Brad Collins

Goalkeeper - Accrington Stanley
27 Aug 2026
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Marked for Brad Collins

4 Edition

The Accrington Stanley Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match18 Aug 2026

Nowhere to hide for Accrington Stanley

0‑3 against Bristol Rovers, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Accrington Stanley bid $2.7M for George Evans

The offer went to Millwall this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Market24 Aug 2026

Accrington Stanley say no — this time

The offer from Hibernians for Josh Woods was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Boardroom24 Aug 2026

Accrington Stanley go back to the board over Elliot Myles

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $161.0K — a club that wants Elliot Myles enough to be asked twice.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

No deal for Marcus Bettinelli at that price

Accrington Stanley offered $370.0K; Manchester City said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Squad24 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Accrington Stanley

Ben Thompson and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Portsmouth tell Accrington Stanley: Jacob Farrell 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.

Match22 Aug 2026

A bad afternoon for Accrington Stanley against Barnet

1‑2 to Barnet, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Brad Collins

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Brad Collins, and the manager let it.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Accrington Stanley Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

No thanks: Tobi Adeyemo rejects the move

Accrington Stanley had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Watford, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

An offer of $370.0K for Marcus Bettinelli

Accrington Stanley have gone to Manchester 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.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Accrington Stanley make their move for Elliot Myles

$140.0K on the table at Norwich 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.

Market17 Aug 2026

Harvey Rodgers is a Accrington Stanley player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Accrington Stanley rebuffed over Fin Back

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

Match15 Aug 2026

A bad afternoon for Accrington Stanley against Cheltenham Town

0‑1 to Cheltenham Town, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Owen Dale makes it 200

200 times in these colours, in all weathers and under four or five different managers. That kind of service is quietly disappearing from the game.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Harvey Rodgers is a square peg at Accrington Stanley

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

Market17 Aug 2026

Still no ink between Accrington Stanley and Brad Collins

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Accrington Stanley, another week without a signature from Brad Collins.

In brief

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