2020–21 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

Accrington Stanley
2020–21 season
OwnerAndy Holt
ManagerJohn Coleman
StadiumCrown Ground
League One11th
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupFirst round
EFL TrophyThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Dion Charles (19)
All: Dion Charles (20)
Highest home attendanceCOVID-19 prevented fans from attending games
Lowest home attendanceCOVID-19 prevented fans from attending games
Average home league attendanceCOVID-19 prevented fans from attending games

The 2020–21 season was Accrington Stanley's 52nd season in their history and the third consecutive season in EFL League One, Along with League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
3 August 2020 CB AUS Cameron Burgess Scunthorpe United Free transfer [1]
24 August 2020 CM ENG Matt Butcher AFC Bournemouth Free transfer [2]
2 September 2020 DM ENG Tom Scully Norwich City Free transfer [3]
4 September 2020 CB GER Stephen Sama Heracles Almelo Free transfer [4]
24 September 2020 MF ENG Rhys Fenlon Burnley Free transfer [5]
9 October 2020 RB SKN Michael Nottingham Blackpool Undisclosed [6]
6 November 2020 CF ENG Lewis Mansell Partick Thistle Free transfer [7]
4 January 2021 LW ENG Gary Roberts Bala Town Free transfer [8]
1 February 2021 CM NIR David Morgan Southport Undisclosed [9]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
7 August 2020 LW IRL Ryan Cassidy Watford End of season [10]
13 August 2020 RW ENG Thomas Allan Newcastle United 12 January 2021 [11][12]
28 August 2020 CM LBR Mohammed Sangare Newcastle United End of season [13]
7 September 2020 CM ENG Tariq Uwakwe Chelsea End of season [14]
2 October 2020 CM ENG Jon Russell Chelsea End of season [15]
9 October 2020 GK ENG Nathan Baxter Chelsea End of season [16]
28 January 2021 SS NIR Paul Smyth Queens Park Rangers End of season [17]
1 February 2021 CM ENG Adam Phillips Burnley End of season [18]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
19 October 2020 RB AUS Reagan Ogle AFC Fylde 16 January 2021 [19]
7 January 2021 CF ENG Lewis Mansell FC Halifax Town 7 February 2021 [20]
4 February 2021 DF ENG Jack Bolton Southport Youth loan [21]
4 February 2021 MF ENG Rhys Fenlon Southport Youth loan [21]
4 February 2021 RB ENG Harry Perritt Southport Youth loan [21]
1 March 2021 RB AUS Reagan Ogle Altrincham April 2021 [22]

Transfers out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 CF POR Wilson Carvalho Macclesfield Town Released [23][24]
1 July 2020 MF ENG Lewis Doyle Atherton Collieries Released [25][26]
1 July 2020 RB ENG Phil Edwards Warrington Town Released [23][27]
1 July 2020 GK BUL Dimitar Evtimov CSKA Sofia Released [23][28]
1 July 2020 LB ATG Zaine Francis-Angol Boreham Wood Released [23][29]
1 July 2020 MF ENG Lewis Gilboy Bury Released [25][30]
1 July 2020 FW ENG Alex O'Neill Skelmersdale United Released [25]
1 July 2020 CM NIR Andrew Scott Larne Released [25][32]
1 July 2020 RW POR Érico Sousa Tadcaster Albion Released [23][33]
1 July 2020 DF ENG Matty Williams Unattached Released [25]
1 July 2020 CF CGO Offrande Zanzala Crewe Alexandra Released [25][34]
5 August 2020 RW ENG Jordan Clark Luton Town Free transfer [35]
7 September 2020 RB ENG Callum Johnson Portsmouth Undisclosed[a] [36]
16 September 2020 CM ENG Sam Finley Fleetwood Town Mutual consent [37][38]
1 October 2020 CM ENG Niall Watson Southport Free transfer [39]
2 March 2021 LW ENG Gary Roberts Retired — [40]
Notes
  1. ^ According to Transmarkt, fee was £248,000

First-team squad

As of 10 May 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Apps. Goals Year signed Signed from Transfer fee
Goalkeepers
1 Nathan Baxter GK (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 20 0 2020 Chelsea Loan
30 Liam Isherwood GK (2002-07-13) 13 July 2002 0 0 2020 Academy Trainee
40 Toby Savin GK (2000-05-26) 26 May 2000 37 0 2017 Academy Trainee
Defenders
2 Michael Nottingham CB/RB (1989-04-14) 14 April 1989 49 4 2020 Blackpool Undisclosed
3 Mark Hughes CB (1986-12-09) 9 December 1986 242 10 2016 Stevenage Undisclosed
4 Cameron Burgess CB (1995-10-21) 21 October 1995 51 5 2020 Scunthorpe United Free
5 Ross Sykes CB (1999-03-26) 26 March 1999 87 8 2015 Academy Trainee
12 Joe Maguire LB/RB/CB (1996-01-18) 18 January 1996 20 0 2019 Fleetwood Town Free
16 Ben Barclay CB/DM (1996-10-07) 7 October 1996 43 1 2019 Brighton & Hove Albion Free
18 Harvey Rodgers RB/CB (1996-10-20) 20 October 1996 69 1 2018 Fleetwood Town Undisclosed
21 Harry Perritt RB/CB (2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 2 0 2019 Academy Trainee
23 Jack Bolton DF (2001-11-22) 22 November 2001 0 0 2019 Academy Trainee
24 Stephen Sama CB/RB/DM (1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 9 0 2020 Heracles Almelo Free
27 Reagan Ogle RB/LB (1999-03-29) 29 March 1999 0 0 2016 Academy Trainee
33 Zehn Mohammed CB (2000-02-28) 28 February 2000 4 0 2017 Academy Trainee
Midfielders
6 Matt Butcher DM/CM/CB (1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 50 2 2020 AFC Bournemouth Undisclosed
8 Jon Russell CM/AM/DM (2000-10-09) 9 October 2000 25 3 2020 Chelsea Loan
10 Joe Pritchard CM/RM/LM (1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 71 13 2019 Bolton Wanderers Free
11 Sean McConville LM/CM (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 340 61 2015 Chester Undisclosed
14 Tariq Uwakwe CM/DM/AM (1999-11-19) 19 November 1999 20 4 2020 Chelsea Loan
15 Mo Sangare CM/DM/AM (1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 4 0 2020 Newcastle United Loan
17 Lamine Kaba Sherif CM/DM/CB (1999-01-27) 27 January 1999 0 0 2019 Leicester City Free
20 Tom Scully DM/CM (1999-10-01) 1 October 1999 5 0 2020 Norwich City Free
25 Rhys Fenlon MF (2001-10-02) 2 October 2001 4 0 2020 Academy Trainee
28 Seamus Conneely DM/RB/RM (1988-06-22) 22 June 1988 261 12 2015 Sligo Rovers Undisclosed
36 Adam Phillips CM (1998-01-15) 15 January 1998 21 1 2021 Burnley Loan
37 David Morgan CM (1994-07-04) 4 July 1994 16 0 2021 Southport Undisclosed
Forwards
7 Paul Smyth SS/RW/LW (1997-09-10) 10 September 1997 19 3 2021 Queens Park Rangers Loan
9 Ryan Cassidy LW/RW/CF (2001-03-02) 2 March 2001 17 4 2020 Watford Loan
19 Colby Bishop CF (1996-11-04) 4 November 1996 77 24 2018 Leamington Undisclosed
26 Lewis Mansell CF (1997-09-20) 20 September 1997 2 1 2020 Partick Thistle Free
32 Dion Charles CF (1995-10-07) 7 October 1995 90 28 2019 Southport Undisclosed
34 Kevin Spinelli CF (2002-07-25) 25 July 2002 2 0 2020 Academy Trainee
35 Gary Roberts LW/RW/AM (1984-03-18) 18 March 1984 70 23 2021 Bala Town Free

Pre-season

22 August 2020 (2020-08-22) Friendly Accrington Stanley 0-3 Bolton Wanderers Bamber Bridge
Report
  • Delfouneso 13'
  • Doyle 30' (pen.)
  • Trialist 90+2' (pen.)
 Stadium: Sir Tom Finney Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
29 August 2020 Friendly Salford City 0–1 Accrington Stanley Salford
15:00 BST Cassidy 52' (pen.) Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium
Attendance: 0

Competitions

EFL League One

Main article: 2020–21 EFL League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Charlton Athletic 46 20 14 12 70 56 +14 74
8 Portsmouth 46 21 9 16 65 51 +14 72
9 Ipswich Town 46 19 12 15 46 46 0 69
10 Gillingham 46 19 10 17 63 60 +3 67
11 Accrington Stanley 46 18 13 15 63 68 −5 67
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 18 12 16 56 61 −5 66
13 Milton Keynes Dons 46 18 11 17 64 62 +2 65
14 Doncaster Rovers 46 19 7 20 63 67 −4 64
15 Fleetwood Town 46 16 12 18 49 46 +3 60
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[41]

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
46 18 13 15 63 68  −5 67 10 7 6 31 26  +5 8 6 9 32 42  −10

Last updated: 9 May 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHHAAHAAHHAAHHAHAHAAHAHHA
ResultWLLWWLWWWDWWWLWDWLLWDWDLDWDLDLWLLLWLDWLDLWDDDW
Position281796971110999710886910897889677787101013121313111211131212111311
Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[42]

September
12 September 2020 1 Accrington Stanley 2–0 Peterborough United Accrington
15:00 BST Charles 46'
Sykes  58'
Uwakwe 85'		 Report Thompson  39'
Beevers  89'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Edwards
19 September 2020 2 Burton Albion 2–1 Accrington Stanley Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST Quinn  56'
Powell 72'
Brayford 87'
Garratt  90+4'		 Report Burgess  76'
Pritchard 83'
Allan  85'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Josh Smith
26 September 2020 3 Accrington Stanley 1–4 Oxford United Accrington
15:00 BST Rodgers  44'
Hughes  55'
Cassidy 72' (pen.)
Charles  75'
Pritchard  90'		 Report Henry 45'
Pritchard 73' (o.g.)
Taylor 85', 87'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ross Joyce
October
3 October 2020 4 AFC Wimbledon 1–2 Accrington Stanley Shepherd's Bush
15:00 BST Longman 18'
Woodyard  27'		 Report Sykes 41'
Butcher 45'
Cassidy  62'
Pritchard  90+4'		 Stadium: Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christopher Pollard
10 October 2020 5 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Rochdale Accrington
15:00 BST Pritchard 64'
Russell 66'		 Report Keohane 54' Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Scott Oldham
17 October 2020 6 Ipswich Town 2–0 Accrington Stanley Ipswich
15:00 BST Edwards 55'
Sears 71'
Chambers  81'		 Report Burgess  80' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Lewis
20 October 2020 7 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Fleetwood Town Accrington
19:00 BST Sykes  55'
Charles 73'		 Report Holgate  43' Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Darren Drysdale
November
14 November 2020 8 Northampton Town 0–1 Accrington Stanley Northampton
15:00 GMT Report Russell 2'
Bishop  4'
Savin  62'		 Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Johnson
17 November 2020 9 Swindon Town 0–3 Accrington Stanley Swindon
19:00 GMT Grounds  73' Report Fryer 6' (o.g.)
Bishop 25'
Charles 38'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Nield
21 November 2020 10 Accrington Stanley 0–0 Lincoln City Accrington
15:00 GMT McConville 71 Report Johnson  57'
Eyoma  68'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Haines
24 November 2020 11 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Crewe Alexandra Accrington
19:00 GMT Russell  35'
Bishop 59'		 Report Pickering  58'
Dale  62'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
December
2 December 2020 12 Shrewsbury Town 2-2 Accrington Stanley Shrewsbury
18:00 GMT Pierre 26'
Norburn  33'
Williams 38'
Walker  41'
Vela  57'
Whalley 86'		 Report Pritchard 24'
Hughes 84'
Cassidy 90+'		 Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Ben Speedie
5 December 2020 13 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Milton Keynes Dons Accrington
15:00 GMT Charles 8', 62'
Pritchard  43'		 Report Gladwin  20'
Kasumu  27'
Sorinola  49'
Morris 53'
Harvie  81'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antony Coggins
12 December 2020 14 Wigan Athletic 4–3 Accrington Stanley Wigan
15:00 GMT James 14'
Gardner 19'
Keane 32' (pen.)
Hughes 83' (o.g.)		 Report Conneely  45+3'
Pritchard 61'
Nottingham 65'
Hughes  81'
Burgess 86'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Edwards
15 December 2020 15 Gillingham 0–2 Accrington Stanley Gillingham
17:30 GMT O'Connor  73' Report Bishop 44'
Charles 64'
Butcher  90'		 Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Woolmer
19 December 2020 16 Accrington Stanley 0–0 Blackpool Accrington
15:00 GMT Report Dougall  55' Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Declan Bourne
January
8 January 2021 17 Charlton Athletic 0–2 Accrington Stanley Charlton
19:45 GMT Morgan  52'
Maatsen  85'		 Report Bishop 36', 67'
Pritchard  83'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Purkiss
16 January 2021 18 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Gillingham Accrington
15:00 GMT Sykes  45'
Nottingham  62'		 Report Dempsey 45+1'
Jackson  80'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Darren Drysdale
19 January 2021 19 Hull City 3–0 Accrington Stanley Kingston upon Hull
17:30 GMT Wilks 37'
Whyte 55'
Honeyman  57'
Magennis 67' (pen.)
Jones  69'		 Report McConville  31'
Burgess  52'  66'		 Stadium: KCOM Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Nield
26 January 2021 20 Accrington Stanley 2–0 Hull City Accrington
17:30 GMT Charles 50'
Conneely  64'
Butcher 68'		 Report Elder  27'
Lewis-Potter  37'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Finnie
30 January 2021 21 Plymouth Argyle 2–2 Accrington Stanley Plymouth
15:00 GMT Jephcott 43'
Ennis 78'
Opoku  87'
Lewis  88'		 Report Pritchard 41'
Charles 46'
Barclay  63'
Butcher  74'		 Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Neil Hair
February
2 February 2021 22 Accrington Stanley 6–1 Bristol Rovers Accrington
19:30 GMT Pritchard  7', 8'
Charles 12', 17', 70'
Bishop 28', 48'
McConville  44'		 Report Nicholson 11'
Williams  61'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Boyeson
6 February 2021 23 Accrington Stanley 0–0 Northampton Town Accrington
15:00 GMT Pritchard  71'  85'
Bishop  86'		 Report Jones  69'
McWilliams  86'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Wright
9 February 2021 24 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Plymouth Argyle Accrington
17:30 GMT Conneely  62' Report Ennis 51'
Opoku  70'
Fornah  74'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Nield
14 February 2021 25 Lincoln City 2–2 Accrington Stanley Lincoln
18:00 GMT Rogers 53'
McGrandles  80'
Grant  83'
Hopper 84'		 Report Charles 6', 90'
Barclay  14'		 Stadium: LNER Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Coy
16 February 2021 26 Doncaster Rovers 0–1 Accrington Stanley Doncaster
19:00 GMT Report Smyth 42'  79' Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Referee: Dean Whitestone
20 February 2021 27 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Accrington
15:00 GMT Barclay  14'
Conneely  45+1' 47'
Morgan  80'		 Report Main  56'
Whalley 77'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Young
23 February 2021 28 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Accrington Stanley Crewe
19:00 GMT Beckles 32'
Lowery  45+1'
Porter 79'		 Report Rodgers  50'
Hughes 70'		 Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Brett Huxtable
27 February 2021 29 Fleetwood Town 1–1 Accrington Stanley Fleetwood
15:00 GMT Burns  4', 24'
Camps  45+3'
Morris 79'
Connolly  79'		 Report Phillips 22'
Burgess  78'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Allison
March
2 March 2021 30 Accrington Stanley 1–2 Ipswich Town Accrington
19:00 GMT Charles 4',  48'
Conneely  16'
Burgess  45+6'
McConville  67'		 Report Norwood 17', 45+6'
Wilson 41',  79'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bobby Madley
6 March 2021 31 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Swindon Town Accrington
15:00 GMT Charles 11'
Hughes  31'
Bishop 44'
Butcher  45+2'
Burgess  59'		 Report Pitman 30' Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Clayton
9 March 2021 32 Bristol Rovers 4–1 Accrington Stanley Bristol
19:00 GMT Leahy 15'
Rodman 45+1'
Nicholson 67'
Westbrooke 68'
McCormick  78'		 Report Barclay  35'
Smyth 77'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Bell
13 March 2021 33 Milton Keynes Dons 3–2 Accrington Stanley Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT Jerome 6', 55'
O'Riley 90+1'		 Report Smyth  45'
Burgess  47'
Barclay  49'
Charles 57'
Surman 62' (o.g.)
Rodgers  67'
Morgan  80'		 Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dean Whitestone
17 March 2021 34 Accrington Stanley 0-2 Sunderland Accrington
19:00 GMT Nottingham  20'
Smyth  53'		 Report Gooch  20'
McGeady  58'
Stewart 62'
Wyke 86'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Busby
20 March 2021 35 Accrington Stanley 3–1 Wigan Athletic Accrington
15:00 GMT Burgess 3'
Nottingham 15'
Charles 61' (pen.)  89'
Morgan  63'		 Report Lang 1' Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Toner
27 March 2021 36 Peterborough United 7–0 Accrington Stanley Peterborough
15:00 GMT Clarke-Harris 3', 9', 65'
Szmodics 23', 48'
Eisa 77'
Kanu 82'		 Report Morgan  73'
Maguire  82'		 Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Purkiss
April
2 April 2021 37 Accrington Stanley 0–0 Burton Albion Accrington
15:00 BST Report Mancienne  53' Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
5 April 2021 38 Oxford United 1–2 Accrington Stanley Oxford
15:00 BST Lee 25',  54'
Taylor  88'		 Report Smyth 16'
Butcher  58'
Nottingham 70'
Rodgers  87'		 Stadium: The Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ollie Yates
10 April 2021 39 Accrington Stanley 1–5 AFC Wimbledon Accrington
15:00 BST Nottingham 4'
Burgess  56'		 Report Palmer 21', 42'
Assal 45+1', 64',  65'
Pigott 57'
Heneghan  67'  90+2'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Oldham
13 April 2021 40 Blackpool 0–0 Accrington Stanley Blackpool
19:00 BST Ballard  90+4' Report Morgan  24'
Rodgers  75'
Burgess  85'
Bishop 88'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samuel Barrott
17 April 2021 41 Rochdale 3–1 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
12:30 BST Keohane 10'
McLaughlin  29'
Beesley 66',  90+5'
Shaughnessy 90+1'		 Report Barclay 13',  46'
Smyth  22'
Burgess  90'		 Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 0
Referee: Scott Oldham
20 April 2021 42 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Doncaster Rovers Accrington
19:00 BST Charles 41' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.) Report Balcombe  40'
John-Jules 76'
James  87'
Anderson  89'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
24 April 2021 43 Sunderland 3–3 Accrington Stanley Sunderland
15:00 BST Wyke 6', 11'
Winchester  43'
Leadbitter  62'
Power 83'		 Report Bishop 51'
O'Nien 68' (o.g.)
Nottingham  80'
McConville 85'
Smyth  87'		 Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 0
Referee: Darren Drysdale
27 April 2021 44 Accrington Stanley 3–3 Portsmouth Accrington
19:00 BST Bishop 15'
Burgess 43'
Barclay  90+3'
Conneely  90+4'
Marquis 90+5' (o.g.)		 Report Marquis 49', 90+1'
Williams 54'
Curtis  84'
Cannon  86'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bobby Madley
May
1 May 2021 45 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Charlton Athletic Accrington
15:00 BST Russell  63'
McConville  73'
Pritchard 81'
Rodgers  90+5'		 Report Forster-Caskey  70'
Inniss  89'
Aneke 90+5'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Young
9 May 2021 46 Portsmouth 0–1 Accrington Stanley Milton
12:00 BST Harness  18'
Downing  28'
Byers  64'
White  66'		 Report Phillips 23'
Rodgers  62'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Purkiss

FA Cup

Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[43]

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 November 2020 First round Tranmere Rovers 2–1 Accrington Stanley Birkenhead
15:00 GMT Blackett-Taylor 13'
Clarke 84'		 Report Bishop 24'
Butcher  64'
Burgess  88'		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Graham Salisbury

EFL Cup

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[44]

4 September 2020 First round Burton Albion 1–1
(4–2 p)		 Accrington Stanley Burton upon Trent
19:30 BST Akins 32'
Eardley  81'		 Report Burgess 82' Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Haines
Penalties
Akins
Hemmings
Quinn
Eardley 		Pritchard
Butcher
Sangare
Charles

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[45] The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's.[46] The third round was made on 10 December 2020 by Jon Parkin.[47]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Accrington Stanley 3 2 1 0 0 9 1 +8 8 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Blackpool 3 1 1 1 0 4 1 +3 6
3 L2 Barrow 3 0 1 1 1 2 3 −1 3
4 ACA Leeds United U21 3 0 0 1 2 2 12 −10 1
Source: EFL.com
8 September 2020 Group stage Accrington Stanley 7–0 Leeds United U21 Accrington
19:00 BST Uwakwe 5', 22', 72'
Burgess 14'
Charles 30'
Cassidy 38', 55'		 Report Moore  13'
Leverett  52'
Dean  75'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Toner
6 October 2020 Group stage Accrington Stanley 1–1
(4–3 p)		 Blackpool Accrington
19:00 BST Bishop 79' Report Anderson 10' Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Speedie
Penalties
Bishop
Charles
Sykes
Pritchard
Scully 		Yates
Robson
Anderson
Ward
Kemp
10 November 2020 Group stage Barrow 0–1 Accrington Stanley Barrow-in-Furness
19:00 GMT Quigley 11'
Taylor  60'
Ntlhe  62'		 Report Mansell 4'
Barclay  7'
Burgess  79'
Scully  88'		 Stadium: Furness Building Society Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Bell
8 December 2020 Second round Accrington Stanley 3–2 Manchester United U21 Accrington
19:00 GMT Burgess 8'  53'
Pritchard 67', 85'
McConville  84'		 Report Pellistri 39'
Elanga 61'
Mejbri  82'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thomas Bramall
12 January 2021 Third round Lincoln City 4–0 Accrington Stanley Lincoln
19:00 GMT Elbouzedi 32'
Gotts 53'
Johnson 62'
Grant 90+2'		 Report Mohammed  64'
Barclay  77'		 Stadium: LNER Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Sarginson

Statistics

As of match played 9 May 2021
No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  ENG Nathan Baxter 22 0 19+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF  ENG Callum Johnson 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF  SKN Michael Nottingham 43 4 41+1 4 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF  ENG Mark Hughes 41 0 36+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
4 DF  AUS Cameron Burgess 50 6 42+2 3 1+0 0 1+0 1 4+0 2
5 DF  ENG Ross Sykes 14 1 9+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
6 MF  ENG Matt Butcher 49 2 39+3 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 4+1 0
7 FW  ENG Tom Allan 8 0 1+3 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
7 FW  NIR Paul Smyth 21 3 16+5 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF  ENG Jon Russell 25 1 13+11 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW  IRL Ryan Cassidy 17 5 5+6 3 0+1 0 1+0 0 4+0 2
10 MF  ENG Joe Pritchard 33 10 25+2 8 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+2 2
11 MF  ENG Sean McConville 32 1 27+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
12 DF  ENG Joe Maguire 7 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
14 MF  ENG Tariq Uwakwe 21 4 12+3 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 4+1 3
15 MF  LBR Mo Sangare 4 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
16 DF  ENG Ben Barclay 31 1 23+3 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
18 DF  ENG Harvey Rodgers 30 0 28+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
19 FW  ENG Colby Bishop 45 12 38+3 10 1+0 1 0+0 0 1+2 1
20 MF  ENG Tom Scully 6 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
21 MF  ENG Harry Perritt 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
23 DF  ENG Jack Bolton 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
24 DF  GER Stephen Sama 8 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+1 0
25 MF  ENG Rhys Fenlon 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
26 FW  ENG Lewis Mansell 4 1 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
28 MF  IRL Seamus Conneely 42 1 38+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
32 FW  NIR Dion Charles 49 20 42+0 19 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+3 1
33 DF  ENG Zehn Mohammed 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
34 FW  ENG Kevin Spinelli 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
35 FW  ENG Gary Roberts 2 1 0+2 0 0+0 0 0 0+0 0 1+0
36 MF  ENG Adam Phillips 21 0 12+9 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF  NIR David Morgan 16 0 9+7 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK  ENG Toby Savin 34 0 29+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0

Goals record

As of match played 9 May 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1 32 CF Dion Charles 19 0 0 1 20
2 19 CF Colby Bishop 10 1 0 1 12
3 10 CM Joe Pritchard 8 0 0 2 10
4 4 CB Cameron Burgess 3 0 1 2 6
5 9 CF Ryan Cassidy 3 0 0 2 5
6 2 RB Michael Nottingham 4 0 0 0 4
14 CM Tariq Uwakwe 1 0 0 3 4
8 7 CF Paul Smyth 3 0 0 0 3
9 6 DM Matt Butcher 2 0 0 0 2
8 CM Jon Russell 2 0 0 0 2
11 5 CB Ross Sykes 1 0 0 0 1
11 LM Sean McConville 1 0 0 0 1
16 CB Ben Barclay 1 0 0 0 1
26 CF Lewis Mansell 0 0 0 1 1
28 CM Seamus Conneely 1 0 0 0 1
Own Goals 4 0 0 0 4
Total 62 1 1 12 76

Disciplinary record

As of match played 9 May 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
         
1 4 CB Cameron Burgess 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 1 0
2 16 CB Ben Barclay 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 0
3 10 CM Joe Pritchard 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
4 3 CB Mark Hughes 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
11 LM Sean McConville 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 1
18 RB Harvey Rodgers 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
28 CM Seamus Conneely 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
8 7 SS Paul Smyth 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
6 DM Matt Butcher 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
37 CM David Morgan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
10 2 RB Michael Nottingham 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
5 CB Ross Sykes 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
32 CF Dion Charles 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
14 8 CM Jon Russell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
19 CF Colby Bishop 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
16 7 RW Tom Allan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
9 CF Ryan Cassidy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
12 LB Joe Maguire 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
20 DM Tom Scully 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
33 RB Zehn Mohammed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
40 GK Toby Savin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 71 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 82 2 4

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