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2025–26 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

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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.

ManagerJohn Doolan

StadiumCrown Ground

Quick facts season, Owner ...

Accrington Stanley
2025–26 season
Owner	Andy Holt
Manager	John Doolan
Stadium	Crown Ground
League Two	16th
FA Cup	Round 2 (lost to Mansfield)
EFL Cup	Round 2 (lost to Doncaster)
EFL Trophy	3rd in group
Top goalscorer	League: Paddy Madden (6) All: Paddy Madden (8)
Biggest win	4-0 vs Swindon (18th October)
Biggest defeat	0-4 vs Notts County (17th March)
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Similar to the previous season, Accrington started slowly and were last in the league after a few games. Due to a strong run in the middle of the season the team climbed to the middle of the table by the start of 2026 with considerable distance to the relegation battle. The domestic cup runs ended with defeats at home against EFL League One teams, going out to Doncaster Rovers in the EFL Cup and Mansfield Town in the FA Cup on penalties.

Transfers and contracts

In

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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	Bosman	^[2]

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[a]
The transfer was announced on 23 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at King's Lynn had expired
[b]
The transfer was announced on 19 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Curzon had expired

Out

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Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
10 June 2025	CF	Jimmy Knowles	Altrincham	Undisclosed	^[3]
18 August 2025	CM	Ben Woods	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	^[4]
26 January 2026	CB	Benn Ward	Reading	£500,000	^[5]^[6]

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Loaned in

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Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
8 July 2025	GK	Ollie Wright	Southampton	31 May 2026	^[7]
5 August 2025	CM	Joe Bauress	Burnley	2 February 2026^[a]	^[8]^[9]
7 August 2025	LB	Logan Pye	Burnley	2 February 2026^[a]	^[10]^[9]
21 August 2025	CF	Paddy Madden	Chesterfield	31 May 2026	^[11]
1 September 2025	LW	Isaac Heath	Everton		^[12]
22 January 2026	CDM	Luke Butterfield	Chesterfield		^[13]
30 January 2026	CF	David Abimbola	Bolton Wanderers		^[14]

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[a]
On 2 February, Bauress and Pye were recalled back to Burnley from their initial season-long loan

Loaned out

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Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
24 October 2025	CF	Anjola Popoola	Marine	22 November 2025	^[15]
24 October 2025	LM	Finlay Tunstall	Marine	22 November 2025	^[15]
3 December 2025	LM	Finlay Tunstall	Brighouse Town	30 December 2025	^[16]
4 December 2025	CB	Josh Smith	Buxton	30 December 2025	^[17]
5 December 2025	CF	Anjola Popoola	Chorley	7 February 2026^[a]	^[18]^[19]
14 January 2026	CAM	Dan Martin	Marine	11 February 2026	^[20]
27 January 2026	CM	Finlay Tunstall	Prescot Cables	24 February 2026	^[21]
11 February 2026	CF	Charlie Caton	Hartlepool United	31 May 2026	^[22]
17 March 2026	CF	Anjola Popoola	Macclesfield	31 May 2026	^[23]

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[a]
On 9 January, Popoola's loan at Chorley was extended by a further month

Released / Out of Contract

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Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	RM	Seb Quirk	Sligo Rovers	1 July 2025	^[24]^[25]
	GK	Liam Isherwood	Warrington Town	5 July 2025	^[24]^[26]
	CB	Aaron Pickles	Southport	18 July 2025	^[24]^[27]
	LW	Ashley Hunter	Marine	8 August 2025	^[24]^[28]
	CB	Jay Rich-Baghuelou			^[24]
	CB	Lewis Rhodes			^[24]
	RM	Lewis Trickett			^[24]

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New Contract

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Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
26 June 2025	CM	Conor Grant	30 June 2026	^[29]
1 July 2025	CAM	Dan Martin		^[30]
2 July 2025	CDM	Seamus Conneely		^[31]
6 July 2025	GK	James Rogerson	Undisclosed^[a]	^[32]
6 July 2025	CM	Finlay Tunstall	Undisclosed^[a]	^[33]
30 September 2025	CB	Josh Smith	30 June 2027	^[34]
3 February 2026	RB	Donald Love	30 June 2028	^[35]
27 February 2026	CB	Farrend Rawson	30 June 2028	^[36]
2 May 2026	RW	Shaun Whalley	30 June 2027	^[37]

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[a]
First professional contract

Pre-season and friendlies

In June, Accrington Stanley announced pre-season friendlies against Blackburn Rovers, Everton, Wigan Athletic and Rotherham United.^[38]^[39]^[40] In July, a fifth friendly was added against Clitheroe.^[41]

A behind-closed-doors, fixture against Blackpool was also confirmed.^[42]

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	Caton 50'	Report	Ōhashi 31' Gueye 84'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 3,543 (2,013 BR)

15 July 2025 Friendly	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Everton	Accrington
19:45 BST	Ward 50'	Report	Beto 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 3,875 (2,336 Everton)

19 July 2025 Friendly	Accrington Stanley	2–4	Wigan Athletic	Accrington
15:00 BST	Whalley 34', 54' (pen.)	Report	Costelloe 65', 78' (pen.) Asamoah 76', 89'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,141 (676 from Wigan)

26 July 2025 Friendly	Accrington Stanley	4–1	Rotherham United	Accrington
15:00 BST	Rawson 11' Whalley 20' Martin 25' Coyle 56'	Report	Nombe 60'	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.^[43]

Competitions

League Two

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Bristol Rovers	46	19	5	22	56	65	−9	62
15	Fleetwood Town	46	15	16	15	57	58	−1	61
16	Accrington Stanley	46	14	11	21	47	58	−11	53
17	Gillingham	46	13	14	19	53	72	−19	53
18	Cheltenham Town	46	14	10	22	53	79	−26	52

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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^[44]

Results summary

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
45	14	11	20	47	55	−8	53	9	5	9	27	27	0	5	6	11	20	28	−8

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Last updated: 25 April 2026.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round	1	2	3	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	4¹	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	26³	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	25²	44	45
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	D
Position	8	18	19	21	21	24	20	18	19	20	20	20	22	21	20	18	18	17	16	17	17	17	16	14	16	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16
Points	1	1	1	2	3	3	6	9	9	9	9	12	12	13	14	17	18	21	24	24	24	27	30	33	33	34	37	40	43	43	46	46	46	46	47	48	48	48	48	51	51	51	51	52	53

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Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

¹ Matchday 4 (vs. Tranmere Rovers) was postponed due to their EFL Cup first round tie being rescheduled.
² Matchday 25 (vs. Colchester United) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
³ Matchday 26 (vs. Barnet) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.

Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced, with Accrington hosting Gillingham on the opening day.^[45]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 August 2025 1	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Gillingham	Accrington
15:00 BST	Matthews 49' Walton 66' Grant 66'	Report	Gbode 14' Ogie 61' Matthews 79' (o.g.)	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	Hutchinson 18' Agius 30' Sanders 35'	Report	Brown 73' Rawson 76'	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	Woodburn 23' Garbutt 27', 43'	Report	Walton 54', 85' (pen.)	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	Bauress 21' Walton 65', 75' Love 71' Sinclair 88' Henderson 90'	Report	Kabia 26', 50'	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	Kabia 43' Perry 66' Boyle 67'	Report	Matthews 39' Love 61' Henderson 76'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,795 Referee: Oliver Mackey

6 September 2025 7	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Hutchinson 2' Young 65'	Report	Matthews 20' Love 30' Walton 68'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,284 Referee: Abigail Byrne

13 September 2025 8	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Colchester United	Accrington
12:30 BST	Smith 30' Sinclair 32' Love 70'	Report	Araujo 45+3' Gape 60' Williams 70' Edwards 86'	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.^[46]

20 September 2025 9	Milton Keynes Dons	1–2	Accrington Stanley	Denbigh
15:00 BST	Kelly 17' Offord 45' 90+5' Gilbey 48', 90+5' Lemonheigh-Evans 52'	Report	Sinclair 19' Heath 27' Conneely 38' Caton 73'	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	Caton 90+1'	Report	Flint 53', 62' Pressley 75' Adomah 90+3'	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	Stead 21' Osadebe 23' Glover 78'	Report	Matthews 53' Brown 63' Ward 67'	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	Love 13'	Report	Sinclair 43' (o.g.) Braybrooke 80'	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	Madden 8', 72', 90+3' Heath 79'	Report	Knight-Lebel 6' Clarke 37' Ripley 38' Kilkenny 45+1'	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	Davies 22' Graydon 65', 80' Evans 71'	Report	Henderson 11', 67' O'Brien 74' Coyle 81'	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.^[47]

28 October 2025 4^[48]	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Whalley 16' Madden 65' Heath 90+3'	Report	Whitaker 63' Norman 64' Blacker 78'	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.^[49]

8 November 2025 15	Chesterfield	3–3	Accrington Stanley	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Fleck 23' Berry 37', 62' Naylor 45+4' Bonis 47', 90+4' McFadzean 55'	Report	Walton 17', 26' Whalley 24' Matthews 33' Caton 75' Bauress 88' Love 90+1' Conneely 90+3'	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	Heath 6' Walton 40' Whalley 60' Ward 62' Rawson 72' Sinclair 77'	Report	Chang 23' Forde 26' Mola 40' Conteh 59'	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	Flower 20' Tshimanga 65' Forster 88' Barker 90+4'	Report	Whalley 16' Heath 28' Henderson 82'	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	Rawson 21' Robson 31' (o.g.) Matthews 66' Madden 88' Wright 90+3'	Report	Drummond 64' Caprice 71'	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.^[47]

9 December 2025 19	Harrogate Town	0–2	Accrington Stanley	Harrogate
19:45 GMT	Sutton 20' Fox 82'	Report	Madden 45', 90+2' Ward 65'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 2,307 Referee: Richard Eley

13 December 2025 20	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Bromley	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Conneely 73'	Report	Hondermarck 45+1' Elerewe 65', 89'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,669 (137 away) Referee: Steven Copeland

19 December 2025 21	Cambridge United	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Cambridge
19:45 GMT	Watts 32' Gibbons 45+5' Kaikai 60'	Report		Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,788 Referee: Richie Watkins
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 20 December, but was moved following an agreement between the two sides.^[50]

26 December 2025 22	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Barrow	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Ward 30' Woods 90'	Report	Gordon 36' McCann 41', 57'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,980 (495 away) Referee: Scott Jackson

29 December 2025 23	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Harrogate Town	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Whalley 45+1' (pen.) Love 90+5'	Report	Slater 59'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,995 (247 away) Referee: Declan Brown

1 January 2026 24	Notts County	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Platt 16' Jatta 45+3' Bedeau 90' Iorpenda 90+4' Dennis 90+6'	Report	Henderson 11' Woods 35' Whalley 45+3', 72' Love 70'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 10,239 (218 away) Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

17 January 2026 27	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Whalley 8' Matthews 66'	Report	Wiles 14' Collins 45+4' Kelly 62' Hogan 70'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,006 (325 from MK) Referee: Ross Martin

24 January 2026 28	Walsall	0–0	Accrington Stanley	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Barrett 8' Comley 24' Flint 42' Farquharson 67' Loupalo-Bi 89'	Report	Heath 30' Love 69' Sinclair 74'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,682 Referee: Elliott Swallow

27 January 2026 29	Newport County	1–4	Accrington Stanley	Newport
19:45 GMT	Opoku 35', 65' 69' Spellman 45+1' Lloyd 58'	Report	Henderson 2' Matthews 28' Grant 32' O'Brien 40' Sinclair 51' Madden 82' Heath 90+2' Rawson 90+6' Conneely 90+8'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,563 Referee: James Durkin

31 January 2026 30	Accrington Stanley	3–1	Cheltenham Town	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Whalley 8' Love 45+2' Henderson 55' Matthews 59'	Report	Cundy 45+1' Thomas 73' Davison 77'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,052 (171 CTFC fans) Referee: Stephen Parkinson

5 February 2026 31	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Salford City	Accrington
20:00 GMT	Henderson 4' O'Brien 64'	Report	Grant 13'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,892 (364 Salford fans) Referee: Darren Drysdale
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 7 February, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[51]

11 February 2026 32	Grimsby Town	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	McJannet 54' Sellars-Fleming 58'	Report	Matthews 86' Brown 90+2' Love 90+3'	Stadium: Blundell Park Referee: Abigail Byrne
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 14 February, but was rearranged due to Grimsby's FA Cup progression to the fourth round.^[52]

17 February 2026 33	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Birkenhead
19:45 GMT	Warrington 51'	Report	Love 29' Madden 48', 80' Butterfield 63' Heath 90+1' Woods 90+5'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,585 (169 ASFC) Referee: Edward Duckworth

21 February 2026 34	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Shrewsbury Town	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Heath 52' Conneely 61' Smith 74'	Report	Morgan 1' Hoole 48'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,342 (547 STFC fans) Referee: Ross Joyce

24 February 2026 26^[53]	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Barnet	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Conneely 36'	Report	Tshimanga 81'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,510 (88 BFC fans) Referee: Michael Barlow
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 10 January, but it was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[54]

28 February 2026 35	Bromley	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Bromley
15:00 GMT	Arthurs 1' Cheek 45+1' (pen.), 52' (pen.)	Report	Love 14' Madden 45' Abimbola 45+3'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 4,307 Referee: Andrew Humphries

7 March 2026 36	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Cambridge United	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Rawson 25' Grant 67' Sass 84'	Report	Appéré 81'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,322 (463 away) Referee: Jamie O'Connor

14 March 2026 37	Barrow	0–0	Accrington Stanley	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Shipley 30' McCann 31'	Report	Butterfield 40' Woods 72' Martin 90+3'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 2,417 Referee: Martin Coy

17 March 2026 38	Accrington Stanley	0–4	Notts County	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Martin 88'	Report	Jones 9' Tsaroulla 23' Bennetts 31' Grant 68' Hall 83'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,863 (538 away fans) Referee: Oliver Yates

21 March 2026 39	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Chesterfield	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Whalley 28' Martin 58'	Report	Braybrooke 5' Dickson 63'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,688 (836 Chesterfield) Referee: Harry Wager

28 March 2026 40	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Harbottle 5', 49' Sparkes 53' Rijks 67'	Report	Matthews 52' Sass 80' Walton 83'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,805 (55 ASFC) Referee: Benjamin Speedie

3 April 2026 41	Accrington Stanley	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Accrington
15:00 BST	Sass 45+2', 51' Conneely 56', 62' Love 87'	Report	March 30'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,790 (858 Crewe) Referee: Oliver Mackey

6 April 2026 42	Gillingham	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Hale 11' Khumbeni 24' Smith 36' McCleary 42', 56'	Report	Wright 11' Woods 33' Walton 75', 81' Madden 80' Abimbola 90+5'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,383 Referee: George Laflin

11 April 2026 43	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Fleetwood Town	Accrington
15:00 BST	Woods 51' Matthews 72' Coyle 90+4'	Report	Davies 9' Helm 12' Haughey 67' Osong 90+1'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,993 (385 away) Referee: Richie Watkins

14 April 2026 25^[55]	Colchester United	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Colchester
19:45 BST	Goodwin 28', 43' Read 31' Hunt 72' Payne 86' Tucker 90+7'	Report	Whalley 33' Woods 63'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,298 Referee: Jacob Miles
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 4 January, but it was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[56]

18 April 2026 44	Swindon Town	2–2	Accrington Stanley	Swindon
12:30 BST	Palmer 18' Drinan 20'	Report	Woods 1' Coyle 63' Butterfield 90+2'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,435 Referee: Declan Brown
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was brought forward for Sky Sports broadcasting.^[57]

25 April 2026 45	Accrington Stanley	3–3	Crawley Town	Accrington
15:00 BST	Woods 23', 64' Sinclair 49' Walton 90'	Report	Forster 37' Richards 58' Williams 71' Barker 90+8'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,240 (260 from Crawley) Referee: Kirsty Dowle

FA Cup

Accrington were drawn away to Gainsborough Trinity in the first round^[58]^[59] and at home to Mansfield Town in the second round.^[60]^[61]

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	Madden 29' Heath 71' Caton 95'	Stadium: The Northolme Referee: Andrew Humphries

6 December 2025 Second round	Accrington Stanley	2–2 (1–3 p)	Mansfield Town	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Heath 27' Madden 102'	Report	Cargill 22' Evans 53' Reed 72' Moriah-Welsh 76' McLaughlin 90+1' McAdam 105+2'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,873 (861 MTFC fans) Referee: Stephen Parkinson
	Penalties
	Bauress Brown Ward Heath		Akins Oshilaja Reed

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.^[62]^[63] In the first round proper, they were drawn again at home against Peterborough United.^[64]^[65] Then against Doncaster Rovers in the second round.^[66]^[67]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 August 2025 Preliminary round	Accrington Stanley	3–1	Oldham Athletic	Accrington
19:45 BST	Popoola 10' Mooney 17' Woods 34' Brown 52'	Report	Ogle 63' Morris 71'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,042 Referee: Scott Oldham

12 August 2025 First round	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Peterborough United	Accrington
19:45 BST	Henderson 1', 36' Pye 21' Mooney 25' Martin 31' Brown 45+1' Love 66' Sass 90+2'	Report	Lolos 45' Lisbie 56' Collins 79'	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	Woods 65' 71'	Report	Bailey 75' Close 82'	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.^[68]

More information Pos, Div ...

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Port Vale	3	2	0	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Fleetwood Town	3	1	2	0	0	9	5	+4	7	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Accrington Stanley	3	1	0	1	1	5	6	−1	4
4	ACA	Leeds United U21	3	0	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

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Source: EFL

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 September 2025 North Group G	Fleetwood Town	2–2 (5–4 p)	Accrington Stanley	Fleetwood
19:00 BST	Norwood 37', 55' Mullarkey 73' Ennis 75' Kelly 76' J. Davies 90+5'	Report	Heath 3' Mooney 9' Henderson 32' Smith 47' Sinclair 78'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 550 Referee: Peter Wright
	Penalties
	W. Davies J. Davies Helm Ennis Norwood Devonport Johnson		Madden Woods Popoola Caton Heath Love Sinclair

7 October 2025 North Group G	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Port Vale	Accrington
19:45 BST	Love 45' Madden 48' Kelly 78' Ward 78' Matthews 88' Pye 90+2'	Report	Hall 82' Faal 85'	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	Woods 68' Pickles 78' (o.g.) Bauress 81'	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 18 April 2026

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

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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	40	1	30+3	1	2+0	0	0+2	0	2+1	0
3	DF	ENG	Freddie Sass	30	1	15+11	1	0+1	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Conor Grant	27	0	16+8	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Farrend Rawson	34	2	30+0	2	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	NIR	Liam Coyle	26	0	15+6	0	2+0	0	0+2	0	1+0	0
7	FW	ENG	Shaun Whalley	32	4	30+0	4	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	FW	IRL	Paddy Madden	36	8	23+7	6	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	31	5	15+10	3	0+0	0	3+0	1	3+0	1
11	MF	ENG	Isaac Sinclair	42	4	33+2	4	2+0	0	0+3	0	0+2	0
13	GK	ENG	Ollie Wright	44	0	40+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	ENG	Devon Matthews	44	1	36+1	1	2+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
18	FW	WAL	Charlie Caton	28	4	8+13	3	0+2	1	1+1	0	1+2	0
19	FW	ENG	Anjola Popoola	12	1	1+6	0	0+0	0	3+0	1	1+1	0
20	FW	ENG	Charlie Brown	29	0	15+10	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	14	0	5+5	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
23	FW	ENG	Tyler Walton	16	5	10+4	5	1+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
24	MF	SCO	Luke Butterfield	10	1	6+4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	DF	ENG	Josh Smith	11	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
26	MF	ENG	Charlie Hall	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	FW	ENG	David Abimbola	11	1	3+8	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	IRL	Seamus Conneely	38	1	22+11	1	0+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
30	FW	ENG	Isaac Heath	33	6	30+0	4	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	30	0	22+6	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
39	FW	ENG	Josh Woods	36	5	19+10	3	0+1	0	2+1	1	2+1	1
Players who featured but departed the club during the season:
8	MF	ENG	Ben Woods	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	ENG	Benn Ward	27	2	23+0	2	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	21	1	10+7	0	0+2	0	1+0	0	1+0	1

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Disciplinary record

As of match played 18 April 2026

More information Rank, No. ...

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League Two			FA Cup			EFL Cup			EFL Trophy			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	2		RB	Donald Love	12	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	15	0	1
2	17		CB	Devon Matthews	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	0	1
3	23		RM	Tyler Walton	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1
4	39		CF	Josh Woods	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1
5	10		CAM	Alex Henderson	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
5	28		CDM	Seamus Conneely	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
7	7		RW	Shaun Whalley	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	8		CF	Paddy Madden	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
	30		LW	Isaac Heath	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	10	14		CB	Benn Ward	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1
20	10		CF	Charlie Brown	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
12	3		LB	Freddie Sass	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	22		CAM	Dan Martin	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	24		CDM	Luke Butterfield	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
15	4		CM	Conor Grant	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	5		RB	Farrend Rawson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	6		CDM	Liam Coyle	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	11		RM	Isaac Sinclair	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	27		CF	David Abimbola	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	38		RB	Connor O'Brien	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
21	1		GK	Michael Kelly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
	13		GK	Ollie Wright	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
Total					92	0	5	1	0	0	8	1	0	8	0	1	109	1	7

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