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Andy Holt (businessman)
Andy Holt is a British businessman and the current owner of Accrington Stanley FC. He made his fortune in plastics, and joined the club's board in 2015. He assumed control of the club in October 2015, when it was on the verge of folding due to debt. He gained some renown for his Twitter activity responding to club supporters, and rows with the English Football League, EFL, rival owners, Blackburn Rovers supporters (for insulting Jack Walker) and even Boris Johnson (for his COVID-19 response). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Holt, Andy British football chairmen and investors Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Accrington Stanley F.C. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accrington Stanley FC
Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England. The club competes in EFL League One, League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They have spent their complete history playing at the Crown Ground. The club came to national prominence in 1989 due to the Milk Marketing Board's popular television advert that featured the slogan ''Accrington Stanley, Who Are They?''. The current club was formed in 1968, two years after the collapse of the original Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891), Accrington Stanley, which played in the English Football League, Football League from 1921 to 1962 after initially competing in the Lancashire Combination. The town's original club, named simply Accrington F.C., Accrington, were founder members of the Football League in 1888, though folded just six years later. The current incarnation of the club entered the Lancashire Combination and moved on to the Cheshire County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |