# 2017–18 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

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 | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | LW | Mekhi Leacock-McLeod | Billericay Town | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | DM | Liam Nolan | Southport | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | RW | Érico Sousa | Tranmere Rovers | Free |
| 15 July 2017 | CB | Ben Richards-Everton | Dunfermline Athletic | Free |
| 21 July 2017 | CF | Kayden Jackson | Barnsley | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2017 | GK | Simon Bloch Jørgensen | Brønshøj | Free |
| 5 January 2018 | RB | Callum Johnson | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2018 | CF | Akeel Francis | Rotherham United | Free |
| 12 January 2018 | LW | Danny Williams | Dundee | Free |
| 19 January 2018 | GK | Jonny Maxted | Guiseley | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2018 | DM | Harvey Rodgers | Fleetwood Town | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | LM | Arron Davies | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Terry Gornell | Chorley | Mutual consent |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Steven Hewitt | Bangor City | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Paddy Lacey | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | SS | Shay McCartan | Bradford City | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Elliot Parish | Dundee | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Brayden Shaw | Bangor City | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2017 | LW | Luke Wall | Bangor City | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Nathan Webb | Free agent | Released |
| 4 August 2017 | RB | Matty Pearson | Barnsley | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2017 | CB | Omar Beckles | Shrewsbury Town | Undisclosed |
| 15 September 2017 | GK | Simon Bloch Jørgensen | Whitehawk | Free |
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### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 3 July 2017 | CF | Jonathan Edwards | Hull City | 3 January 2018 |
| 4 August 2017 | CB | Tom Dallison | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 October 2017 |
| 4 August 2017 | RB | Tyler Hornby-Forbes | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 November 2017 |
| 24 August 2017 | CF | Mallik Wilks | Leeds United | 3 January 2018 |
| 29 August 2017 | CB | Jordan Thorniley | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 January 2018 |
| 31 August 2017 | RB | Callum Johnson | Middlesbrough | 4 January 2018 |
| 31 August 2017 | CB | Farrend Rawson | Derby County | 3 January 2018 |
| 31 August 2017 | GK | Max Stryjek | Sunderland | 18 January 2018 |
| 4 January 2018 | CB | Jimmy Dunne | Burnley | 30 May 2018 |
| 11 January 2018 | CF | Offrande Zanzala | Derby County | 30 May 2018 |
| 12 January 2018 | CB | Charlie Rowan | Watford | 30 May 2018 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | End date | Ref. |
| 5 October 2017 | CB | | Ross Sykes | Southport | 24 November 2017 | |

## Competitions
### Pre-season friendlies

As of 8 June 2017, Accrington Stanley have announced five pre-season friendlies against Southport, Preston North End, Oldham Athletic, Huddersfield Town and Everton XI.
Win  Draw  Loss

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers (P) | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 79 | 60 | +19 | 84 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 4 | Exeter City | 46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 64 | 54 | +10 | 80 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 5 | Notts County | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 71 | 48 | +23 | 77 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 May 2018. Source: Statto.com

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.

#### May
### FA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Cup

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

### EFL Trophy

Win  Draw  Loss
On 28 July 2017, Stanley announced their group stage schedule.
| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | 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 | Round 2 |
| 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 | |

## 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 |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Apps | Apps | Apps | Apps |
| 1 | GK | | Aaron Chapman | 44 (1) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 49 (1) |
| 2 | DF | | Jimmy Dunne | 18 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 (2) |
| 3 | DF | | Mark Hughes | 46 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 51 |
| 4 | DF | | Janoi Donacien | 45 | 2 | 1 | 1 (2) | 49 (2) |
| 5 | DF | | Ben Richards-Everton | 19 (3) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 26 (3) |
| 6 | MF | | Liam Nolan | 27 (2) | 1 | 2 | 2 (1) | 32 (3) |
| 7 | MF | | Jordan Clark | 43 | 1 | 2 | 1 (1) | 47 (1) |
| 8 | MF | | Scott Brown | 28 (7) | 1 (1) | 2 | 4 | 35 (8) |
| 9 | FW | | Offrande Zanzala | 0 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (5) |
| 10 | FW | | Kayden Jackson | 44 | 2 | 2 | 0 (1) | 48 (1) |
| 11 | MF | | Sean McConville | 43 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 48 |
| 12 | MF | | Danny Williams | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) |
| 13 | GK | | Nathan Wolland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Mekhi Leacock-McLeod | 0 (9) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 3 | 3 (11) |
| 15 | DF | | Ross Sykes | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 2 (3) |
| 16 | GK | | Jonny Maxted | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | | Érico Sousa | 0 (6) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 (6) |
| 18 | FW | | Akeel Francis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Charlie Rowan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Reagan Ogle | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 2 (4) |
| 21 | DF | | Zehn Mohammed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Callum Johnson | 29 (2) | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 | 32 (3) |
| 28 | MF | | Seamus Conneely | 33 | 1 | 0 (2) | 0 | 34 (2) |
| 29 | FW | | Billy Kee | 46 | 2 | 0 (2) | 2 | 50 (2) |
| 32 | DF | | Harvey Rodgers | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (1) |
| 33 | GK | | Toby Savin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | | Josh Hmami | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) |
| 42 | MF | | Joel Mills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | | Tom Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | | 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 | | Tyler Hornby-Forbes | 2 (4) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 (4) |
| 9 | FW | | Jonathan Edwards | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 | 2 (1) | 5 (2) |
| 12 | MF | | Omar Beckles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | | Jordan Thorniley | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 16 | GK | | Simon Bloch Jørgensen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | GK | | Max Stryjek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | DF | | Tom Dallison | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 19 | FW | | Mallik Wilks | 3 (15) | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 | 7 (16) |
| 27 | DF | | 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 | Billy Kee | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Kayden Jackson | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | MF | 11 | Sean McConville | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | Jordan Clark | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | FW | 19 | Mallik Wilks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | DF | 3 | Mark Hughes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 17 | Erico Sousa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 5 | Ben Richards-Everton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Scott Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 26 | Callum Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 28 | Seamus Conneely | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 6 | Liam Nolan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 9 | Offrande Zanzala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 9 | Jonathan Edwards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 14 | Mekhi Leacock-McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 12 | Omar Beckles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 18 | Tom Dallison | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 76 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 91 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 21:00, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
| No. | Pos. | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | Total | Total |
| 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 |