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Thankyou to Winders Accountants

Post by Ste Story » Thu May 23, 2024 7:04 am

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BarrowAFC.net and I'm sure all the members would like to thank Stephen Leonard and everyone at Winders Accountants in Barrow for their continued support and sponsorship of barrowafc.net

BarrowAFC.net as some of the more seasoned members will remember was set up by myself in 2008 on a very quick turnaround following the sudden closure of the old unofficial forum - I was just 16 years old when I started running it! As of 28th May, the website will have been running for 16 years, and still recieves on average 95,000 unique users every month visiting over half a million pages a month. The increased server and hosting costs to maintain a website like this can sometimes put them at risk of being closed down or requiring community support, but Winders have kindly once again sponsored the hosting and maintenance of the website for the next 3 years ensuring you free and unlimited access to discuss, debate, argue and laugh with like minded supporters over all things Barrow AFC.

Obviously not everyone has use for a financial advisor or chartered accountant, but please if you do by any chance require such services, consider contacting Winders

Thanks once again to everyone at Winders Accountants - https://winders.co.uk
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Re: Thankyou to Winders Accountants

Post by Bigfathoss » Thu May 23, 2024 7:29 am

Well done to Steve Leonard and Winders for the continued support, and of course well done and thanks to you Ste Storey for starting this up and keeping it going. Any two consecutive posters rarely agree but it remains the main source of info for the fans...even if we have to weed out the [SwearFilter] half the time.
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Re: Thankyou to Winders Accountants

Post by McMark » Thu May 23, 2024 8:28 am

😱Your never in your thirties these days Mr Story😉
Would imagine it’s a fruitless task in the main especially with the small admin team these days, but the soft admin approach seems to work in the main. Long May it continue to thrive and thanks to yourself and Stephen Leonard and Winders for helping make it all happen too👏

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Post by MisterPleasant » Thu May 23, 2024 9:17 am

Yes, indeed, many thanks to everyone who keeps this forum going. It's much appreciated.
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Post by blue nige » Thu May 23, 2024 9:19 am

Yeah Steve is definitely "one of the good guys " ! 👏👏👏

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Post by spirit of 1990 » Thu May 23, 2024 9:27 am

Well done & thanks to Ste and the others who have helped keep this forum running over the years, that includes Steve Leonard & Winders.
I’m sure many have benefited since it was set up whether that’s sponsors for good causes, just keeping up on “gossip”, being able to vent frustrations or share in the good times. From our (GMV) point of view we probably wouldn’t have even started up without the forum.

Well done to all admin present & past.
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Post by Barrow afc 2018 » Thu May 23, 2024 10:16 am

spirit of 1990 wrote: Thu May 23, 2024 9:27 am Well done & thanks to Ste and the others who have helped keep this forum running over the years, that includes Steve Leonard & Winders.
I’m sure many have benefited since it was set up whether that’s sponsors for good causes, just keeping up on “gossip”, being able to vent frustrations or share in the good times. From our (GMV) point of view we probably wouldn’t have even started up without the forum.

Well done to all admin present & past.
Totally agree 👍

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Re: Thankyou to Winders Accountants

Post by A.B. » Thu May 23, 2024 10:38 am

Cheers Windo, Lenny & Storm
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Re: Thankyou to Winders Accountants

Post by boyliegladbach » Thu May 23, 2024 10:41 am

Thanks to John Little as well.

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Post by Methuselah » Thu May 23, 2024 10:42 am

Well done Steve for setting this up and giving us somewhere to vent our feelings,both good and bad.It,s people like you who help to maintain the community spirit which has helped to push Barrow AFC onto greater things.Long may you continue.

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Post by Ste Story » Thu May 23, 2024 12:39 pm

Indeed, over the years we have had numerous people step in to assist with moderating, admin etc, often spending many hours behind the scenes, so thankyou to Richard Ingham, Phil Solloway, Chris Altree, John Little, Lee Burton, Dale Morgan and Pete Garbacz.
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Post by Arvo » Thu May 23, 2024 12:47 pm

Absolutely. Massive thank you. Sponsorship like this is such a blessing, evidenced by the complete lack of stupid pop-up, pop-out, hover-over-what-you-want-to-read-while-it-counts-down-from-five ads that so plague most other clubs' sites.
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Re: Thankyou to Winders Accountants

Post by bluessupporter » Thu May 23, 2024 10:43 pm

I agree with everything that’s been said. It’s great to have such generous people and local businesses who are prepared to give their time and money to support this forum.

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Post by DA52 » Fri May 24, 2024 5:10 am

Totally agree with all these comments. Thanks Winders and everyone, for keeping this forum going.

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Re: Thankyou to Winders Accountants

Post by Wintergreen » Fri May 24, 2024 7:48 am

Yeah cheers guys for what must be a usually thankless task - it is appreciated. The Forum has served to keep morale up through some heavy weather at times and provided a platform for real progress e.g. the GMV, Trust, charity appeals, Ultras etc. as well as hosting a broad range of us gobshites, gasbags, fiction writers, WUMs and the Barrow football intelligentsia.
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