2025–26 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

Accrington Stanley
2025–26 season
OwnerAndy Holt
ManagerJohn Doolan
StadiumCrown Ground

The 2025–26 season is the 57th season in the history of Accrington Stanley Football Club and their third consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club are also to participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2025–26 EFL Trophy.

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2025[a] LB Freddie Sass King's Lynn Town Bosman [1]
1 July 2025[b] CM Isaac Sinclair Curzon Ashton [2]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 23 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at King's Lynn had expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 19 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Curzon had expired

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
10 June 2025 CF Jimmy Knowles Altrincham Undisclosed [3]
18 August 2025 CM Ben Woods Peterborough United [4]

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
8 July 2025 GK Oliver Wright Southampton 31 May 2026 [5]
5 August 2025 CM Joe Bauress Burnley [6]
7 August 2025 LB Logan Pye [7]
21 August 2025 CF Paddy Madden Chesterfield [8]
1 September 2025 LW Isaac Heath Everton [9]

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
24 October 2025 CF Anjola Popoola Marine 22 November 2025 [10]
LM Finlay Tunstall [10]
3 December 2025 LM Brighouse Town 30 December 2025 [11]
4 December 2025 CB Josh Smith Buxton [12]
5 December 2025 CF Anjola Popoola Chorley 3 January 2026 [13]

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 RM Seb Quirk Sligo Rovers 1 July 2025 [14][15]
GK Liam Isherwood Warrington Town 5 July 2025 [14][16]
CB Aaron Pickles Southport 18 July 2025 [14][17]
LW Ashley Hunter Marine 8 August 2025 [14][18]
CB Jay Rich-Baghuelou [14]
CB Lewis Rhodes [14]
RM Lewis Trickett [14]

New Contract

Date Pos. Player Contract until Ref.
26 June 2025 CM Conor Grant 30 June 2026 [19]
1 July 2025 AM Dan Martin [20]
2 July 2025 DM Seamus Conneely [21]
6 July 2025 GK James Rogerson Undisclosed[a] [22]
CM Finlay Tunstall [23]
30 September 2025 CB Josh Smith 30 June 2027 [24]
  1. ^ First professional contract

Pre-season and friendlies

In June, Accrington Stanley announced pre-season friendlies against Blackburn Rovers, Everton, Wigan Athletic and Rotherham United.[25][26][27] In July, a fifth friendly was added against Clitheroe.[28]

A behind-closed-doors, fixture against Blackpool was also confirmed.[29]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

8 July 2025 Friendly Blackpool 0–1 Accrington Stanley Squires Gate
12:30 BST Report
  • Woods 77'
Stadium: Blackpool FC Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
12 July 2025 Friendly Accrington Stanley 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Accrington
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 3,543 (2,013 BR)
15 July 2025 Friendly Accrington Stanley 1–1 Everton Accrington
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 3,875 (2,336 Everton)
19 July 2025 Friendly Accrington Stanley 2–4 Wigan Athletic Accrington
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,141 (676 from Wigan)
26 July 2025 Friendly Accrington Stanley 4–1 Rotherham United Accrington
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 613 (174 RUFC)
27 July 2025 Friendly Clitheroe Cancelled Accrington Stanley Clitheroe
12:30 BST Stadium: Loom Loft Stadium
Note: Fixture was cancelled due to injuries.[30]

Competitions

League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
15 Grimsby Town 21 7 6 8 33 30 +3 27
16 Tranmere Rovers 21 6 8 7 35 34 +1 26
17 Accrington Stanley 21 6 6 9 23 25 −2 24
18 Cheltenham Town 21 7 3 11 18 34 −16 24
19 Barrow 21 5 6 10 21 30 −9 21
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[31]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
20 6 6 8 23 23  0 24 4 3 3 13 9  +4 2 3 5 10 14  −4

Last updated: 13 December 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round1235678910111213144115161718192021
GroundHAAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDLLDDLWWLLLWLDDWDWWL
Position818192121242018192020202221201818171617
Points11123369999121213141718212424
Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced, with Accrington hosting Gillingham on the opening day.[32]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 August 2025 1 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Gillingham Accrington
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,302 (610 from Gillingham)
Referee: Oliver Yates
9 August 2025 2 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Accrington Stanley Crewe
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 5,093 (169 ASFC)
Referee: Richard Eley
16 August 2025 3 Salford City 2–1 Accrington Stanley Kersal
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 2,943 (314 ASFC)
Referee: Matthew Corlett
23 August 2025 5 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Grimsby Town Accrington
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,647 (1,146 from GTFC)
Referee: Ross Martin
30 August 2025 6 Shrewsbury Town 0–0 Accrington Stanley Shrewsbury
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 4,795
Referee: Oliver Mackey
6 September 2025 7 Cheltenham Town 1–0 Accrington Stanley Cheltenham
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 3,284
Referee: Abigail Byrne
13 September 2025 8 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Colchester United Accrington
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,107 (199 CUFC)
Referee: Martin Coy
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[33]
20 September 2025 9 Milton Keynes Dons 1–2 Accrington Stanley Denbigh
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 6,010 (100 from ASFC)
Referee: Scott Jackson
27 September 2025 10 Accrington Stanley 1–3 Walsall Accrington
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,448 (696 WFC fans)
Referee: Ross Joyce
4 October 2025 11 Barnet 2–0 Accrington Stanley Edgware
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 2,058 (155 ASFC fans)
Referee: Neil Hair
11 October 2025 12 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Newport County Accrington
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,074 (172 NCFC fans)
Referee: David Rock
18 October 2025 13 Accrington Stanley 4–0 Swindon Town Accrington
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,084 (537 STFC fans)
Referee: Alan Young
25 October 2025 14 Fleetwood Town 2–1 Accrington Stanley Fleetwood
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 2,552 (367 from ASFC)
Referee: Tom Reeves
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[34]
28 October 2025 4[35] Accrington Stanley 1–1 Tranmere Rovers Accrington
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,375 (887 TRFC fans)
Referee: Martin Woods
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 19 August, but was postponed due to Tranmere's EFL Cup first round tie being rescheduled.[36]
8 November 2025 15 Chesterfield 3–3 Accrington Stanley Chesterfield
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: SMH Group Stadium
Attendance: 7,822 (124 ASFC fans)
Referee: Thomas Parsons
15 November 2025 16 Accrington Stanley 3–1 Bristol Rovers Accrington
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,558 (445 BRFC fans)
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
22 November 2025 17 Crawley Town 1–1 Accrington Stanley Crawley
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,885 (90 ASFC fans)
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
29 November 2025 18 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Oldham Athletic Accrington
12:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 3,031 (1,288 from OAFC)
Referee: Simon Mather
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[34]
9 December 2025 19 Harrogate Town 0–2 Accrington Stanley Harrogate
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Wetherby Road
Attendance: 2,307
Referee: Richard Eley
13 December 2025 20 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Bromley Accrington
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,669 (137 away)
Referee: Steven Copeland
19 December 2025 21 Cambridge United v Accrington Stanley Cambridge
19:45 GMT Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 20 December, but was moved following an agreement between the two sides.[37]

FA Cup

Accrington were drawn away to Gainsborough Trinity in the first round[38][39] and at home to Mansfield Town in the second round.[40][41]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 November 2025 First round Gainsborough Trinity 1–2 (a.e.t.) Accrington Stanley Gainsborough
17:15 GMT
  • Robson  30'
  • Tuntulwana 76'
  • Mulhern  89'
  • Johnson  90'
Report
Stadium: The Northolme
Referee: Andrew Humphries
6 December 2025 Second round Accrington Stanley 2–2
(1–3 p)
Mansfield Town Accrington
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,873 (861 MTFC fans)
Referee: Stephen Parkinson
Penalties

EFL Cup

Accrington Stanley would take part in a Preliminary Round of the EFL Cup due to the number of Premier League teams being involved in European competitions. They would face Oldham Athletic.[42][43] In the first round proper, they were drawn again at home against Peterborough United.[44][45] Then against Doncaster Rovers in the second round.[46][47]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 August 2025 Preliminary round Accrington Stanley 3–1 Oldham Athletic Accrington
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,042
Referee: Scott Oldham
12 August 2025 First round Accrington Stanley 2–1 Peterborough United Accrington
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 847 (233 PUFC)
Referee: Aaron Bannister
26 August 2025 Second round Accrington Stanley 0–2 Doncaster Rovers Accrington
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,270 (568 DRFC)
Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

EFL Trophy

Accrington were drawn against Fleetwood Town, Port Vale and Leeds United U21 in the group stage.[48]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Port Vale (A) 3 2 0 1 0 9 4 +5 7 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Fleetwood Town (A) 3 1 2 0 0 9 5 +4 7
3 L2 Accrington Stanley (E) 3 1 0 1 1 5 6 −1 4
4 ACA Leeds United U21 (E) 3 0 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2025. Source: EFL
(A) Advance to next round; (E) Eliminated

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 September 2025 North Group G Fleetwood Town 2–2
(5–4 p)
Accrington Stanley Fleetwood
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 550
Referee: Peter Wright
Penalties
7 October 2025 North Group G Accrington Stanley 0–2 Port Vale Accrington
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 649 (164 PVFC fans)
Referee: Rob Massey-Ellis
11 November 2025 North Group G Accrington Stanley 3–2 Leeds United U21 Accrington
19:45 GMT
Report
  • Gray 3', 90'
  • Lopata-White  40'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 418 (LUFC fans)
Referee: Aaron Bannister

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 13 December 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  IRL Michael Kelly 6 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF  SCO Donald Love 22 0 12+3 0 2+0 0 0+2 0 2+1 0
3 DF  ENG Freddie Sass 11 0 4+3 0 0+1 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF  ENG Conor Grant 15 0 7+5 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF  ENG Farrend Rawson 16 1 12+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF  NIR Liam Coyle 21 0 12+4 0 2+0 0 0+2 0 1+0 0
7 FW  ENG Shaun Whalley 9 1 7+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 FW  IRL Paddy Madden 20 6 12+2 4 2+0 2 0+1 0 1+2 0
9 FW  ENG Kelsey Mooney 9 2 1+4 0 0+0 0 3+0 2 1+0 0
10 MF  ENG Alex Henderson 19 3 4+9 1 0+0 0 3+0 1 3+0 1
11 MF  ENG Isaac Sinclair 26 3 18+1 3 2+0 0 0+3 0 0+2 0
13 GK  ENG Ollie Wright 21 0 17+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF  ENG Benn Ward 22 1 18+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
15 DF  ENG Logan Pye 8 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
16 MF  ENG Joe Bauress 20 1 9+7 0 0+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 1
17 DF  ENG Devon Matthews 26 0 19+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
18 FW  WAL Charlie Caton 23 4 5+11 3 0+2 1 1+1 0 1+2 0
19 FW  ENG Anjola Popoola 8 1 0+3 0 0+0 0 3+0 1 1+1 0
20 FW  ENG Charlie Brown 16 0 9+3 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
21 GK  ENG James Rogerson 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
22 MF  ENG Dan Martin 5 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
23 FW  ENG Tyler Walton 12 5 8+2 5 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
25 DF  ENG Josh Smith 9 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
28 MF  IRL Seamus Conneely 19 0 10+4 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
30 FW  ENG Isaac Heath 18 5 15+0 3 2+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 1
31 MF  ENG Finlay Tunstall 4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 0 0+1 0
38 DF  IRL Connor O'Brien 8 0 1+5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
39 FW  ENG Josh Woods 18 2 6+5 0 0+1 0 2+1 1 2+1 1
Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
8 MF  ENG Ben Woods 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

As of match played 13 December 2025
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
         
1 2 RB Donald Love 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0
2 17 CB Devon Matthews 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0
3 10 CAM Alex Henderson 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
14 CB Benn Ward 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1
5 20 CF Charlie Brown 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
23 RM Tyler Walton 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
7 7 RW Shaun Whalley 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
8 CF Paddy Madden 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
28 CDM Seamus Conneely 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
30 LW Isaac Heath 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
11 1 GK Michael Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
5 RB Farrend Rawson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11 RM Isaac Sinclair 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
15 LB Logan Pye 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
16 CM Joe Bauress 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
25 CB Josh Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
39 CF Josh Woods 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 3 LB Freddie Sass 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 CM Conor Grant 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
6 CDM Liam Coyle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
13 GK Ollie Wright 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
22 CAM Dan Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
38 RB Connor O'Brien 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 45 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 0 8 0 1 62 1 1

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