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]

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
8 July 2025 GK Oliver Wright Southampton 31 May 2026 [4]

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 LW Ashley Hunter [5]
GK Liam Isherwood [5]
CB Jay Rich-Baghuelou [5]
CB Aaron Pickles [5]
RM Seb Quirk [5]
CB Lewis Rhodes [5]
RM Lewis Trickett [5]

New Contract

Date Pos. Player Contract until Ref.
26 June 2025 CM Conor Grant 30 June 2026 [6]
1 July 2025 AM Dan Martin [7]
2 July 2025 DM Seamus Conneely [8]
6 July 2025 GK James Rogerson Undisclosed[a] [9]
CM Finlay Tunstall [10]
  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.[11][12][13] In July, a fifth freindly was added against Clitheroe.[14]

A behind-closed-doors, fixture against Blackpool was also confirmed.[15]

  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 v Blackburn Rovers Accrington
15:00 BST Stadium: Crown Ground
15 July 2025 Friendly Accrington Stanley v Everton Accrington
19:45 BST Stadium: Crown Ground
19 July 2025 Friendly Accrington Stanley v Wigan Athletic Accrington
15:00 BST Stadium: Crown Ground
26 July 2025 Friendly Accrington Stanley v Rotherham United Accrington
15:00 BST Stadium: Crown Ground
27 July 2025 Friendly Clitheroe v Accrington Stanley Clitheroe
12:30 BST Stadium: Loom Loft Stadium

Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2025–26 EFL League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Accrington Stanley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League One
2 Barnet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Barrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bristol Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for League Two play-offs
5 Bromley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 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[16]

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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Points
Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced, with Accrington hosting Gillingham on the opening day.[17]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 August 2025 1 Accrington Stanley v Gillingham Accrington
15:00 BST Stadium: Crown Ground
9 August 2025 2 Crewe Alexandra v Accrington Stanley Crewe
15:00 BST Stadium: Gresty Road
16 August 2025 3 Salford City v Accrington Stanley Kersal
15:00 BST Stadium: Moor Lane
19 August 2025 4 Accrington Stanley v Tranmere Rovers Accrington
19:45 BST Stadium: Crown Ground
23 August 2025 5 Accrington Stanley v Grimsby Town Accrington
15:00 BST Stadium: Crown Ground
30 August 2025 6 Shrewsbury Town v Accrington Stanley Shrewsbury
15:00 BST Stadium: New Meadow
6 September 2025 7 Cheltenham Town v Accrington Stanley Cheltenham
15:00 BST Stadium: Whaddon Road
13 September 2025 8 Accrington Stanley v Colchester United Accrington
12:30 BST Stadium: Crown Ground
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[18]

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Cup

Accrington Stanley will 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.[19][20]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 August 2025 First round Accrington Stanley v Oldham Athletic Accrington
19:45 BST Stadium: Crown Ground

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2025–26 EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of pre-season

Players with no appearances are not included on the list
Italics indicate a loaned in player

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

References

  1. ^ "Freddie joins from King's Lynn Town". Accrington Stanley FC. 23 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Isaac joins from Curzon Ashton". Accrington Stanley FC. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Jimmy joins Altrincham". Accrington Stanley FC. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Ollie joins from Southampton". Accrington Stanley FC. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Retained List". Accrington Stanley FC. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Conor signs a new one-year contract". Accrington Stanley FC. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Dan signs a new one-year contract". Accrington Stanley FC. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Seamus signs a new one-year contract". Accrington Stanley FC. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  9. ^ "James signs his first professional contract". Accrington Stanley FC. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Finlay signs his first professional contract". Accrington Stanley FC. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Stanley to face Blackburn Rovers and Everton". Accrington Stanley FC. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Stanley to face Wigan Athletic". Accrington Stanley FC. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Stanley to face Rotherham United". Accrington Stanley FC. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Stanley to face Clitheroe". Accrington Stanley FC. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  15. ^ @ASFCofficial (8 July 2025). "ASFC will face Blackpool FC in a behind-closed-doors pre-season friendly this afternoon" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 July 2025 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  17. ^ "League Two 2025/26 fixtures, dates, schedule & how to watch: Barnet host Fleetwood in opening day clash live on Sky". Sky Sports. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  18. ^ "Colchester United selected for live broadcast". Accrington Stanley FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  19. ^ EFL (2025-06-12). "Carabao Cup format confirmed for 2025/26 season". EFL. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
  20. ^ "Stanley to face Oldham Athletic". Accrington Stanley FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
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