# 2016–17 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Accrington Stanley's eleventh consecutive season in League Two and their 48th year in existence. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Omar Beckles | Aldershot Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Aaron Chapman | Chesterfield | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | Bastien Héry | Carlisle United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Elliot Parish | Colchester United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | LB | Frazer Shaw | Leyton Orient | Free transfer |
| 11 July 2016 | CM | Steven Hewitt | Southport | Free transfer |
| 21 July 2016 | CM | Paddy Lacey | Barrow | Free transfer |
| 22 July 2016 | LW | Luke Wall | Blackburn Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2016 | LM | Arron Davies | Exeter City | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2016 | AM | Jordan Clark | Shrewsbury Town | Free transfer |
| 5 August 2016 | CB | Janoi Donacien | Aston Villa | Free transfer |
| 5 August 2016 | RW | Chris Eagles | Bury | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2016 | GK | Paul White | Boreham Wood | Free transfer |
| 30 August 2016 | LB | Rory McKeown | Raith Rovers | Free transfer |
| 3 October 2016 | RW | Gary Taylor-Fletcher | Tranmere Rovers | Free transfer |
| 13 February 2017 | LW | Érico Sousa | Tadcaster Albion | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | AM | Anthony Barry | Wrexham | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Marcus Carver | Chorley | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | DM | Matt Crooks | Rangers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Tom Davies | Portsmouth | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Ross Etheridge | Doncaster Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | RM | Piero Mingoia | Cambridge United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Jason Mooney | Cliftonville | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | Andrew Procter | Retired | — |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Keenan Quansah | Burscough | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | Kealan Steenson | Ashton United | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Liam Wakefield | Morecambe | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | AM | Josh Windass | Rangers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Dean Winnard | Morecambe | Free transfer |
| 4 August 2016 | LB | Adam Buxton | Portsmouth | Free transfer |
| 8 August 2016 | MF | John Roberts | Macclesfield Town | Free transfer |
| 22 August 2016 | LB | Frazer Shaw | East Thurrock United | Mutual consent |
| 28 October 2016 | CF | Max Hazeldine | Skelmersdale United | Free transfer |
| 9 January 2017 | RW | Chris Eagles | Port Vale | Released |
| 17 January 2017 | CM | Bastien Héry | Limerick | Mutual consent |
| 23 March 2017 | LW | Érico Sousa | Tranmere Rovers | Mutual consent |
* ↑ Following Mooney's release, he signed for Cliftonville.
* ↑ Following Quansah's release, he signed for Burscough.
* ↑ Following Wakefield's release, he signed for Morecambe.
* ↑ Following Shaw's departure, he signed for East Thurrock United.
* ↑ Following Eagles' release, he signed for Port Vale.
* ↑ Registration issues have meant he has been unable to play for Accrington

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Callam Jones | West Bromwich Albion | 1 January 2017 |
| 8 August 2016 | RM | John O'Sullivan | Blackburn Rovers | 7 January 2017 |
| 31 August 2016 | RB | Zak Vyner | Bristol City | 3 January 2017 |
| 1 January 2017 | CF | Jonathan Edwards | Hull City | End of Season |
| 1 January 2017 | CB | Harvey Rodgers | Hull City | End of Season |
| 13 January 2017 | GK | Marek Rodák | Fulham | End of Season |
| 20 January 2017 | CM | Sean Clare | Sheffield Wednesday | End of Season |
| 31 January 2017 | AM | Noor Husin | Crystal Palace | End of Season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until | Ref. |
| 19 August 2016 | CF | | Brayden Shaw | Bangor City | 27 January 2017 | |

## Competitions
### Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### League Two

| 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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Cambridge United | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 66 |
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 66 |
| 13 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 65 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 59 | 63 | −4 | 62 |
| 15 | Barnet | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 57 | 64 | −7 | 57 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

#### May
### FA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Trophy

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ACA | Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 | 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 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 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 | |
Win  Draw  Loss

### Appearances

    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    As of match played 17:44, 6 May 2017 (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 | | Elliot Parish | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | DF | | Matty Pearson | 43 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 51 |
| 3 | DF | | Mark Hughes | 36 | 4 | 2(1) | 2 | 44 (1) |
| 4 | MF | | Arron Davies | 4 | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 7 (3) |
| 5 | DF | | Omar Beckles | 40 (1) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 47 (1) |
| 7 | MF | | Jordan Clark | 35 (6) | 2 (2) | 2 | 2 | 41 (8) |
| 8 | MF | | Scott Brown | 27 (1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 31 (1) |
| 9 | FW | | Terry Gornell | 11 (8) | 1 (2) | 1 | 1 | 14 (10) |
| 10 | FW | | Shay McCartan | 26 (8) | 0 (2) | 1 (1) | 0 (1) | 27 (12) |
| 11 | MF | | Sean McConville | 41 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 50 |
| 12 | GK | | Marek Rodák | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 13 | GK | | Jack Little | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Romuald Boco | 12 (17) | 2 (2) | 0 (2) | 0(2) | 14 (23) |
| 15 | MF | | Sean Clare | 6 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 (2) |
| 16 | MF | | Noor Husin | 7 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (4) |
| 17 | MF | | Paddy Lacey | 7 (4) | 2 | 0 (1) | 3 | 12 (5) |
| 18 | MF | | Steven Hewitt | 4 (5) | 0 (1) | 1 (1) | 2 | 7 (7) |
| 19 | FW | | Brayden Shaw | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) |
| 20 | GK | | Aaron Chapman | 15 | 2 | 0 (1) | 2 | 19 (1) |
| 21 | MF | | Luke Wall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 (1) |
| 22 | DF | | Reagan Ogle | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 (2) |
| 23 | FW | | Nathan Webb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 (1) |
| 24 | FW | | Jonathan Edwards | 3 (6) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 (6) |
| 26 | DF | | Ross Sykes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 28 | MF | | Seamus Conneely | 38 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 46 |
| 29 | FW | | Billy Kee | 37 (2) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 44 (2) |
| 30 | DF | | Janoi Donacien | 30 (5) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 36 (5) |
| 32 | DF | | Harvey Rodgers | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan |||||||||
| 6 | DF | | Zak Vyner | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | DF | | Callam Jones | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 (2) |
| 15 | DF | | Rory McKeown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | | Gary Taylor-Fletcher | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 (4) |
| 16 | MF | | Bastien Héry | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (1) |
| 27 | MF | | John O'Sullivan | 18 (1) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 24 (1) |
| 33 | MF | | Chris Eagles | 2 (4) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0(2) | 3 (7) |

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.
    As of match played 16:59, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | League 2 | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | 29 | Billy Kee | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Shay McCartan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | DF | 2 | Matty Pearson | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | MF | 14 | Romuald Boco | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 11 | Sean McConville | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | FW | 9 | Terry Gornell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Omar Beckles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 7 | Jordan Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 27 | John O’Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 3 | Mark Hughes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 4 | Arron Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 15 | Sean Clare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 15 | Gary Taylor-Fletcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 16 | Noor Husin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 17 | Paddy Lacey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 24 | Jonathan Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 28 | Seamus Conneely | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 30 | Janoi Donacien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 32 | Harvey Rodgers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 61 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 73 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of matches played 17:58, 6 May 2017 (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 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Matty Pearson | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | Janoi Donacien | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Shay McCartan | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Seamus Conneely | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Scott Brown | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 29 | FW | Billy Kee | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Harvey Rodgers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Mark Hughes | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Omar Beckles | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Terry Gornell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Paddy Lacey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Elliot Parish | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Zak Vyner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Jordan Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Sean Clare | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Steven Hewitt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | John O' Sullivan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Romuald Boco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Bastien Hery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Noor Husin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Chris Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |