Stanley

[A cup of beans]

Ship jumpers, you may return to Ewood!

[Husky]

Admittedly I only watched from 70 minutes onwards. But from what I saw Wimbledon just looked better.

[philipl]

So what a rubbish night of football that was.

I guess Coleman is now free to be appointed at Ewood...

(only being annoying, sorry)

[JBiz]

Admittedly I only watched from 70 minutes onwards. But from what I saw Wimbledon just looked better.

soon as accy went 2-0 wimbledon went 433 and that basically changed the game. Unlucky Stanley!

[Baz]

Feel sorry for Stanley tbh, missed out on auto, then extra time in play-offs.

They never got going again after it restarted.

Hopefully Wimbledon go up, and get the derby games against MK Dons.

[A cup of beans]

Admittedly I only watched from 70 minutes onwards. But from what I saw Wimbledon just looked better.

Delighted for Wimbledon fans.

Polite lot of invaders too.

Posing for sedate selfies with the players.

[LewisF]

Hope they manage to do it next season, as it means there'll be another Lancashire Derby in Lg1 to look forward to (or not) the season after

/fastforwardaseasonRovers0stanley2

[Blackburn Ravers]

Blimey, you're not wrong. I wouldn't mind but I was there! The longest 2nd half ever. They had a clock at the other end of the ground and I swear it was going backwards at one point. I remember Garns scored but not them!

I was there as well, finished school at dinner time, my Dad set off to work at 2am to get home in time to set off to Watford only for my auntie to be late and we then missed Garners early goal

Also my Dad got told off he hadn't had his kids with him he would have been decked, apart from that what a great night, but then we had selhurst and Courtney still to come

[roverandout]

Interestingly the teams that missed out on automatic promotion from all 3 divisions on the last day have been knocked out in the playoffs, Brighton, Walsall and Stanley, maybe they just didn't have the fight anymore

Edit: Walsall are virtually out

Edited May 18, 2016 by roverandout

[mhead]

As only a Blackburn Rovers Supporter I am happy that an East Lancs version of the "Blackpool - Fleetwood" scenario has been avoided.

[matt83]

I went on last night with a mate who actually supports them as his main club (seems a rare thing in the crown ground) and had the full intention of wanting stanley to win. But as the game progressed and I thought more about a potential bpool fleetwood scenario I must admit I wasn't bothered at all when they lost the tie. Won't go as far as to say I was glad but one less piranha in the tank I suppose.

Frankly I was more concerned with an early dart after being knackered from work so with the massive amounts of injury time, extra time, floodlight failure I would have taken any result expect penalties.

Edited May 19, 2016 by matt83

[MCMC1875]

Ship jumpers, you may return to Ewood!

Ha - you think so? Not until Venkys have gone.

Stanley and Rovers away games only until then.

#venkysout

#boycotting

Edited May 19, 2016 by MCMC1875

[Mattyblue]

Delighted for Wimbledon fans.

Polite lot of invaders too.

Posing for sedate selfies with the players.

Ha I noticed that, most middle class pitch invasion I'd seen.

[philipl]

Eventually found a thread!

Remarkable win by Stanley at Luton this afternoon with the last kick of the match by all accounts. 

Now top of League 2 and 6 points clear of 4th. Will they hold their nerve and keep the automatic promotion spot this time around?

Still only getting 1,000 crowds.

[chaddyrovers]

very pleased for Stanley, their manager, players and fans. 

well done so far

[Rover_Shaun]

For the smallest league club in England it's marvellous. They deserve a season at the next level.

[tomphil]

Coming from the Chorley side I've no affinity with Accy like a few Rovers fans but what a fantastic achievement I hope they can keep it up and go all the way.

Now that is a club being run and managed properly.

[blueboy3333]

4 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

very pleased for Stanley, their manager, players and fans. 

well done so far

Beautiful sentiments.  It will probably give them the push they need to get them over the line.

Edited March 11, 2018 by blueboy3333

[Mattyblue]

Another reason to get out of League 1 ASAP

Edited March 11, 2018 by Mattyblue

[K-Hod]

3 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Another reason to get out of League 1 ASAP

Stanley being in the same league as Rovers would be nearly as awkward for me as when I went there for an away game in pre-season and our fans started chanting ‘Accy’s a sh1thole, I wanna go home’.

[philipl]

I know there have been three incarnations of Accy but can there possibly be a longer hiatus in a fixture than 1893-2021 when we play Stanley in the Premier League? 

[scotchrover]

20 hours ago, Rover_Shaun said:

For the smallest league club in England it's marvellous. They deserve a season at the next level.

Surely it’s Fleetwood? 

I’m all for their success, but playing the same league against them would be something else. It’s been bad enough playing again Fleetwood! We have to go up this season. 

[only2garners]

Fleetwood!! They're loaded compared to Stanley.

[scotchrover]

They won again yesterday, and the gap between themselves and 4th is now 8 points. Barring some disaster, they’ll be in League 1 next season.

On 11/03/2018 at 19:29, only2garners said:

Fleetwood!! They're loaded compared to Stanley.

I was referring to population of both towns. 

Edited March 18, 2018 by scotchrover

[USABlue]

10 minutes ago, scotchrover said:

They won again yesterday, and the gap between themselves and 4th is now 8 points. Barring some disaster, they’ll be in League 1 next season.

I was referring to population of both towns. 

Used to go watch Stanley before I was "allowed" to travel alone to the far side of Blackburn.  Used to live a stones throw from the Crown, my bus stop to town.

Followed em at home and away some times. Was there for the first game after reformation, Accrington Stanley 1968, Formby Town, won 2-1 I think, could be wrong on both counts. Went to some football hotbeds as Kirkby Town, travelling on the coach with the players.  Went to Altrincham for a night cup match.  Still watch for their results but the affair was over as soon as I figured out how to get to Rovers games without Mum and Dad finding out.