Robert Young

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522 Edition

The Accrington Stanley Chronicle

28 Jul 2036
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad28 Jul 2036

A knee injury of the worst kind for Joseph Atkinson

23 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Accrington Stanley lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Transfer targets28 Jul 2036

Andrei Coubiş turns down Accrington Stanley

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Milton Keynes Dons keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Market28 Jul 2036

Robert Young hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Accrington Stanley can pretend not to have heard.

Transfer targets28 Jul 2036

Accrington Stanley make their move for Redman Evans

$60.0K on the table at Plymouth Argyle. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad28 Jul 2036

Guillaume Renault falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Transfer targets28 Jul 2036

Accrington Stanley rebuffed over Joseph King

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bristol City have kept their man, and Accrington Stanley go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad28 Jul 2036

Words exchanged at Accrington Stanley

Martin Ekdal 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.

The dugout28 Jul 2036

Mehdi Znifakh knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Mehdi Znifakh trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market28 Jul 2036

Still no signature from Mehdi Znifakh

1 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Accrington Stanley could get for him.

In brief

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513 Edition

The Accrington Stanley Chronicle

26 May 2036
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces26 May 2036

Supporters organise against the Accrington Stanley board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

Market26 May 2036

Liam Coyle 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.

Squad26 May 2036

Words at Accrington Stanley training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Guillaume Renault is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad26 May 2036

Accrington Stanley count the cost of losing Alexander Pearson

32 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Boardroom26 May 2036

Wages swallow 125% of the Accrington Stanley income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

Squad26 May 2036

Ivo Comert 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.

The dugout26 May 2036

The manager makes an example of Martin Ekdal

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout26 May 2036

Liam Coyle knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Liam Coyle trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market26 May 2036

The Liam Coyle talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Accrington Stanley know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

506 Edition

The Accrington Stanley Chronicle

7 Apr 2036
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match5 Apr 2036

The wait goes on for Accrington Stanley

9 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Boardroom7 Apr 2036

Antoine Gautier has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Accrington Stanley can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Market7 Apr 2036

Charlie Cramond 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.

Player ratings7 Apr 2036

Mehdi Znifakh beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad7 Apr 2036

Words at Accrington Stanley training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Giovanni Cesarano is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match5 Apr 2036

Walsall take the points off Accrington Stanley

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad7 Apr 2036

Tempers go at Accrington Stanley

Ivo Comert 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.

Market7 Apr 2036

Talks stall between Accrington Stanley and Guillaume Renault

“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.

The dugout7 Apr 2036

Antoine Gautier faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Antoine Gautier after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

In brief

490 Edition

The Accrington Stanley Chronicle

17 Dec 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market17 Dec 2035

Charlie Cramond asks to leave Accrington Stanley

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Player ratings17 Dec 2035

A brace, and Timothy Bennett takes the afternoon — 8.68

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Timothy Bennett provided it, and the 8.68 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Match15 Dec 2035

No end in sight to Accrington Stanley's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Accrington Stanley has to find a result from somewhere.

The dugout17 Dec 2035

Robert Young says Accrington Stanley went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Player ratings17 Dec 2035

The game went through Guillaume Renault — 7.22

Marked 7.22 on 13 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.

Squad17 Dec 2035

Words at Accrington Stanley training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Guillaume Renault is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The terraces17 Dec 2035

The crowd has taken to Timothy Bennett

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

The dugout17 Dec 2035

Liam Coyle gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match15 Dec 2035

Accrington Stanley hit back inside 2 minutes

Shrewsbury Town held the lead for 2 minutes, which is not long enough to enjoy it. Accrington Stanley answered before the celebration had properly finished, and the shape of the afternoon changed with it.

In brief

446 Edition

The Accrington Stanley Chronicle

12 Feb 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad12 Feb 2035

Frederik Bondo Petersen breaks a bone — 99 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 99 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad12 Feb 2035

6 saves: Harvey Cartwright was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Player ratings12 Feb 2035

Robert Young, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.77

A mark of 7.77 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Market12 Feb 2035

Eyes on Zachery White again

The phone has started ringing about Zachery White again, and this time the name on the line is Leyton Orient. Accrington Stanley are listening politely and promising nothing.

Transfer targets12 Feb 2035

Accrington Stanley rebuffed over Joe Snowdon

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Swindon Town have kept their man, and Accrington Stanley go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The terraces12 Feb 2035

Accrington Stanley supporters have found a favourite in Robert Young

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Robert Young has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Squad12 Feb 2035

Words exchanged at Accrington Stanley

Jack Mitchell 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.

Match10 Feb 2035

A bad afternoon for Accrington Stanley against Leicester City

0‑2 to Leicester City, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout12 Feb 2035

The manager makes an example of Liam Coyle

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

442 Edition

The Accrington Stanley Chronicle

15 Jan 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market15 Jan 2035

Zachery White has said yes to Tranmere Rovers

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Accrington Stanley have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Match9 Jan 2035

Riley Hargan wins it after the whistle should have gone

94 minutes played. Riley Hargan found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Barrow AFC went from a point to nothing inside one movement.

Squad15 Jan 2035

Riley Hargan takes the match ball home

3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.

The dugout15 Jan 2035

Robert Young says Accrington Stanley went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad15 Jan 2035

Myles Roberts 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 targets15 Jan 2035

Swindon Town tell Accrington Stanley: Joe Snowdon 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 2035

Accrington Stanley get the job done against Barrow AFC

A 4‑3 win over Barrow AFC, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Transfer targets15 Jan 2035

Too dear: Accrington Stanley walk away from Pol González

$110.0K was the most the club would pay and Wycombe Wanderers 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.

Squad15 Jan 2035

A row about effort at Accrington Stanley

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Guillaume Renault was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief