Accrington Stanley F.C.

Accrington Stanley
Full name	Accrington Stanley Football Club
Nickname(s)	Stanley, Accy Stanley
Founded	1968
Ground	Crown Ground, Accrington (Capacity: 5,057 (2,000 seated))
Chairman	Peter Marsden
Manager	John Coleman
Current League	League One
2020–21	League One, 11th
Website	Club home page
Current season

Accrington Stanley F.C. is a football club in Accrington, Lancashire, which plays in League One, the third tier of the English football league system.

The current club was formed in 1968, two years after the collapse of the original Accrington Stanley founded in 1891. They were promoted to the Football League in 2006, after winning the 2005–06 Football Conference.

History

Re-formation

Accrington had been without a football team following the collapse of the original Accrington Stanley in 1966. The original team had been formed in 1891 and played in the Football League from 1921 to March 1962, but had spent its final four seasons in the Lancashire Combination. At a meeting at Bold Street Working Men's Club in 1968 the revival was initiated, and in August 1970 the new club played at a new ground, the Crown Ground.Eric Whalley, a local businessman, took control of the club in 1995 and began the development of the club's ground. After the club was relegated in 1999, Whalley appointed John Coleman as manager.

The club's rise to the Football League is attributed in part to the windfall of hundreds of thousands of pounds reaped by the sell-on clause in the December 2001 transfer of former Stanley star Brett Ormerod to Southampton, which paid Blackpool over a million pounds for his contract. Stanley had taken £50,000 from Blackpool in 1997, with the agreement that Blackpool would pay Accrington a quarter of what it might have received if it in turn transferred Ormerod to another team. The 2002–03 championship of the Northern Premier League followed quickly on Accrington's getting the cash.

Current squad

As of 31 January 2018.

No. Position Player 3 DF Mark Hughes 4 DF Janoi Donacien 5 DF Ben Richards-Everton 6 MF Liam Nolan 7 MF Jordan Clark 8 MF Scott Brown 10 FW Kayden Jackson 11 MF Sean McConville 12 MF Danny Williams 13 GK Nathan Wolland 15 DF Ross Sykes 16 GK Jonny Maxted

No. Position Player 17 MF Érico Sousa 20 DF Reagan Ogle 21 DF Zehn Mohammed 26 DF Callum Johnson 28 MF Séamus Conneely 29 FW Billy Kee 32 DF Harvey Rodgers 33 GK Toby Savin 41 MF Josh Hmami 42 MF Joel Mills 43 MF Tom Reilly 44 MF Niall Watson DF Will Wood

External links

• Official website
• Current and past player biographies – Official Site

Accrington Stanley F.C. squad - 2022–23

1. Etheridge 2. Pearson 3. Winnard 4. Barry 5. Davies 6. Procter 7. Mingoia 8. Windass 9. Morgan 10. Gornell 11. McConville 12. Wakefield 14. Crooks 15. Wright 17. McCartan 16. Quansah 19. Carver 20. Hazeldine 21. Bruna 22. Buxton 23. Steenson 25. Goulding 28. Conneely 29. Kee 33. Mooney Manager:  John Coleman