The Accrington Stanley Chronicle
Market28 Jun 2027
Accrington Stanley break the bank for James Bree
$4.0M. No player has ever cost Accrington Stanley more, and expectation arrives with him.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Josh Woods damages knee ligaments — 84 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 84 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Transfer targets28 Jun 2027
Fee done, terms next for Devon Brockie
Accrington Stanley and Leeds United have settled on $150.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Transfer targets28 Jun 2027
Bobby De Cordova-Reid due for a Accrington Stanley medical
Everything agreed with Leicester City, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets28 Jun 2027
An offer of $740.0K for Joe Worrall
Accrington Stanley have gone to Wrexham 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 targets28 Jun 2027
No deal for Joe Worrall at that price
Accrington Stanley offered $760.0K; Wrexham 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.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Jack Barrett arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Jack Barrett has, at Accrington Stanley, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
The terraces28 Jun 2027
The town asked, and Accrington Stanley paid $4.0M
James Bree was the name on every phone-in, and the club has gone and signed him for $4.0M. For one week the board can do no wrong, which is a week most boards never get.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Benjamin Santelli 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.
In brief
- Squad Chris Sze in a row with a teammate
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Caleb Ansen
- Market The Brad Collins question follows Accrington Stanley around