The Accrington Stanley Chronicle
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Zack Nelson, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 8.03
A mark of 8.03 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market14 Sep 2026
Farrend Rawson puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Accrington Stanley, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Finlay Tunstall is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Newcastle United tell Accrington Stanley: Sean Steur is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
Accrington Stanley supporters have found a favourite in Chris Sze
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Chris Sze has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match12 Sep 2026
Chris Sze sends Accrington Stanley past Harrogate Town
It finished 2‑0, and it was Chris Sze’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Accrington Stanley.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
The window shuts on the Kieran Wilson deal
Accrington Stanley ran out of time with Exeter City. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Devlan Moses in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Accrington Stanley this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Peter Scott has his say
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Peter Scott on a 2‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
In brief
- Squad Josh Smith falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Zack Nelson scores his first for Accrington Stanley
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Charlie Caton