The Accrington Stanley Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Zack Nelson due for a Accrington Stanley medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
West Bromwich Albion tell Accrington Stanley: Layton Love 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Accrington Stanley promote Richard Ellis from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Richard Ellis has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
James Scott steps up from the Accrington Stanley academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. James Scott 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
Michael Parker steps up from the Accrington Stanley academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Michael Parker 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
Accrington Stanley promote Benjamin Barnes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamin Barnes has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Squad Brad Collins needs a bigger stage
- Squad Chris Sze is a square peg at Accrington Stanley
- The dugout No hiding place for Charlie Caton