# 2013–14 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Accrington Stanley's eighth consecutive season in the Football League and League Two.

## League Two Data
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Portsmouth | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 59 |
| 14 | Newport County | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 56 | 59 | −3 | 58 |
| 15 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 57 |
| 16 | Exeter City | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 54 | 57 | −3 | 55 |
| 17 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 53 | 63 | −10 | 55 |

## Squad

| No. | Name | Place of Birth | Age | Position | App(s) | Goals(s) | Joined | Signed from | Fee | Contract |
| 1 | Ian Dunbavin | Huyton | 44 | GK | 166 | 0 | 26 July 2006 | Halifax Town | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 2 | Peter Murphy | Liverpool | 34 | CB/RB | 131 | 9 | 1 July 2007 | Academy | Trainee | 30 June 2014 |
| 3 | Michael Liddle | Hounslow | 35 | LB | 50 | 0 | 17 July 2012 | Sunderland | Undisclosed | 30 June 2014 |
| 4 | Luke Joyce | Bolton | 37 | CM | 178 | 5 | 1 July 2009 | Carlisle United | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 5 | Tom Aldred | Bolton | 34 | CB | 15 | 0 | 31 January 2013 | Colchester United | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 6 | Dean Winnard | Wigan | 35 | RB/CB | 183 | 4 | 1 July 2009 | Blackburn Rovers | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 7 | Shay McCartan | Newry | 30 | CF | 2 | 0 | 2 July 2013 | Burnley | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 8 | Michael Richardson | Newcastle upon Tyne | 32 | RW/LW | 2 | 0 | 1 August 2013 | Newcastle United | Loan | 1 September 2013 |
| 9 | Danny Webber | Manchester | 43 | CF | 1 | 1 | 26 July 2013 | Doncaster Rovers | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 10 | Will Hatfield | Liversedge | 33 | RM/CM | 53 | 9 | 2 March 2012 | Leeds United | Undisclosed | 30 June 2014 |
| 12 | George Miller | Eccleston | 33 | CM | 28 | 3 | 19 June 2012 | Preston North End | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 14 | Luke Clark | Liverpool | 30 | CM/LW | 11 | 0 | 5 July 2012 | Preston North End | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 15 | Piero Mingoia | Enfield | 33 | AM | 10 | 2 | 1 August 2013 | Watford | Free | 1 August 2014 |
| 16 | Nicky Hunt | Westhoughton | 41 | RB/CB | 13 | 0 | 20 June 2013 | Rotherham United | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 17 | James Gray | Yarm | 32 | CF/RW | 19 | 2 | 2 August 2012 | Darlington | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 18 | Marcus Carver | Blackburn | 31 | CF | 15 | 1 | 1 June 2012 | Academy | Trainee | 30 June 2014 |
| 19 | Laurence Wilson | Huyton | 38 | LB/DM | 21 | 0 | 3 January 2013 | Rotherham United | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 20 | Josh Windass | Kingston upon Hull | 19 | WG | – | – | 24 July 2013 | Harrogate Railway Athletic | Free | 30 June 2014 |
| 21 | James Beattie | Lancaster | 46 | CF | 27 | 7 | 9 November 2012 | Free agent | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 22 | Andrew Dawber | Wigan | 30 | GK | 3 | 0 | 1 July 2011 | Academy | Trainee | 30 June 2015 |
| 24 | Kayode Odejayi | Ibadan | 42 | CF | 0 | 0 | 10 September 2013 | Rotherham United | Loan | December 2013 |
| 25 | Rob Atkinson | North Ferriby | 37 | CB | 15 | 0 | 16 July 2013 | Fleetwood Town | Free | 30 June 2015 |
| 26 | Marcus Bettinelli | Camberwell | 32 | GK | – | – | 29 August 2013 | Fulham | Loan | September 2013 |
| 27 | Lee Naylor | Bloxwich | 44 | LB | 0 | 0 | 20 September 2013 | Free agent | Free | Undisclosed |
| 28 | James Caton | Widnes | 31 | WG | 0 | 0 | 3 October 2013 | Blackpool | Loan | November 2013 |
| 30 | Ben Wilson | Stanley | 32 | GK | – | – | 27 August 2013 | Sunderland | Free | Undisclosed |
| 44 | George Bowerman | Sedgley | 33 | FW | – | – | 21 October 2013 | Free agent | Free | 30 June 2014 |

### Statistics

    As of 17 November 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Ian Dunbavin | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Peter Murphy | 24 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IRL | Michael Liddle | 12 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Luke Joyce | 21 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Tom Aldred | 24 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Dean Winnard | 16 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | NIR | Shay McCartan | 14 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Michael Richardson (on loan from Newcastle United) | 16 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Danny Webber | 13 | 3 | 10+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Will Hatfield | 17 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Kal Naismith | 19 | 5 | 16+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | George Miller | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Luke Clark | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Piero Mingoia | 18 | 1 | 13+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Nicky Hunt | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NIR | James Gray | 19 | 4 | 8+8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Marcus Carver | 8 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ENG | Laurence Wilson | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Josh Windass | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ENG | Andrew Dawber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Connor Mahoney | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | NGA | Kayode Odejayi (on loan from Rotherham United) | 11 | 4 | 9+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Rob Atkinson | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ENG | Marcus Bettinelli (on loan from Fulham) | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Lee Naylor | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | James Caton (on loan from Blackpool) | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Ben Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | ENG | George Bowerman | 8 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| 4 | MF | Luke Joyce | | 18 | Team captain |
| 2 | DF | Peter Murphy | | 4 | |
Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches only Matches started as captain only Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

#### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 11 | MF | Kal Naismith | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | DF | Peter Murphy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 17 | FW | James Gray | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 24 | FW | Kayode Odejayi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | Danny Webber | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 15 | MF | Piero Mingoia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 18 | FW | Marcus Carver | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 44 | FW | George Bowerman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 27 |

### Contracts

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Status | Contract length | Expiry date | Source |
| 12 | MF | George Miller | 21 | Signed | 1 year | June 2014 | BBC Sport |
| 1 | GK | Ian Dunbavin | 32 | Signed | 2 years | June 2015 | BBC Sport |
| 21 | FW | James Beattie | 35 | Signed | 2 years | June 2015 | BBC Sport |
| 19 | DF | Laurence Wilson | 26 | Signed | 1 year | June 2014 | BBC Sport |
| 17 | FW | James Gray | 20 | Signed | 1 year | June 2014 | BBC Sport |
| 6 | DF | Dean Winnard | 23 | Signed | 1 year | June 2014 | BBC Sport |
| 4 | MF | Luke Joyce | 25 | Signed | 2 years | June 2015 | BBC Sport |
| 10 | MF | Will Hatfield | 21 | Signed | 1 year | June 2014 | BBC Sport |
| 3 | DF | Michael Liddle | 23 | Signed | 1 year | June 2014 | BBC Sport |
| 5 | DF | Tom Aldred | 22 | Signed | 1 year | June 2015 | BBC Sport |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 16 | DF | Nicky Hunt | 29 | EU | Rotherham United | Free transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | BBC Sport |
| 7 | FW | Shay McCartan | 19 | EU | Burnley | Free transfer | Summer | 2014 | Free | BBC Sport |
| 25 | DF | Rob Atkinson | 26 | EU | Fleetwood Town | Free transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | BBC Sport |
| 20 | MF | Josh Windass | 19 | EU | Harrogate Railway Athletic | Free transfer | Summer | 2014 | Free | BBC Sport |
| 9 | FW | Danny Webber | 31 | EU | Doncaster Rovers | Free transfer | Summer | 2014 | Free | BBC Sport |
| 15 | MF | Piero Mingoia | 21 | EU | Watford | Free transfer | Summer | 2014 | Free | BBC Sport |
| 30 | GK | Ben Wilson | 21 | EU | Sunderland | Free transfer | Summer | 2014 | Free | BBC Sport |
| 27 | DF | Lee Naylor | 33 | EU | Free agent | | Summer | 2014 | Free | BBC Sport |
| 44 | FW | George Bowerman | 21 | EU | Free agent | | | 2014 | Free | BBC Sport |

### Loans in

| No. | P | Name | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended | Start source |
| 8 | MF | Michael Richardson | 32 | Newcastle United | 1 August | September | BBC Sport |
| 24 | FW | Kayode Odejayi | 42 | Rotherham United | 10 September | | BBC Sport |
| 28 | MF | James Caton | 31 | Blackpool | 3 October | | BBC Sport |

### Out

| N | P | Name | Age | Type | Moving to | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Apps | Goals | Source |
| 8 | MF | Charlie Barnett | 24 | Contract Ended | Free agent | Summer | Free | 92 | 3 | BBC Sport |
| 11 | MF | Aidan Chippendale | 21 | Contract Ended | Free agent | Summer | Free | 8 | 0 | BBC Sport |
| 15 | MF | Bohan Dixon | 23 | Contract Ended | Lincoln City | Summer | Free | 8 | 0 | BBC Sport |
| 18 | DF | Tom Eckersley | 21 | Contract Ended | Tamworth | Summer | Free | 4 | 0 | BBC Sport |
| 7 | MF | Craig Lindfield | 24 | Contract Ended | Chester | Summer | Free | 102 | 10 | BBC Sport |
| 27 | MF | Amine Linganzi | 23 | Contract Ended | Gillingham | Summer | Free | 13 | 0 | BBC Sport |
| 24 | DF | Lee Molyneux | 24 | Contract Ended | Crewe Alexandra | Summer | Free | 43 | 9 | BBC Sport |
| 23 | FW | Pádraig Amond | 25 | Contract Ended | Morecambe | Summer | Free | 84 | 17 | BBC Sport |
| 33 | MF | Romauld Boco | 28 | Contract Ended | Plymouth Argyle | Summer | Free | 124 | 17 | BBC Sport |

### Loans in

| No. | P | Name | Country | Age | Loan club | Started | Ended | Start source | End source |
| 22 | GK | Andrew Dawber | | 30 | Marine | August | | | |