The Football.....

[SpokeyDokey]

Much as I support West Ham, today's game is one it wouldn't bother me too much to lose.

Hmmm...I was there with Chelsea umpteen games back.

Couldn't even muster up a groan at yesterday's debacle.

I hate wishing my life away but next season can't come quick enough for me - although maybe I'll suffer even more disappointment next time around.

 

[13 rider]

Omg my nerves can't take this any more
A 2 all draw from 1 nil up with 6 mins to go to 1 2 down with 4 mins go !! To salvage a draw with 10 men in the 95 min
Go foxes

 

[TVC]

Everybody in Leicester has suddenly become a Stoke fan, at least for the next 36 hours anyway.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Everybody in Leicester has suddenly become a Stoke fan, at least for the next 36 hours anyway.

Not everyone

 

[RedRider]

Liverpool supporters love history and live in the past, delighting in bringing up Hillsborough and former European glories whenever possible.

Did you not get the memo?

Perhaps one of the most crass comments I've ever read on here. Shame on you.

 

[ozboz]

Well , im off to the Crown , to down a couple , Ladbrokes opposite , so Im havin' a bet on the prem winners , for me , could well be Spurs ,

 

[MarkF]

ONLY two promotions. That'a a long way off reaching the Football League when you're 21 points off the Conference North's play offs this season. It's like saying Stanley are only 3 promotions off the Premiership. But no,it's even harder with only 2 clubs promoted to the Football League each year. Wrexham have been trying for years to get back into the FL without success.

My point was..................this is a new Accrington Stanley, the old one never regained league status, it died.

 

[AndyRM]

Perhaps one of the most crass comments I've ever read on here. Shame on you.

That's a fair comment. "Delighting" was entirely the wrong word to use and I apologise.

ETA - it did relate to the "European glories" part of my comment, but I appreciate how it's come across. Poor judgement on my part.

 

[martint235]

In far more important news, Welling have been relegated from the Vanarama.

 

[RedRider]

That's a fair comment. "Delighting" was entirely the wrong word to use and I apologise.

ETA - it did relate to the "European glories" part of my comment, but I appreciate how it's come across. Poor judgement on my part.

Thanks

 

[Accy cyclist]

My point was..................this is a new Accrington Stanley, the old one never regained league status, it died.

Yes but it's still Accrington Stanley which people recognise. If a pub shut down after years of trading then re-opened years later under the same name folk would still call that pub by the same name and think of it as the original. I know what you're saying but couldn't we say then that Man City aren't the original club because they now play at a new ground away from their Moss Side fan base and they're owned by Arab billionaires and not local businessmen?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Agreed. In the same way that AFC Wimbledon are The Dons.

Wimbledon FC changed their name to Milton Keynes Dons and moved some 75 miles away. Whereas Accrington Stanley kept the same name and moved about three quarters of a mile away.

 

[mark st1]

In far more important news, Welling have been relegated from the Vanarama.

Feel your pain looking like Maidenhead arnt going to make the play offs. 0-0 on Saturday needed all 3 points really

 

[MarkF]

Yes but it's still Accrington Stanley which people recognise. If a pub shut down after years of trading then re-opened years later under the same name folk would still call that pub by the same name and think of it as the original. I know what you're saying but couldn't we say then that Man City aren't the original club because they now play at a new ground away from their Moss Side fan base and they're owned by Arab billionaires and not local businessmen?

No, Man City have a traceable linear history. Of course people recognise the Accrington name name, they'd hardly start up again and call themselves Newquay Stanley, being in Accy an all.......... I think AFC Halifax Town FC is the same club as Halifax Town FC & I think Darlington 1883 is the same club as Darlington FC. But Accy & BPA went bust, they ceased to play, at any level, for a long period. These are now new clubs IMO.

Good luck in the play offs.

 

[martint235]

No, Man City have a traceable linear history. I think AFC Halifax Town FC is the same club as Halifax Town FC & I think Darlington 1883 is the same club as Darlington FC. But Accy & BPA went bust, they ceased to play, at any level, for a long period. These are new clubs IMO.

It all depends what you're trying to say: is this club Accrington Stanley then yes; is this club one of the founding members of the football league, no. That club went out of existence.