Accrington Stanley. Who are they? Exactly!

The club was name-checked in a celebrated British advert for milk, from the 1980s. The scene was two boys with thick Scouse accents in Liverpool F.C. football shirts in a kitchen, looking for something to drink after a game of football. The dialogue ran as follows:

Boy 1: "Do you want a drink?"

Boy 2: "Got any lemonade?"

Boy 1: "If you want!" (he takes a bottle of milk from the fridge)

Boy 2: "Milk.....Ugh!"

Boy 1: "It's what Ian Rush drinks."

Boy 2: "Ian Rush?"

Boy 1: "Yeah, an' he says if I don't drink lots of milk, when I grow up I'm only gonna be good enough to play for Accrington Stanley!"

Boy 2: "Accrington Stanley? ... Who are they??!"

Boy 1: "Exactly!"

Boy 2: "Gimmie some!

Boy 1: "Gerroff!"

Cardiff have never met Accrington Stanley before but that will change on July 16th. City will stop off at the Interlink Stadium (away end pictured right) en route to Scotland for the pre season tour. Accrington is situated between Blackburn and Burnley in Lancashire. They currently play in the Conference but until 1962 they were a league team. Financial difficulties meant the club resigned from the Football League over 40 years ago. A full history of the club can be found here.