The Accrington Stanley Chronicle
Squad15 Feb 2027
8 saves: Brad Collins was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Accrington Stanley
Benjamin Santelli was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match13 Feb 2027
Accrington Stanley cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Market15 Feb 2027
John Simmons steps up from the Accrington Stanley academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. John Simmons 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Mark Harris joins the Accrington Stanley first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mark Harris is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Michael White joins the Accrington Stanley first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Michael White is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Matthew Price joins the Accrington Stanley first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Matthew Price is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match13 Feb 2027
A bad afternoon for Accrington Stanley against Crawley Town
0‑1 to Crawley Town, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Accrington Stanley
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Isaac Heath was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Squad Federico Sardella wants to go home
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout Brad Collins gets picked when it counts