The Accrington Stanley Chronicle
Market16 Nov 2026
Ben Barclay comes home
The shirt still fits. Ben Barclay is back at Accrington Stanley, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words at Accrington Stanley training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Benjamin Santelli 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Accrington Stanley
Chris Sze and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Ben Barclay signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ben Barclay commits to Accrington Stanley for another 3 years.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
When it matters, Brad Collins plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Squad16 Nov 2026
No place for Kyle Cameron in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Accrington Stanley are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Alex Henderson 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.
Looking ahead16 Nov 2026
A reunion for Donald Love
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Salford City in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
Market16 Nov 2026
Harry French is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Accrington Stanley has been clear about where Harry French stands, which is more than many ever get.
In brief
- The dugout Liam Coyle knocks on the manager's door
- Market Still no ink between Accrington Stanley and Ben Thompson
- Market Accrington Stanley shop where it costs nothing