The Accrington Stanley Chronicle
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Accrington Stanley make their move for Harry Souttar
$2.1M on the table at Leicester City. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Real improvement from Aidan Borland at Accrington Stanley
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Aidan Borland is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at Accrington Stanley
Benjamin Santelli 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.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Preston tell Accrington Stanley: Liam Lindsay 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.
Match9 Jan 2027
Accrington Stanley come up short against Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market11 Jan 2027
Farrend Rawson told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Farrend Rawson has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Accrington Stanley.
Market11 Jan 2027
Accrington Stanley promote Luke White from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luke White 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
Timothy Smith steps up from the Accrington Stanley academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Timothy Smith 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
Talks stall between Accrington Stanley and James Bolton
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
In brief
- The dugout Michael Pearson answers for it
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting James Bolton's mistake
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Accrington Stanley