2017–18 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Accrington Stanley
2017–18 season
Chairman Peter Marsden
Manager John Coleman
Stadium Crown Ground
League Two 1st
FA Cup First round
(knocked out by Guiseley)
EFL Cup Second round
(knocked out by West Bromwich Albion)
EFL Trophy Second round
(knocked out by Lincoln City)
Top goalscorer League: Billy Kee (25 Goals)
All: Billy Kee (26 Goals)
Highest home attendance 4,753 against Lincoln City (League 2)
Lowest home attendance 587 against Middlesbrough U21s (EFL Trophy Group Stage)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2017–18 season was Accrington Stanley's twelfth consecutive season in League Two and their 49th year in existence. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2017 LW England Mekhi Leacock-McLeod Billericay Town Free [1]
1 July 2017 DM Northern Ireland Liam Nolan Southport Undisclosed [2]
1 July 2017 RW Portugal Érico Sousa Tranmere Rovers Free [3]
15 July 2017 CB England Ben Richards-Everton Dunfermline Athletic Free [4]
21 July 2017 CF England Kayden Jackson Barnsley Undisclosed [5]
4 August 2017 GK Denmark Simon Bloch Jørgensen Brønshøj Free [6]
5 January 2018 RB England Callum Johnson Middlesbrough Undisclosed [7]
11 January 2018 CF England Akeel Francis Rotherham United Free [8]
12 January 2018 LW England Danny Williams Dundee Free [9]
19 January 2018 GK England Jonny Maxted Guiseley Undisclosed [10]
31 January 2018 DM England Harvey Rodgers Fleetwood Town Undisclosed [11]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2017 LM Wales Arron Davies Free agent Released [12]
1 July 2017 CF England Terry Gornell Chorley Mutual consent [13][lower-alpha 1]
1 July 2017 CM England Steven Hewitt Bangor City Released [12][lower-alpha 2]
1 July 2017 CM England Paddy Lacey Free agent Released [12]
1 July 2017 SS Northern Ireland Shay McCartan Bradford City Undisclosed [16]
1 July 2017 GK England Elliot Parish Dundee Released [12][lower-alpha 3]
1 July 2017 CF England Brayden Shaw Bangor City Free Transfer [18]
1 July 2017 LW England Luke Wall Bangor City Released [12][lower-alpha 4]
1 July 2017 CF England Nathan Webb Free agent Released [12]
4 August 2017 RB England Matty Pearson Barnsley Undisclosed [19]
22 August 2017 CB England Omar Beckles Shrewsbury Town Undisclosed [20]
15 September 2017 GK Denmark Simon Bloch Jørgensen Whitehawk Free [21]
  1. Terry Gornell joined Chorley following his departure.[14]
  2. Steven Hewitt joined Bangor City following release.[15]
  3. Elliot Parish joined Dundee following his release.[17]
  4. Luke Wall joined Bangor City following his release.[18]

Loans in

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
3 July 2017 CF England Jonathan Edwards Hull City 3 January 2018 [22]
4 August 2017 CB England Tom Dallison Brighton & Hove Albion 18 October 2017 [23]
4 August 2017 RB England Tyler Hornby-Forbes Brighton & Hove Albion 15 November 2017 [23]
24 August 2017 CF England Mallik Wilks Leeds United 3 January 2018 [24]
29 August 2017 CB England Jordan Thorniley Sheffield Wednesday 3 January 2018 [25]
31 August 2017 RB England Callum Johnson Middlesbrough 4 January 2018 [26]
31 August 2017 CB England Farrend Rawson Derby County 3 January 2018 [27]
31 August 2017 GK Poland Max Stryjek Sunderland 18 January 2018 [28]
4 January 2018 CB Republic of Ireland Jimmy Dunne Burnley 30 May 2018 [29]
11 January 2018 CF Republic of the Congo Offrande Zanzala Derby County 30 May 2018 [30]
12 January 2018 CB England Charlie Rowan Watford 30 May 2018 [31]

Loans out

Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.
5 October 2017 CB England Ross Sykes Southport 24 November 2017 [32]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

As of 8 June 2017, Accrington Stanley have announced five pre-season friendlies against Southport,[2] Preston North End,[33] Oldham Athletic,[34] Huddersfield Town[35] and Everton XI.[36]

      Win       Draw       Loss

League Two

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Accrington Stanley (C, P) 46 29 6 11 76 46 +30 93 Promotion to EFL League One
2 Luton Town (P) 46 25 13 8 94 46 +48 88
3 Wycombe Wanderers (P) 46 24 12 10 79 60 +19 84
4 Exeter City 46 24 8 14 64 54 +10 80 Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Notts County 46 21 14 11 71 48 +23 77
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

Result summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 29 6 11 76 46  +30 93 17 3 3 42 19  +23 12 3 8 34 27  +7

Last updated: 5 May 2018.
Source: Statto.com

Results by matchday

Script error: No such module "sports rbr table".

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.[37][38]

August

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

FA Cup

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

      Win       Draw       Loss

EFL Cup

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

      Win       Draw       Loss

On 16 June 2017, Accrington Stanley were drawn at home to Preston North End in the first round.[40] Stanley were home again for the second round, facing Premier League side West Bromwich Albion.[41]

EFL Trophy

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

      Win       Draw       Loss

On 28 July 2017, Stanley announced their group stage schedule.[42]

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Blackpool (Q) 3 2 0 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Round 2
2 L2 Accrington Stanley (Q) 3 2 0 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3 L1 Wigan Athletic (E) 3 1 1 0 1 5 6 −1 5
4 ACA Middlesbrough U21 (E) 3 0 0 0 3 4 11 −7 0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Player Stats

Appearances

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
As of match played 21:00, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
Sortable table
No. Pos. Nat. Name League 2 FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
Apps Apps Apps Apps Apps
1 GK England Aaron Chapman 44 (1) 2 1 2 49 (1)
2 DF Republic of Ireland Jimmy Dunne 18 (2) 0 0 0 18 (2)
3 DF England Mark Hughes 46 2 2 1 51
4 DF Saint Lucia Janoi Donacien 45 2 1 1 (2) 49 (2)
5 DF England Ben Richards-Everton 19 (3) 2 2 3 26 (3)
6 MF Northern Ireland Liam Nolan 27 (2) 1 2 2 (1) 32 (3)
7 MF England Jordan Clark 43 1 2 1 (1) 47 (1)
8 MF England Scott Brown 28 (7) 1 (1) 2 4 35 (8)
9 FW Republic of the Congo Offrande Zanzala 0 (5) 0 0 0 0 (5)
10 FW England Kayden Jackson 44 2 2 0 (1) 48 (1)
11 MF England Sean McConville 43 2 2 1 48
12 MF England Danny Williams 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1)
13 GK England Nathan Wolland 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF England Mekhi Leacock-McLeod 0 (9) 0 (1) 0 (1) 3 3 (11)
15 DF England Ross Sykes 0 (2) 0 0 2 (1) 2 (3)
16 GK England Jonny Maxted 1 0 0 0 1
17 MF Portugal Érico Sousa 0 (6) 1 0 3 4 (6)
18 FW England Akeel Francis 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF England Charlie Rowan 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF Australia Reagan Ogle 0 (3) 0 0 2 (1) 2 (4)
21 DF England Zehn Mohammed 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF England Callum Johnson 29 (2) 1 (1) 0 2 32 (3)
28 MF Republic of Ireland Seamus Conneely 33 1 0 (2) 0 34 (2)
29 FW Northern Ireland Billy Kee 46 2 0 (2) 2 50 (2)
32 DF England Harvey Rodgers 4 (1) 0 0 0 4 (1)
33 GK England Toby Savin 0 0 0 0 0
41 MF England Josh Hmami 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1)
42 MF England Joel Mills 0 0 0 0 0
43 MF England Tom Reilly 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF England Niall Watson 0 (2) 0 0 0 (1) 0 (3)
Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan
2 DF England Tyler Hornby-Forbes 2 (4) 0 1 3 6 (4)
9 FW England Jonathan Edwards 1 (1) 0 2 2 (1) 5 (2)
12 MF England Omar Beckles 2 0 0 0 2
12 DF England Jordan Thorniley 14 2 0 1 17
16 GK Denmark Simon Bloch Jørgensen 0 0 1 0 1
16 GK Poland Max Stryjek 1 0 0 2 3
18 DF England Tom Dallison 2 0 2 2 6
19 FW England Mallik Wilks 3 (15) 0 (1) 0 4 7 (16)
27 DF England Farrend Rawson 12 0 0 1 (1) 13 (1)

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 21:00, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
Rank Pos. No. Player League 2 FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
1 FW 29 Northern Ireland Billy Kee 25 0 1 0 26
2 FW 10 England Kayden Jackson 16 0 0 0 16
3 MF 11 England Sean McConville 12 1 0 0 13
4 MF 7 England Jordan Clark 8 0 1 0 9
5 FW 19 England Mallik Wilks 3 0 0 2 5
6 DF 3 England Mark Hughes 4 0 0 0 4
7 MF 17 Portugal Erico Sousa 0 0 0 3 3
8 DF 5 England Ben Richards-Everton 1 0 1 0 2
MF 8 England Scott Brown 1 0 0 1 2
DF 26 England Callum Johnson 2 0 0 0 2
MF 28 Republic of Ireland Seamus Conneely 2 0 0 0 2
12 MF 6 Northern Ireland Liam Nolan 0 0 0 1 1
MF 9 Republic of the Congo Offrande Zanzala 1 0 0 0 1
FW 9 England Jonathan Edwards 0 0 0 1 1
MF 14 England Mekhi Leacock-McLeod 0 0 0 1 1
DF 12 England Omar Beckles 1 0 0 0 1
DF 18 England Tom Dallison 0 0 1 0 1
# Own Goals 2 0 0 1 3
Total 76 1 4 10 91

Disciplinary record

As of match played 21:00, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
No. Pos. Name League 2 FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
11 MF Sean McConville 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
3 DF Mark Hughes 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
10 FW Kayden Jackson 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
4 DF Janoi Donacien 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
26 DF Callum Johnson 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
8 MF Scott Brown 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
28 MF Seamus Conneely 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
12 DF Jordan Thorniley 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
29 FW Billy Kee 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2 DF Jimmy Dunne 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
7 MF Jordan Clark 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
19 FW Mallik Wilks 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
5 DF Ben Richards-Everton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
27 DF Farrend Rawson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1 GK Aaron Chapman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 DF Tyler Hornby-Forbes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 MF Érico Sousa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 DF Tom Dallison 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 MF Mekhi Leacock-McLeod 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

References

  1. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. 18.0 18.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. 23.0 23.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  26. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  27. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  28. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  29. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  30. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  31. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  32. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  33. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  34. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[permanent dead link]
  35. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[permanent dead link]
  36. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  37. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[permanent dead link]
  38. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  39. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  40. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  41. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  42. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.