Accrington deserve their success, a great example of a small club managing to do relatively well with small crowds and without a rich backer. I think the point that west stand oap was making is that there are an increasing number of clubs with small support but loads of money. Rushden and Gretna both came crashing down, Stevenage and Crawley are struggling, Forest Green, Fleetwood and Salford thrive, at least until the money dries up. It seems rather than financing an established club it is more fashionable for those with financial clout to take a small club up through the lower leagues. I too would rather the likes of Notts County and Wrexham were in the Football League but cannot see that much can be done about it.
Agreed about the ‘established club’ thing, even more in this case because 12 miles up the road were Bury...a club who the Nevilles were heavily involved with.
Still, wheres the news story in keeping an established club afloat when you can buy into a small club and take them into the football league....