FA Cup provides answer to Accrington Stanley question
For most English football fans, Accrington Stanley will forever be associated with a fondly-remembered television commercial for milk from the 1980s. In it, a football-loving urchin tells a friend that if he does not drink his milk he’ll only ever be good enough to play for Accrington Stanley.
His friend replies: "Accrington Stanley? Who are they?" and fans of the perennially unsuccessful Lancashire club have never been allowed to forget that line, or the response: "Exactly!"
For those long-suffering supporters this weekend’s FA Cup fourth round tie with Premier League Fulham offers an opportunity for their club, which only a few months ago was on the verge of bankruptcy, to make itself synonomous with something other than the dismissive scorn of a ten-year-old.
Accrington, currently 11th in the four tier of English football, are the lowest-ranked team left in the competition and their run has already assured the club’s near-term financial future, as well as taking them a stage further than either Liverpool or Manchester United could manage.
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