# 2019–20 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Accrington Stanley's second season in League One and their 51st year in existence. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup, and EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Joe Pritchard | Bolton Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 13 July 2019 | CF | Colby Bishop | Leamington | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2019 | LB | Zaine Francis-Angol | AFC Fylde | Free transfer |
| 15 July 2019 | LB | Joe Maguire | Fleetwood Town | Free transfer |
| 15 July 2019 | CM | Lamine Kaba Sherif | Leicester City | Free transfer |
| 16 July 2019 | CB | Ben Barclay | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free transfer |
| 23 July 2019 | WG | Wilson Carvalho | Stratford Town | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2019 | RB | Phil Edwards | Bury | Free transfer |
| 12 August 2019 | CF | Dion Charles | Southport | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 2 August 2019 | GK | Josef Buršík | Stoke City | 30 June 2020 |
| 9 August 2019 | CF | Courtney Baker-Richardson | Swansea City | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CB | Aji Alese | West Ham United | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CB | Jerome Opoku | Fulham | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 September 2019 | CF | Connor Simpson | Preston North End | 30 June 2020 |
| 6 September 2019 | DM | Sadou Diallo | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CF | Benny Ashley-Seal | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CM | Bobby Grant | Wrexham | 30 June 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 16 July 2019 | CB | Zehn Mohammed | Southport | January 2020 |
| 20 July 2019 | CB | Reagan Ogle | Southport | January 2020 |
| 22 July 2019 | CM | Niall Watson | Sligo Rovers | 31 December 2019 |
| 8 November 2019 | FW | Alex O'Neill | Skelmersdale United | 21 November 2019 |
| 22 November 2019 | FW | Alex O'Neill | Runcorn Linnets | December 2019 |
| 2 December 2019 | MF | Lewis Doyle | Curzon Ashton | January 2020 |
| 7 December 2019 | MF | Lewis Gilboy | City of Liverpool | January 2020 |
| 20 December 2019 | CM | Andrew Scott | Curzon Ashton | January 2020 |
| 30 December 2019 | GK | Toby Savin | Stalybridge Celtic | January 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | DM | Scott Brown | Harrogate Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Jonny Maxted | Exeter City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | RM | Piero Mingoia | Boreham Wood | Mutual consent |
| 1 July 2019 | DM | Liam Nolan | FC Halifax Town | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Ben Richards-Everton | Bradford City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | LM | Danny Williams | FC Halifax Town | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Will Wood | Dagenham & Redbridge | Released |
| 13 December 2019 | RW | Okera Simmonds | Free agent | Mutual consent |
| 29 January 2020 | FW | Billy Kee | Retired | — |

## Pre-season

Stanley have announced pre-season friendlies against Sligo Rovers, Marseille, Bala Town, Warrington Town and Morecambe.
Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Blackpool | 35 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 45 | 1.29 | |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 45 | 1.29 | |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 41 | 1.21 | |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 35 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 42 | 1.20 | |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 40 | 1.14 | |
| 18 | Rochdale | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 36 | 1.06 | |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 35 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 37 | 1.06 | |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 35 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 35 | 1.00 | |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers (R) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 32 | 0.94 | Relegation to EFL League Two |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 March 2020. 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 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 21 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 |

#### Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were revealed.
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

##### May
### FA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.
Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Trophy

Win  Draw  Loss
On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019. The draw for the second round was made on 16 November 2019 live on Sky Sports. The third round draw was confirmed on 5 December 2019.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Accrington Stanley | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Fleetwood Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Oldham Athletic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | ACA | Liverpool U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 1 | |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 2 January 2020
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BUL | Dimitar Evtimov | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Josef Bursik | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | ENG | Toby Savin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Callum Johnson | 25 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Mark Hughes | 26 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Phil Edwards | 8 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Ross Sykes | 27 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Joe Maguire | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ATG | Zaine Francis-Angol | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Ben Barclay | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Harvey Rodgers | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Matty Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Aji Alese | 8 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Jerome Opoku | 18 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GUI | Lamine Kaba Sherif | 9 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Jordan Clark | 28 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Sam Finley | 28 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Joe Pritchard | 24 | 1 | 12+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Sean McConville | 21 | 6 | 15+3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | POR | Érico Sousa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Harry Perritt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | POR | Wilson Carvalho | 13 | 1 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Lewis Gilboy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Lewis Doyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | IRL | Seamus Conneely | 23 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | CGO | Offrande Zanzala | 17 | 7 | 7+8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Colby Bishop | 24 | 12 | 19+1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | NIR | Andrew Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Alex O'Neill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | NIR | Billy Kee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ENG | Courtney Baker-Richardson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Dion Charles | 27 | 6 | 16+6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Connor Simpson | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ENG | Okera Simmonds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Sadou Diallo | 4 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 2 January 2020
| Rank | Position | Name | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | Total | Total |
| 1 | DF | Jerome Opoku | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Seamus Conneely | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | MF | Sam Finley | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Callum Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ben Barclay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Ross Sykes | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Sean McConville | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Jordan Clark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | Mark Hughes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | Joe Maguire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Wilson Carvalho | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Zaine Francis-Angol | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | Dimitar Evtimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Lamine Kaba Sherif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Harvey Rodgers| | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Aji Alese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Sadou Diallo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Total | Total | 43 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 5 |