Talk:Accrington Stanley F.C./Archive 1

Ripping Yarns
Was one of the Ripping Yarns, Golden Gordon, based on the activities of AS?


 * No, how could you forget Barnstoneworth United? user:sjc

Milk advert
I've heard it said that the wording of the milk advert is "when I grow up, I won't be good enough to play for A.S." (rather than "I'm only gonna be good enough to..."). With this reading, Boy 2 assumes A.S. are good, and gets let down in the next line by "Exactly". If he said "I'm only gonna be good enough" this wouldn't happen. I can't find a copy of the original anywhere to check, though. Marnanel 19:05, 9 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[] suggests "only be good enough to play" is what lives on in most peoples memory. Mintguy (T) 19:15, 9 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I always remember it as "ian rush says that if i drink lots of milk, i'll be good enough to play for Accrington Stanley". As in Stanley are such a good team that the two boys haven't heard of them. --Charmike 10:43, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Really splitting hairs this one, I'm afraid; this ad is currently on YouTube. According to my ears, the line with the first AS reference begins "Yeah, an' he said..." rather than "Yeah, an' he says..." J1960 14:26, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Manager
Just thought I'd mention that the manager may need a new link, the one it goes to is of an extremely famous Australian Rules Footballer! (Stuey 182 00:32, 20 April 2006 (UTC))

"Replaced" Oxford United
Slightly picky, but with two clubs relegated and two promoted it's not entirely accurate to state that Accrington "replace" Oxford. It could be argued that as champions they actually replace Rushden, but it's a moot point. I've reworded the relevant sentence. See also Talk:Oxford United F.C.. Congratulations to Accrington from a disappointed Oxford fan. Dave.Dunford 10:33, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Stadium name change
Why has my edit of the stadium name change been reverted? ChrisTheDude 07:59, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Super Stanley
All fans of Accrington Stanley are welcome on the Rangers FC BBC site where I have set up ypur own unofficial hotline named Accrington Stanley hotline. Welcome back.

Badge
Have added the badge, taken straight from the club's website.... ChrisTheDude 07:12, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

A note on British English
British English should be used for articles on Britain related topics. Likewise, American English should be used on articles pertaining to American topics. For a clearer example, please visit this sub-section on the differences between their usage. However, is" works better than "are" with the term club as it is a singular and not a plural noun. (Compare with the word team which is a plural noun) --  S iva1979 Talk to me  18:43, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

It may be gramatically correct to say "is" but i don't think you'll find anyone who says that when refering to a football team in england (especially when spoken). This is especially the case when a team is called (for example) Blackburn Rovers, so the "are" could easily refer to the plural and have been adopted by supporters of other clubs. --Charmike 10:42, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Dangermouse Episode
Someone really needs to put a reference in the trivia section to the Dangermouse episode featuring Stanley Accrington :)

Lawrie 20:05, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Nickname Problem
In the text, there is a reference to "the Owd Reds" being relegated in 1960. The Owd Reds is also listed under AS nicknames. When I had previously read up on the history of Accrington clubs, I found that it was the original Accrington club which had that nickname. According to an easily locatable site on Accrington Stanley history, it was indeed the original Accrington club that was nicknamed th'Owd Reds rather than AS.

Note: in fact, the reference actually reads: The 'Owd Reds were relegated... and even if the nickname were appropriate, the apostrophe is strange. I can only assume that it has strayed from Th'Owd Reds, as used on the site I mentioned, where the apostrophe replaces the E missing from the word The.

I have not made any changes, however, as I can see that there may be a possibility that the current club has claimed the nickname, although in that case it would still be inappropriate to use it for references to 1960.

J1960 14:16, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

History section
I think the table on records for each season should be an article on its own. See Torquay United F.C. Seasons for example. WikiGull 10:15, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Split?
I think the article should be split, so that the original club is treated in a separate article, as the two were fully separate entities. See e.g. Crystal Palace F.C. (founded 1861). Others' thought would be welcome. Qwghlm 15:54, 7 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Agree, the current club are a non-league club that have worked their way up. The former were football league stalwarts. Split Me677 22:13, 9 July 2007 (UTC)


 * The original club should have its own article, most other defunct clubs with direct continuations are split into separate articles e.g. Hastings United and Aldershot. Split. Bigmike 09:44, 10 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Support split. I have moved the split tag up to the top since the 'League history' section also needs splitting. BlueValour 03:59, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

In the absence of any objection I have split the article. BlueValour 19:31, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Phil Collins used to be president.
I recall seeing in match programmes in the mid 90s Phil Collins listed as club president. Neither your page here nor the Phil Collins page make any mention of this. Does anybody have more information about this, as I feel it is worthy of inclusion.MidlandLinda (talk) 19:31, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Confused
The text says "The 2002-03 championship of the Northern Premier League followed quickly on Accrington's getting the cash. Further funds were raised with the sale of J.Gray to Stirling Albion." This can't be right? (a) As a Binos fan, I don't recognise anyone called Gray as having played for us, and (b) In the club's financial state, I don't think any transfer fee has been paid since around 1995. Anyone clarify who this Gray was and where he went? AllyD (talk) 18:21, 5 October 2009 (UTC)