Ben Wilson

Goalkeeper - Coventry City
15 Aug 2026
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Marked for Ben Wilson

2 Edition

The Accrington Stanley Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Accrington Stanley rebuffed over Giovanni Leoni

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

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

Isaac Sinclair 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 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

Benjamin Spencer steps up from the Accrington Stanley academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benjamin Spencer 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

Alexander Murphy steps up from the Accrington Stanley academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexander Murphy 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

One of our own: Jason Taylor joins the Accrington Stanley first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jason Taylor is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Peter Hill joins the Accrington Stanley first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Peter Hill is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Brad Collins needs a bigger stage

He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Accrington Stanley know which stage they are at.

In brief

Back issues
1 Edition

The Accrington Stanley Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

A career in one shirt: Seamus Conneely

11 seasons and 482 appearances, all of them here. Careers like this are not designed; they happen to a certain kind of man at a certain kind of club, and this town has one.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

An offer of $73.0K for Ben Wilson

Accrington Stanley have gone to Coventry City with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Accrington Stanley

Isaac Sinclair 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Liam Coyle stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Liam Coyle and Accrington Stanley agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market3 Aug 2026

Talks stall between Accrington Stanley and Isaac Sinclair

“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.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Accrington Stanley ask about Owen Dale

A loan enquiry to Oxford United: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

Farrend Rawson asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Farrend Rawson handed the armband

The captaincy goes to Farrend Rawson. It is not a job that wins matches, but a dressing room always notices who is given it.

Market3 Aug 2026

Nobody at Accrington Stanley has picked up the phone to Charlie Brown

36 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

In brief

1 Edition

The Coventry City Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

9 seasons of Josh Eccles

144 appearances across 9 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Coventry City know what they have.

Market3 Aug 2026

Taiwo Awoniyi wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Coventry City hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Taiwo Awoniyi signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Taiwo Awoniyi and Coventry City agree another 4 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Coventry City

Ethan Pinnock 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Cheltenham Town join the queue for Ben Wilson

Add another name to the list: Cheltenham Town have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Ben Wilson. The answer from Coventry City has not changed — yet.

Market3 Aug 2026

Jack Rudoni wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

In brief