Anthony Bailey

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170 Edition

The Accrington Stanley Chronicle

29 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings29 Oct 2029

Ryan McAidoo beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 29. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Player ratings29 Oct 2029

Valentin Joseph, 21, steals the show — 8.31

Marked 8.31 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Squad29 Oct 2029

6 saves: Oscar Varney was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Squad29 Oct 2029

Edward Pearson signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Edward Pearson and Accrington Stanley agree another 3 years.

Match27 Oct 2029

Anthony Bailey’s goal not enough for Accrington Stanley

Anthony Bailey scored, and precious little else went right: 3‑4 to Gillingham, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Match27 Oct 2029

7 goals as Accrington Stanley and Gillingham go for it

Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 7 goals between Accrington Stanley and Gillingham, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.

Squad29 Oct 2029

Words at Accrington Stanley training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ryan McAidoo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad29 Oct 2029

Words exchanged at Accrington Stanley

Archie Baptiste and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The terraces29 Oct 2029

The crowd has taken to Valentin Joseph

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

In brief

Back issues
160 Edition

The Accrington Stanley Chronicle

20 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings20 Aug 2029

Nobody could get near Ryan McAidoo

Successful dribbles: 47. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad20 Aug 2029

James Rogerson keeps Accrington Stanley in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match18 Aug 2029

The wait goes on for Accrington Stanley

5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad20 Aug 2029

Anthony Bailey signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Anthony Bailey commits to Accrington Stanley for another 3 years.

Boardroom20 Aug 2029

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Accrington Stanley

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Transfer targets20 Aug 2029

Huddersfield Town tell Accrington Stanley: Tomas Valdecantos 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.

Squad20 Aug 2029

Ryan McAidoo falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad20 Aug 2029

A falling-out at Accrington Stanley

Isaac Sinclair and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market20 Aug 2029

Nicholas Jackson steps up from the Accrington Stanley academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nicholas Jackson has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief

159 Edition

The Accrington Stanley Chronicle

13 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match11 Aug 2029

Accrington Stanley taken apart

1‑4 to Exeter City, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Squad13 Aug 2029

James Rogerson keeps Accrington Stanley in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Player ratings13 Aug 2029

Nobody could get near Ryan McAidoo

Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market13 Aug 2029

James Rogerson hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Accrington Stanley can pretend not to have heard.

Transfer targets13 Aug 2029

Fee done, terms next for James Shillinglaw

Accrington Stanley and Bolton Wanderers have settled on $170.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Match11 Aug 2029

4 matches without a win for Accrington Stanley

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Accrington Stanley are no longer polite ones.

Market13 Aug 2029

As if he never left: Achille Giovanni Rensi returns

Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Achille Giovanni Rensi is a Accrington Stanley player again, and the town has its story of the summer.

Transfer targets13 Aug 2029

Milton Keynes Dons tell Accrington Stanley: Tommy McDermott 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.

Squad13 Aug 2029

Words at Accrington Stanley training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Anthony Bailey is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief