# 2024–25 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 56th season in the history of Accrington Stanley Football Club and their second consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club are also participating in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2024–25 EFL Trophy.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2024 | GK | Michael Kelly | Milton Keynes Dons | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | CF | Jimmy Knowles | Boston United | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | CF | Kelsey Mooney | Boston United | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | RM | Tyler Walton | Southport | Free |
| 2 July 2024 | CB | Farrend Rawson | Morecambe | Free |
| 23 July 2024 | RB | Donald Love | Morecambe | Free |
| 6 August 2024 | LW | Ashley Hunter | AFC Fylde | Free |
| 3 January 2025 | CF | Charlie Brown | Morecambe | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2025 | CF | Charlie Caton | Chester | Undisclosed |
| 20 January 2025 | CB | Benn Ward | Burnley | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2025 | CB | Devon Matthews | Curzon Ashton | Undisclosed |
| 7 February 2025 | CM | Conor Grant | Port Vale | Free |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 23 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Milton Keynes Dons contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 12 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Boston United contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 17 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Boston United contract expired
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 23 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Southport contract expired

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 14 June 2024 | LW | Jack Nolan | Gillingham | Undisclosed | |
| 18 June 2024 | CM | Tommy Leigh | Milton Keynes Dons | Undisclosed | |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 4 June, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window re-opened

### Loaned in

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Date until |
| 4 July 2024 | CB | Zach Awe | Southampton | 3 February 2025 |
| 8 August 2024 | LW | Dara Costelloe | Burnley | 24 January 2025 |
| 16 August 2024 | CM | Nelson Khumbeni | Bolton Wanderers | 16 January 2025 |
| 29 August 2024 | LB | Jake Batty | Blackburn Rovers | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | CB | Sonny Aljofree | Manchester United | End of Season |
| 30 August 2024 | GK | Billy Crellin | Everton | End of Season |
| 3 February 2025 | CM | Joe O'Brien-Whitmarsh | Southampton | End of Season |
* ↑ On 3 February, Awe was recalled back to his parent club Southampton
* ↑ On 24 January, Costelloe was recalled back to his parent club Burnley

### Loaned out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Date until |
| 23 August 2024 | CB | Aaron Pickles | Warrington Rylands | 21 September 2024 |
| 30 August 2024 | CM | Charlie Hall | Lancaster City | 28 September 2024 |
| 15 November 2024 | CB | Aaron Pickles | Farsley Celtic | 14 December 2024 |
| 14 January 2025 | CF | Jimmy Knowles | Boston United | End of Season |
| 24 January 2025 | CB | Aaron Pickles | Southport | 22 February 2025 |

### Released / Out of Contract

| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Join date |
| 30 June 2024 | LB | Rosaire Longelo | Swindon Town | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | Jack Massey | Ashton United | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | LM | Sean McConville | Clitheroe | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CM | Joe Pritchard | Milton Keynes Dons | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Toby Savin | Shrewsbury Town | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | LB | Bailey Sloane | Farsley Celtic | 1 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | Matt Lowe | Brackley Town | 9 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | RB | Kelvin Mellor | Nantwich Town | 2 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Oliver Riva | Huddersfield Town | 18 September 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | RW | Korede Adedoyin | | |
| 30 June 2024 | CF | Leslie Adekoya | | |
| 30 June 2024 | CB | Baba Fernandes | | |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Jack McIntyre | | |
| 1 October 2024 | CM | Oliver Patrick | | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

On 16 May, Accrington confirmed their first two pre-season friendlies, against Blackburn Rovers and Wigan Athletic. A week later, another two opposition were confirmed for the Reds' pre-season preparations, against Barnsley and Clitheroe. In June a fifth friendly was added, against Lancaster City.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 18 | Milton Keynes Dons | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 42 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 42 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 37 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 40 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 37 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 40 |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 37 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 55 | −27 | 36 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 March 2025. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 8$^1$ | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 17$^2$ | 32 | 33 | 22$^3$ | 34 | 35 | 36 | 26$^4$ | 37 | 38 | 39 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | | |
| Position | 23 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | | |
| Points | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 40 | | |
* $^1$ Matchday 8 (vs. AFC Wimbledon) was postponed due to a damaged pitch at Plough Lane.
* $^2$ Matchday 17 (vs. Bradford City) was postponed due to a unplayable playing surface.
* $^3$ Matchday 22 (vs. Tranmere Rovers) was postponed due to foggy conditions.
* $^4$ Matchday 26 (vs. Newport County) was postponed due to Accrington's FA Cup involvements.

#### Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### FA Cup

Accrington Stanley were drawn away to Rushall Olympic in the first round, at home to Swindon Town in the second round and away to Liverpool in the third round.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Accrington being drawn away against Tranmere Rovers.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Accrington were drawn into Northern Group A alongside Stockport County, Tranmere Rovers and Everton U21.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Stockport County | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Tranmere Rovers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Everton U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Accrington Stanley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 11 March 2025
Players with no appearances are not included on the list Italics indicate a loaned in player
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IRL | Michael Kelly | 10 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Donald Love | 37 | 1 | 31+2 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Conor Grant | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Farrend Rawson | 35 | 1 | 32+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NIR | Liam Coyle | 32 | 0 | 22+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Shaun Whalley | 30 | 8 | 27+0 | 8 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Ben Woods | 32 | 4 | 22+5 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Kelsey Mooney | 22 | 4 | 13+7 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Alex Henderson | 29 | 1 | 8+16 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Jimmy Knowles | 21 | 2 | 9+7 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Seb Quirk | 12 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Billy Crellin | 33 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Benn Ward | 12 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Aaron Pickles | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Jake Batty | 22 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Devon Matthews | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | WAL | Charlie Caton | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Anjola Popoola | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Charlie Brown | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Dan Martin | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Tyler Walton | 38 | 9 | 23+10 | 6 | 3+0 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Sonny Aljofree | 23 | 2 | 20+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Josh Smith | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Charlie Hall | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NIR | Lewis Trickett | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | IRL | Seamus Conneely | 26 | 1 | 16+6 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Finlay Tunstall | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ENG | Lennox Williams | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Finlay Wilkinson | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Sheikh Sohna | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Connor O'Brien | 28 | 0 | 17+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Josh Woods | 28 | 6 | 9+12 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 43 | MF | IRL | Joe O'Brien-Whitmarsh | 6 | 3 | 3+3 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | ENG | Ashley Hunter | 27 | 1 | 9+11 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | ENG | Zach Awe | 27 | 1 | 21+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | MWI | Nelson Khumbeni | 24 | 1 | 13+5 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | IRL | Dara Costelloe | 21 | 5 | 14+3 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 20 | MF | ENG | Oliver Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |