The Accrington Stanley Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
Shilow Tracey arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Shilow Tracey has, at Accrington Stanley, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Will Dickson
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Accrington Stanley have done the hard part with Chesterfield, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Zak Gilsenan will not be coming to Accrington Stanley
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Grimsby Town is saying, and nobody at Accrington Stanley is enjoying the guessing.
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
A falling-out at Accrington Stanley
Alfie Whiteman and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
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
Accrington Stanley promote Peter Simmons from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Peter Simmons 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
Jacob Clark steps up from the Accrington Stanley academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jacob Clark 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 Alexander Evans from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alexander Evans 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
- Market Steven Butler steps up from the Accrington Stanley academy
- The dugout No hiding place for Isaac Sinclair
- Squad Alfie Whiteman needs a bigger stage