2016–17 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

Accrington Stanley

2016–17 season
Manager	John Coleman
Stadium	Wham Stadium
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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	Nationality	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	Nationality	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]

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

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	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

Skelmersdale United v Accrington Stanley

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

Stalybridge Celtic v Accrington Stanley

23 July 2016 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

FC Halifax Town v Accrington Stanley

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

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

Accrington Stanley v Doncaster Rovers

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

Barnet v Accrington Stanley

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

Wycombe Wanderers v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Exeter City

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

Accrington Stanley v Morecambe

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

Carlisle United v Accrington Stanley

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

Notts County v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Portsmouth

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

Colchester United v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Mansfield Town

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

Cambridge United v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Cheltenham Town

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

Accrington Stanley v Blackpool

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

Crawley Town v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Newport County

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

Luton Town v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Stevenage

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

Hartlepool United v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Yeovil Town

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

Bradford City v Accrington Stanley

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

Woking v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Bradford City

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

Accrington Stanley v Burnley

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

West Ham United v Accrington Stanley

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

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

Source: EFL.com

Accrington Stanley v Crewe Alexandra

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

Chesterfield v Accrington Stanley

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers U23 v Accrington Stanley

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

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