£20 for a game that never happened.

[Paxton Dazo]

Accrington Stanley selling tickets for a FA Cup 3rd Round game against Manchester United at £20 each, even though they lost the 2nd round replay to Yeovil.

http://accringtonstanley.co.uk/product/manchester-united-commemorative-ticket/

Appreciate they need the money, but that's a bit of a joke.

 

[Keeping The Dream Alive.]

 

[carteater]

I genuinely laughed out loud at that

 

[banjo]

 

[Worried Man Blues]

I can see lots of lost bets in the future!!

 

[Mowgli37]

"Those who purchase the commemorative tickets will have their name on a Roll of Honour in the club programme and on the website to recognise their contribution in future."

Excellent, not only do you pay £20 for a piece of paper, absolutely everyone can see what a total mug you've been

 

[Paxton Dazo]

'To mark the clubs FA Cup run'

Which includes a draw against Notts County & Yeovil, and a win against Notts County. Blinder.

 

[carteater]

so basically they started to get cocky during the yeovil game and decided to save time by printing off the tickets asap, only to stop when realising that they had gone a goal down, so instead of admitting their overconfidence and throwing the printed tickets away, they have now decided to lie their arses off and say they are commemorative tickets, just to make some quick money.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

“All the monies generated from the commemorative tickets will be used towards helping John and Jimmy strengthen the squad and who knows could be the difference between us making the play offs or narrowly missing out,” explained Stanley Chairman Peter Marsden.

So, 250 tickets at £20 a piece will raise £5K. Is that really going to help strengthen their squad? Surely you sell them off in the Asian markets where Man Utd are strong at £100 a piece as genuine collectors items and get some real money in.

 

[e77]

This will give Paul Barber ideas!

 

[brightn'ove]

Who?

 

[Paxton Dazo]

Who?

Are they?

 

[TomandJerry]

This will give Paul Barber ideas!

Don't say that!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

This will give Paul Barber ideas!

What? To charge £20 if we draw Manchester United in the next round of the Cup?

An excellent idea.

 

[Juan Albion]

I'm thinking of buying all 250. Think how much you could charge on eBay if you were the only person selling.


Oh.

 

[Keeping The Dream Alive.]

Are they?

Exactly.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

"Those who purchase the commemorative tickets will have their name on a Roll of Honour in the club programme and on the website to recognise their contribution in future."

Excellent, not only do you pay £20 for a piece of paper, absolutely everyone can see what a total mug you've been

Does that mean everyone who gave to the forty note fund was a mug?

 

[W.C.]

Exactly.

I think you meant ; eggsaccchhhly

 

[withdeanwombat]

Saw the Accrington Stanley bus and team in Taunton on the day they lost to Yeovil.

They were staying at the Castle Hotel in Taunton town centre, about the most expensive hotel in this neck of the woods.

So, they're now in a cash flow problem.

I've sent for five tickets.

 

[withdeanwombat]

The bit about the five tickets was a porkie, btw.