Save Alton Town Football Club

My mole at Coors tells me the big chief from the USA has arrived in Alton. He’ll doubtless be telling the staff how broke they are that they need to sell the sports ground………maybe some brave sole could ask how they have managed to pay £3.54 billion for East European brewers StarBev???

YES THE BROKE COORS HAVE JUST SPENT £3.54BILLION on the StarBev takeover.

A look at Town Council’s agenda for March 6th reveals item 8 as ‘the future of Alton Town FC’. At the bottom of points listed for discussion under this heading is ‘ developer’s proposal for mixed housing/football development. This comes from the Wokingham based company ROMAN DEVLOPMENT and consists of a speculative proposal they have put to COORS – with no indication of Coors response.Rather more surprisingly the firm seems to have been in talks with the Town Council over the matter. Then the penny drops – by directly talking to a third party dveloper the council can still claim ‘we have had no prposals from Coors’. There’s some clever clogs in that Town Hall now aint there folks?
Not being privy to any of the ongoing discussions between the Club, Alton United,the town council and Coors we do not wish to comment further till after the council meeting….but rest assured we shall be watching closely.

Congratulations to all invlved – 448 was a brilliant turn out but the sprited community feeling from the women behind the bar, the fantastic cuttings books, the old players, the youngsters who came along and that wily old bird Chairman Jim patrolling the touchline bellowing encouragement and hugging anyone in sight after every goal – that community sprit shows COORS that this is one club that will not roll over and die.And matched on the field – 4-0 whata result – SIMBA MIAMBO – what a talented and committed player – give that man the freedom of Alton. We came down from London ranging in age from 65 to 5 and survived replacement buses an emergency work at Bentley to meet up with six friends from Reading who had survived a similar rail trip from Farnboro to North camp to Ash Vale and all stations in between. Was it worth it – ten times over – what a great day.

Dear Supporter,

This Saturday is our “Save Alton Town Day” and we’re arranging a picture call for all ex and current players at 2.30pm.

Do you know any former players?? Spread the word!

We are hoping for a big crowd to show support for the club on Saturday.

– Gates, licensed club house and hot food kitchen open from 12.30pm
– Half price entry
– Photo opportunity for all ex and current players at 2.30pm
– Kick off vs Hayling United in the Wessex League at 3pm
– Kids game at half time

Please come and show your support for the club. The more people we get to this game the bigger the impression will be in the media.

Thanks for your support!

Keep in touch via our twitter account @altontownfc (www.twitter.com/altontownfc)

Our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/AltonTownFC

… And share your memories of the club at our new online ‘memory box’, supported by Friends Reunited, at http://www.altontownfc.com/memories

We hope to see you on Saturday.

This message is from Jim McKell – Chairman who started the petition “Save Alton Town FC,” which you signed on Change.org.

Coors are blaming the economy for their decision to divest themselves of the Bass Ground, even though they “Have a long history in Alton”, Have always done their best to support the local community” and have been trying for several years to find alternative accommodation for ATFC. You have to pity them! Or not, if you take a look at the front page of molsoncoors.co.uk “February 15, 2013 MillerCoors Delivers 9.5% Underlying Net Income Growth For 2012 February 14, 2013 Molson Coors Reports Higher Net Sales and Lower Underlying After-Tax Income for the Fourth Quarter 2012” When will they stop lying to us???
NEVER…………ALTON COORS BOSS NEIL ‘ONION UP SLEEVE’ THOMSON SHOULD BE ASKED TO COMMENT ON THESE FIGURES

Sylvester the cat adult fancy dress outfit currently on e-bay for £35……….imagine the roar of the crowd on March 2nd as Sylvester the sub awaits the ref’s call to come on.pure magic.

Friends Reunited has pledged its support to Alton Town FC.

Matt Bushby, Head of Friends Reunited, commented: “The survival of Alton Town FC is something we wanted to support. Grass roots football is an important part of community history and we wanted to help the club by providing a place for people to share their memories and stories.”

Friends Reunited has built a special ‘memory box’ for us on their website and we are asking you to help fill it with memories and images of Alton Town FC to celebrate our club’s place in the community.

We’ve set the ball rolling by adding a few bits from the archive and we will continue to do so over the coming weeks.

So now it’s up to you!… Start digging out all those old photographs of the team, the ground, and you on match days, as well as telling all your friends and family about how they can share and help preserve memories of Alton Town FC by heading to our box at: http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/Share/bdylyrdde.

Stan Earl played for Alton Town, alongside Jimmy Dickinson at Portsmouth and then played for Yeovil Town during their FACup giant killing years. Sadly he died last year. Stan alongside Archie Andrews and Dickinson seems to have been pary of the golden trio of footballers that emerged in Alton in the early 1950s. Photo coming soon.