2016–17 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

2016–17 season

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The 2016–17 season is Accrington Stanley's eleventh consecutive season in League Two and their 48th year in existence.^[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB	Omar Beckles	Aldershot Town	Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2016	GK	Aaron Chapman	Chesterfield	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2016	CM	Bastien Héry	Carlisle United	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2016	GK	Elliot Parish	Colchester United	Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2016	LB	Frazer Shaw	Leyton Orient	Free transfer	^[6]
11 July 2016	CM	Steven Hewitt	Southport	Free transfer	^[7]
21 July 2016	CM	Paddy Lacey	Barrow	Free transfer	^[8]
22 July 2016	LW	Luke Wall	Blackburn Rovers	Free transfer	^[9]
1 August 2016	LM	Arron Davies	Exeter City	Free transfer	^[10]
2 August 2016	AM	Jordan Clark	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	^[11]
5 August 2016	CB	Janoi Donacien	Aston Villa	Free transfer	^[12]
5 August 2016	RW	Chris Eagles	Bury	Free transfer	^[12]
30 August 2016	LB	Rory McKeown	Raith Rovers	Free transfer	^[13]
3 October 2016	RW	Gary Taylor-Fletcher	Tranmere Rovers	Free transfer	^[14]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	AM	Anthony Barry	Wrexham	Free transfer	^[15]
1 July 2016	CF	Marcus Carver	Chorley	Free transfer	^[16]
1 July 2016	DM	Matt Crooks	Rangers	Free transfer	^[17]
1 July 2016	CB	Tom Davies	Portsmouth	Free transfer	^[18]
1 July 2016	GK	Ross Etheridge	Doncaster Rovers	Free transfer	^[19]
1 July 2016	RM	Piero Mingoia	Cambridge United	Free transfer	^[20]
1 July 2016	GK	Jason Mooney	Cliftonville ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Released	^[22]
1 July 2016	CM	Andrew Procter	Retired	N/A	^[23]
1 July 2016	CB	Keenan Quansah	Free agent	Released	^[22]
1 July 2016	CM	Kealan Steenson	Free agent	Released	^[22]
1 July 2016	CB	Liam Wakefield	Morecambe ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Released	^[22]
1 July 2016	AM	Josh Windass	Rangers	Free transfer	^[17]
1 July 2016	CB	Dean Winnard	Morecambe	Free transfer	^[25]
4 August 2016	LB	Adam Buxton	Portsmouth	Free transfer	^[26]
8 August 2016	MF	John Roberts	Macclesfield Town	Free transfer	^[27]
22 August 2016	LB	Frazer Shaw	Free agent	Mutual consent	^[28]

↑ Following Mooney's release, he signed for Cliftonville.^[21]
↑ Following Wakefield's release, he signed for Morecambe.^[24]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB	Callam Jones	West Bromwich Albion	1 January 2017	^[29]
8 August 2016	RM	John O'Sullivan	Blackburn Rovers	7 January 2017	^[30]
31 August 2016	RB	Zak Vyner	Bristol City	3 January 2017	^[31]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
19 August 2016	CF		Brayden Shaw	Bangor City	1 January 2017	^[32]

Professional contracts

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	Contract length	Ref.
1 July 2016	DF		Ross Sykes	Two-years	^[33]
1 July 2016	CF		Nathan Webb	One-year	^[33]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) Friendly	Skelmersdale United	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Skelmersdale
19:45 BST	Brodie 90'	Report	Shaw 10'	Stadium: West Lancashire College Stadium

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Friendly	Stalybridge Celtic	4–1	Accrington Stanley	Stalybridge
15:00 BST	Farrell 6' Osei 49' Pilkington 84' Chalmers 86' (pen.)	Report	Trialist 28'	Stadium: Bower Fold

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Friendly	FC Halifax Town	0–0	Accrington Stanley	Halifax
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: The Shay

League Two

Main article: 2016–17 Football League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
18	Hartlepool United	19	5	7	7	28	32	−4	22
19	Notts County	19	6	4	9	24	32	−8	22
20	Accrington Stanley	19	5	6	8	20	25	−5	21
21	Exeter City	19	6	2	11	20	25	−5	20
22	Leyton Orient	19	5	3	11	21	26	−5	18

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

6 August 2016 1	Accrington Stanley	3–2	Doncaster Rovers	Accrington
15:00 BST	Boco 8' Brown 24' Pearson 29' Donacien 51' McCartan 89' McConville 90+1'	Report	Rowe 12' Calder 43' Williams 82' Mandeville 86'	Stadium: Crown Ground

13 August 2016 2	Barnet	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Canons Park
15:00 BST	Akinde 33' 50' Akpa Akpro 60'	Report		Stadium: The Hive Stadium

16 August 2016 3	Wycombe Wanderers	1–1	Accrington Stanley	High Wycombe
19:45 BST	Akinfenwa 5' Jacobson 45+2' Thompson 83'	Report	McConville 6' 48' Eagles 26' Pearson 44'	Stadium: Adams Park

20 August 2016 4	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Exeter City	Accrington
15:00 BST	Pearson 24' Conneely 59' Davies 70' Beckles 85' Hughes 90'		Simpson 23' Brown 57' Harley 66' Taylor 72' 74'	Stadium: Crown Ground

27 August 2016 5	Accrington Stanley	2–3	Morecambe	Accrington
15:00 BST	Kee 27', 34' Hughes 36' Conneely 37' Parish 45+2' O'Sullivan 49'	Report	Stockton 45+1', 57' 54' Ellison 46' 76' Rose 83' Edwards 90+2'	Stadium: Crown Ground

3 September 2016 6	Carlisle United	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Joyce 59' Adams 65' Miller 80'	Report	Kee 58' Vyner 60' McConville 72'	Stadium: Brunton Park

10 September 2016 7	Notts County	0–2	Accrington Stanley	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Audel 21' Duffy 28'	Report	O'Sullivan 17' Donacien 31' Conneely 54' Boco 67'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Stadium

17 September 2016 8	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Portsmouth	Accrington
15:00 BST	McConville 46' Lacey 52'	Report	Davies 86'	Stadium: Wham Stadium

24 September 2016 9	Colchester United	1–2	Accrington Stanley	Colchester
15:00 BST	Wright 7' Porter 23' Slater 50'	Report	Lacey 24' McConville 55' Boco 59' Kee 68' Brown 75', 90+2' Gornell 83'	Stadium: Weston Homes Community Stadium

27 September 2016 10	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Mansfield Town	Accrington
19:45 BST	Gornell 56' Lacey 74' Kee 90'	Report	Clements 31' Hurst 56'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,134 Referee: Darren England

2 October 2016 11	Cambridge United	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Legge 14' 23', 90' Mingoia 81' Halliday 90+2'	Report	Kee 51' Donacien 53' Clark 68' McConville 70' Eagles 90+1 Gornell 90+2	Stadium: The R Costings Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,765 Referee: Ollie Yates

8 October 2016 12	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Accrington
15:00 BST	Gornell 74'	Report	Pell 16' Dickie 16' 89' O'Shaughnessy 23', 66'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,637 Referee: Nigel Miller

15 October 2016 13	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Blackpool	Accrington
15:00 BST	Brown 80' Boco 89' (pen.), 90+4' Conneely 90'	Report	Cain 81'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,754 Referee: Andy Haines

22 October 2016 14	Crawley Town	0–0	Accrington Stanley	Crawley
15:00 BST	Kaby Djaló 64' Tajbakhsh 90'	Report	Pearson 45+2'	Stadium: Checkatrade.com Stadium Attendance: 2,092 Referee: Brendan Malone

29 October 2016 15	Accrington Stanley	1–3	Newport County	Accrington
15:00 BST	Gornell 44' Donacien 79' McCartan 85'	Report	Healey 47' Rigg 56' Barnum-Bobb 62' Myrie-Williams 65' Sheehan 90+1' 90+4'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,251 Referee: Robert Jones

12 November 2016 16	Luton Town	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Luton
15:00 GMT	McGeehan 75' 90+5' Cook 78', 83'	Report	Parish 77' Clark 90+5'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,008 Referee: Brett Huxtable

19 November 2016 17	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Stevenage	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Pearson 55' McConville 72' Vyner 81'	Report	Godden 55' 71' Schumacher 61' McAnuff 90+5'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,283 Referee: Michael Salisbury

22 November 2016 18	Hartlepool United	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Hartlepool
19:45 GMT	Nsiala 43' Amond 62' Deverdics 62' Alessandra 90+2'	Report	Brown 57' Hughes 60' McConville 62' Kee 64' McCartan 65' Beckles 73'	Stadium: The Northern Gas and Power Stadium Attendance: 2,514 Referee: Richard Clark

26 November 2016 19	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Yeovil Town	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Boco 90+1'	Report	Khan 51'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,263 Referee: Dean Whitestone

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

5 November 2016 First round	Bradford City	1–2	Accrington Stanley	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Kilgallon 72'	Report	Boco 30' Clark 80'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 4,985 Referee: Graham Salisbury

4 December 2016 Second round	Woking	0–3	Accrington Stanley	Woking
14:00 GMT	Yakubu 18' Carter 36'	Report	Kee 34', 42' Lacey 54' O'Sullivan 61'	Stadium: Kingfield Stadium Attendance: 3,718 Referee: Nick Kinseley

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

9 August 2016 First round	Accrington Stanley	0–0 (a.e.t.) (11–10 p)	Bradford City	Accrington
19:45 BST	Parish 74' Pearson 103' Donacien 116'	Report	Knight-Percival 91' Vincelot 93'	Stadium: Crown Ground
		Penalties
	Hughes Clark Hewitt McCartan Pearson Conneely Beckles Donacien Chapman Hughes Clark		McMahon Webb-Foster Hanson Morais Law Marshall Vincelot Knight-Percival Devine Doyle McMahon Webb-Foster

24 August 2016 Second round	Accrington Stanley	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Burnley	Accrington
19:45 BST	McCartan 16' Conneely 38' Pearson 120' Donacien 120+2'		Vokes 31' Ulvestad 79'	Stadium: Crown Ground

21 September 2016 Third Round	West Ham United	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Stratford, London
19:45 BST	Payet 90+6'		Boco 90+5'	Stadium: London Stadium

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy	3	2	1	8	4	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Chesterfield	3	2	1	5	5	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Crewe Alexandra	3	1	2	5	5	0	3
4	L2	Accrington Stanley	3	1	2	4	8	−4	3

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 Group stage 1	Accrington Stanley	0–3	Crewe Alexandra	Accrington
19:45 BST	Pearson 45'		Kirk 45+1' Ainley 47' Jones 57' Bakayogo 62' Cooper 76' Nugent 80' Udoh 90+3'	Stadium: Crown Ground

4 October 2016 Group stage 2	Chesterfield	1–4	Accrington Stanley	Chesterfield
19:45 BST	Dennis 61' Liddle 82'	Report	Taylor-Fletcher 14' Gornell 21', 66' Clark 42' Hewitt 65'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 976

8 November 2016 Group stage 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers U23	4–0	Accrington Stanley	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Herc 18' Wilson 37' Ronan 45+3' (pen.) Enobakhare 67'	Report	Hewitt 39'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 547 Referee: David Webb

References

↑ "History". Statto.
↑ "In demand defender signs". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
↑ "Reds return for keeper". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
↑ "Reds secure Frenchman Hery". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
↑ "Keeper Parish arrives". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
↑ "Left back signs up". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
↑ "Hewitt signs up". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
↑ "Lacey signs one-year deal". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
↑ "Short switch for Luke". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
↑ "Deal done for Davies". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
↑ "Clark signs up". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
1 2 "Eagles and Donacien in squad". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
↑ "Defender drafted in". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
↑ "Taylor-Fletcher signs". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
↑ "Barry joins Wrexham". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
↑ "Carver Returns On Permanent Deal". Chorley Official Site. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
1 2 "Rangers: Josh Windass and Matt Crooks sign pre-contract deals". BBC. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Davies Pens Pompey Deal". Portsmouth Official Site. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
↑ "Compensation for Ross". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
↑ "Mingoia agrees Cambridge deal". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
↑ "Moon landing". Cliftonville Official Site. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
1 2 3 4 "Quartet to leave club". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
↑ "Proc leaves Stanley". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
↑ "Wakefield joins Morecambe from Stanley". BBC. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
↑ "Winnard joins Morecambe". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
↑ "Portsmouth bring in Hunt and Buxton". BBC. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
↑ "Silkmen Sign Midfielder John Roberts". Macclesfield Town Official Site. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
↑ "Shaw moves on". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
↑ "Reds loan West Brom prospect". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
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↑ "Accrington's Brayden Shaw Arrives on Loan". Bangor City Official Site. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
1 2 "Two sign pro deals". Accrington Stanley Official Site. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

Accrington Stanley Football Club

The club	Seasons Players Managers Accrington Stanley, Who Are They?

Previous clubs	Accrington F.C. Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891)

Grounds	Thorneyholme Road Peel Park Crown Ground

Seasons	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2016–17 in English football

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National teams

Senior (2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying round)
U21 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U19 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

Levels 2–4	English Football League (Championship, League 1, League 2)

Levels 5–6	National League

Levels 7–8	Isthmian League Northern Premier League Southern League

Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League Midland League Northern Counties East League Northern League North West Counties League Southern Combination League Southern Counties East League South West Peninsula League (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League United Counties League Wessex League Western League West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)

EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 23	Professional U23 Development League Premier League Cup

Under 18	Professional U18 Development League FA Youth Cup

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Bournemouth Burnley Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Hull City Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Championship	Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burton Albion Cardiff City Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	AFC Wimbledon Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bristol Rovers Bury Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Coventry City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterbrough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall

League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Blackpool Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Notts County Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town

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