The Accrington Stanley Chronicle
Squad21 Aug 2028
Bruno Paulo: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Accrington Stanley have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market21 Aug 2028
Eliot Meredith puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Accrington Stanley, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Real improvement from David Mantle at Accrington Stanley
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. David Mantle is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Marlon Pack 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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A late step up for Paul Smyth
At 30 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Accrington Stanley
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match19 Aug 2028
Blackburn Rovers take the points off Accrington Stanley
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market21 Aug 2028
Simon Cunningham steps up from the Accrington Stanley academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Simon Cunningham 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
Accrington Stanley promote Simon Morgan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Simon Morgan 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 One of our own: John White joins the Accrington Stanley first team
- Boardroom Accrington Stanley board go back on their word
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Paul Smyth