The Accrington Stanley Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Accrington Stanley rebuffed over Giovanni Leoni
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Liverpool have kept their man, and Accrington Stanley go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Farrend Rawson signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Farrend Rawson commits to Accrington Stanley for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Isaac Sinclair 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Too dear: Accrington Stanley walk away from Ben Wilson
$110.0K was the most the club would pay and Coventry City were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Benjamin Spencer steps up from the Accrington Stanley academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benjamin Spencer 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Alexander Murphy steps up from the Accrington Stanley academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexander Murphy 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jason Taylor joins the Accrington Stanley first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jason Taylor is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Peter Hill joins the Accrington Stanley first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Peter Hill is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Brad Collins needs a bigger stage
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Accrington Stanley know which stage they are at.
In brief
- Transfer targets Accrington Stanley try to borrow Tobi Adeyemo
- Squad Words at Accrington Stanley training over how hard people work
- The dugout Farrend Rawson knocks on the manager's door