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20th Sep 2016

Remember the Accrington Stanley milk ad? It’s been recreated with the original cast

Tony Cuddihy

It was one of the most famous ads of the 1980s, and now the original stars are back.

“Accrington Stanley? Who are they?”

For any Liverpool fans, this will bring back nostalgia for 1989, those happy days when league titles were not always a season away.

Ian Rush was the inspiration for this milk ad, which 27 years later still has grown adults laying on a thick Liverpool accent and shouting, “WHO ARE THEY?” every time they hear the words Accrington and Stanley together.

This was the original…

…and now the ad’s star Carl Rice is back, this time advertising Black Cow vodka (which is made from milk).

“I never imagined that the original ad would go on to make such an impact,” he says.

“Thirty years of working in this industry and people still fondly remember it. I’ve even been invited up to Accrington to watch the club a few times.

“Remembering my lines for this Black Cow ad wasn’t exactly hard and the only difference was swapping the milk for milk vodka.”

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