Accrington Stanley to join Superleague

June 29, 2009
By Red Andy

Accrington, Monday: English football club Accrington Stanley has confirmed that it will compete in next year’s Superleague Formula championship after its application to join was accepted last week.

Who Are They? New Superleague entrants Accrington Stanley

Who Are They? New Superleague entrants Accrington Stanley

The Lancashire team, currently playing in the fourth tier of English football (named League Two, for some reason), claimed that the global coverage given to Superleague Formula, as well as the chance to compete against established teams such as Liverpool, AC Milan and Olympiakos, would be a positive step for the club.

“We’re very focused on improving our image,” a Stanley spokesman said this morning. “Back in the 1980s, Scouse children didn’t even know who we were, but nowadays we are becoming more and more prominent every season. We’re not quite a household name yet, but we are confident that our participation in Superleague Formula will allow us to come closer to realising that ambition.”

It is not yet known who will drive for the team, but in keeping with Stanley’s image as a laughably useless football club it is strongly rumoured that Christian Klien will take up the seat. “I couldn’t possibly comment,” smirked the team’s spokesman.

The club believe that even a poor start to the season can easily be overcome: “That’s the beauty of it. It’s a game of two halves. Or three, actually.”

Superleague Formula has already been criticised for allowing a team of such small stature as Accrington Stanley to participate, given its usual emphasis on bigger teams, and the club has admitted that its application to compete was not immediately well-received: “But then we pointed out that Rangers are already in Superleague, and they conceded that we had a point.”

3 Responses to “ Accrington Stanley to join Superleague ”

  1. David on September 6, 2009 at 11:47 am

    this has to be a joke – is this in any way a serious post? there is no way SLF would allow Stanley to participate in the series – there are dozens of top flight world football clubs who have put applications in and you’re telling me that it’s Stanley who have been given the nod especially when there are already 2 English teams competing?!? How can Stanley afford to compete is another point – is milk advertisement a very lucrative pursuit?

  2. Red Andy on September 6, 2009 at 11:54 am

    David,

    Please see the “Disclaimer” on the left-hand side of the page.

    Thank you.

  3. lynnduffy on September 6, 2009 at 7:30 pm

    ROTFLMAO… how did this person arrive at this article without realising this is a humour site??

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