again
non being in club shop for a while i had to resort to other desperate measures to own 'the club that wouldnt die'!] Btw back now did u miss the quiet
The old terraces at the peel park ave end are still there................. well under the grass & trees, answers the Q of why its banked upwards Also the steps leading up from the school, the little building they use as changing rooms are still there as the original entrances from the school carpark too
Love the place still even tho before my time but u can still feel it hauntingly
Also the steps leading up from the school, the little building they use as changing rooms are still there as the original entrances from the school carpark tooLove the place still even tho before my time but u can still feel it hauntingly
I have just finished it ..... the book that is Phil Whalleys at long ruddy last of waiting to get a copy - which incidently i only got yesterday afternoon
Brill book Phil.....................whens the next book please [this time i hope to claim a copy before they all sell out again
Btw back now did u miss the quiet
I'LL PUT IT ON MY GOT AGET WISH LIST,THE REASON I POSTED THAT LAST POST IS THAT THINGS ARNT AS BAD AS IT SOMETIMES SEEMS ON STANLEY ON
errr its a bit 
since i was last on here 
Deffo well worth it - trust me read that & thinks altho familiar at times to this day, thinks arn't that bad with the club yet any road - wheres depressed toad think he needs a copy too might cheer his delightful ramblings up
at junior and schoolboy level it was drilled into us that it was a special place to play (peel park). And this was 30 years after the club leaving the football league.
it was a special place to the fans also.
spent many a happy sat afternoon yon.
Coincidentally as I listened to the clearly very distressed Rotherham Chairman who has taken a year out unpaid from his business to try and save his club and their fans on Radio Sheffield as I travelled home from work and they talked of Millmoor's future images of Peel Park as it is now came into my thoughts.