2020–21 Accrington Stanley F.C. season


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The 2020–21 season is 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.

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

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
3 August 2020 CB   Cameron Burgess   Scunthorpe United Free transfer [1]
24 August 2020 CM   Matt Butcher   AFC Bournemouth Free transfer [2]
2 September 2020 DM   Tom Scully   Norwich City Free transfer [3]
4 September 2020 CB   Stephen Sama   Heracles Almelo Free transfer [4]
24 September 2020 MF   Rhys Fenlon   Burnley Free transfer [5]
9 October 2020 RB   Michael Nottingham   Blackpool Undisclosed [6]
6 November 2020 CF   Lewis Mansell   Partick Thistle Free transfer [7]
4 January 2021 LW   Gary Roberts   Bala Town Free transfer [8]
1 February 2021 CM   David Morgan   Southport Undisclosed [9]
Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
7 August 2020 LW   Ryan Cassidy   Watford End of season [10]
13 August 2020 RW   Thomas Allan   Newcastle United 12 January 2021 [11][12]
28 August 2020 CM   Mohammed Sangare   Newcastle United End of season [13]
7 September 2020 CM   Tariq Uwakwe   Chelsea End of season [14]
2 October 2020 CM   Jon Russell   Chelsea End of season [15]
9 October 2020 GK   Nathan Baxter   Chelsea End of season [16]
28 January 2021 SS   Paul Smyth   Queens Park Rangers End of season [17]
1 February 2021 CM   Adam Phillips   Burnley End of season [18]
Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
19 October 2020 RB   Reagan Ogle   AFC Fylde 16 January 2021 [19]
7 January 2021 CF   Lewis Mansell   FC Halifax Town 7 February 2021 [20]
4 February 2021 DF   Jack Bolton   Southport Youth loan [21]
4 February 2021 MF   Rhys Fenlon   Southport Youth loan [21]
4 February 2021 RB   Harry Perritt   Southport Youth loan [21]
1 March 2021 RB   Reagan Ogle   Altrincham April 2021 [22]
Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 CF   Wilson Carvalho   Macclesfield Town Released [23][24]
1 July 2020 MF   Lewis Doyle   Atherton Collieries Released [25][26]
1 July 2020 RB   Phil Edwards   Warrington Town Released [23][27]
1 July 2020 GK   Dimitar Evtimov   CSKA Sofia Released [23][28]
1 July 2020 LB   Zaine Francis-Angol   Boreham Wood Released [23][29]
1 July 2020 MF   Lewis Gilboy   Bury Released [25][30]
1 July 2020 FW   Alex O'Neill   Skelmersdale United Released [25]
1 July 2020 CM   Andrew Scott   Larne Released [25][32]
1 July 2020 RW   Érico Sousa   Tadcaster Albion Released [23][33]
1 July 2020 DF   Matty Williams   Unattached Released [25]
1 July 2020 CF   Offrande Zanzala   Crewe Alexandra Released [25][34]
5 August 2020 RW   Jordan Clark   Luton Town Free transfer [35]
7 September 2020 RB   Callum Johnson   Portsmouth Undisclosed[a] [36]
16 September 2020 CM   Sam Finley   Fleetwood Town Mutual consent [37][38]
1 October 2020 CM   Niall Watson   Southport Free transfer [39]
2 March 2021 LW   Gary Roberts Retired — [40]
Notes
  1. ^ According to Transmarkt, fee was £248,000
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 8 November 1998 (age 25) 20 0 2020   Chelsea Loan
30 Liam Isherwood   GK 13 July 2002 (age 22) 0 0 2020 Academy Trainee
40 Toby Savin   GK 26 May 2000 (age 24) 37 0 2017 Academy Trainee
Defenders
2 Michael Nottingham    CB/RB 14 April 1989 (age 35) 49 4 2020   Blackpool Undisclosed
3 Mark Hughes   CB 9 December 1986 (age 37) 242 10 2016   Stevenage Undisclosed
4 Cameron Burgess   CB 21 October 1995 (age 28) 51 5 2020   Scunthorpe United Free
5 Ross Sykes   CB 26 March 1999 (age 25) 87 8 2015 Academy Trainee
12 Joe Maguire   LB/RB/CB 18 January 1996 (age 28) 20 0 2019   Fleetwood Town Free
16 Ben Barclay   CB/DM 7 October 1996 (age 28) 43 1 2019   Brighton & Hove Albion Free
18 Harvey Rodgers   RB/CB 20 October 1996 (age 27) 69 1 2018   Fleetwood Town Undisclosed
21 Harry Perritt   RB/CB 12 June 2000 (age 24) 2 0 2019 Academy Trainee
23 Jack Bolton   DF 22 November 2001 (age 22) 0 0 2019 Academy Trainee
24 Stephen Sama    CB/RB/DM 5 March 1993 (age 31) 9 0 2020   Heracles Almelo Free
27 Reagan Ogle    RB/LB 29 March 1999 (age 25) 0 0 2016 Academy Trainee
33 Zehn Mohammed   CB 28 February 2000 (age 24) 4 0 2017 Academy Trainee
Midfielders
6 Matt Butcher   DM/CM/CB 14 May 1997 (age 27) 50 2 2020   AFC Bournemouth Undisclosed
8 Jon Russell   CM/AM/DM 9 October 2000 (age 23) 25 3 2020   Chelsea Loan
10 Joe Pritchard   CM/RM/LM 10 September 1996 (age 28) 71 13 2019   Bolton Wanderers Free
11 Sean McConville   LM/CM 6 March 1989 (age 35) 340 61 2015   Chester Undisclosed
14 Tariq Uwakwe    CM/DM/AM 19 November 1999 (age 24) 20 4 2020   Chelsea Loan
15 Mo Sangare   CM/DM/AM 28 December 1998 (age 25) 4 0 2020   Newcastle United Loan
17 Lamine Kaba Sherif   CM/DM/CB 27 January 1999 (age 25) 0 0 2019   Leicester City Free
20 Tom Scully   DM/CM 1 October 1999 (age 25) 5 0 2020   Norwich City Free
25 Rhys Fenlon   MF 2 October 2001 (age 23) 4 0 2020 Academy Trainee
28 Seamus Conneely    DM/RB/RM 22 June 1988 (age 36) 261 12 2015   Sligo Rovers Undisclosed
36 Adam Phillips   CM 15 January 1998 (age 26) 21 1 2021   Burnley Loan
37 David Morgan   CM 4 July 1994 (age 30) 16 0 2021   Southport Undisclosed
Forwards
7 Paul Smyth   SS/RW/LW 10 September 1997 (age 27) 19 3 2021   Queens Park Rangers Loan
9 Ryan Cassidy   LW/RW/CF 2 March 2001 (age 23) 17 4 2020   Watford Loan
19 Colby Bishop   CF 4 November 1996 (age 27) 77 24 2018   Leamington Undisclosed
26 Lewis Mansell   CF 20 September 1997 (age 27) 2 1 2020   Partick Thistle Free
32 Dion Charles   CF 7 October 1995 (age 29) 90 28 2019   Southport Undisclosed
34 Kevin Spinelli   CF 25 July 2002 (age 22) 2 0 2020 Academy Trainee
35 Gary Roberts   LW/RW/AM 18 March 1984 (age 40) 70 23 2021   Bala Town Free
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]

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

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ResultWLLWWLWWWDWWWLWDWLLWDWDLDWDLDLWLLLWLDWLDLWDDDW
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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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

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

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss

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

  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
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
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
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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