2009–10 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

This article documents the 2009–10 season of Lancashire football club Accrington Stanley. It was the team's 4th season in League Two after winning promotion from the Conference National in 2005–06.

Accrington Stanley
ChairmanDavid O'Neill
ManagerJohn Coleman
League Two15th
FA CupThird Round
League CupSecond Round
Football League TrophyNorth Semi Final
Top goalscorerLeague: Robert Grant (14)
All: Robert Grant
Michael Symes (17)

Shareholder Ilyas Khan withdrew financial support in early October,[1] and the debt ridden club struggled with early season form. With debts mounting, fans came to the aid of Stanley through the 'Save our Stanley' campaign. The club was forced to clear £308,000 worth of tax debt, and the club's target was reached on 3 November 2009.[2]

After winning 7 from 8 games in League Two during midseason, Stanley found themselves challenging for a playoff spot, and reaching the 2009–10 Football League Trophy north semi-final was also a highlight. Stanley were winless from 9 games late in the season, but held 15th spot with 2 wins and a draw in the last 3 games of the season.

Players

Current squad
As of 12 March 2010.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Dean Bouzanis (on loan from Liverpool)
3 DF Leam Richardson
5 DF Darran Kempson
6 MF Andrew Procter (captain)
7 MF John Miles (vice captain)
8 MF Luke Joyce
9 FW Billy Kee (on loan from Leicester City)
11 MF Robert Grant
12 DF Phil Edwards
14 MF Jimmy Ryan
15 DF Dean Winnard
16 MF Chris Turner
17 MF Sean McConville
No. Position Player
18 MF John Mullin
19 FW Michael Symes
20 DF Peter Murphy
24 FW Gary King
25 GK Ian Dunbavin
26 DF Tom Lees (on loan from Leeds United)
27 GK Josh Molloy
28 FW Adam Black
29 DF Zack Riley
30 DF James McCarten (on loan from Everton)
31 DF Johnny Flynn (on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
32 GK Matthew Ince

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
21 MF Alan Burton (on loan at Marine)
22 DF Bee Ami (on loan at Radcliffe Borough)

Pre-season
11 July 2009 Maidstone United0–2Accrington StanleyAshford
15:00 Report Cavanagh  21'
Miles  85'		 Stadium: The Homelands
Attendance: 213
Referee: Ian Crouch
14 July 2009 Burscough1–1Accrington StanleyBurscough
19:30 Williams  62' Report Grant  36' Stadium: Victoria Park
18 July 2009 F.C. Halifax Town1–3Accrington StanleyHalifax
15:00 Dean  12' Report King  16'
Grant  61'  84'		 Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 600+
21 July 2009 Radcliffe Borough0–5Accrington StanleyRadcliffe
19:30 Report King
Joyce
Kee 		Stadium: Stainton Park
28 July 2009 Accrington Stanley2–2BurnleyAccrington
19:30 Miles  39'
McConville  67'		 Report Blake  83'
Thompson  90'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,672
Referee: J Moss
31 July 2009 Accrington Stanley0–3Blackburn RoversAccrington
19:30 Report Gallagher  10'  42'  52' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 618

League Two
Main article: 2009–10 Football League Two

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Burton Albion 46 17 11 18 71 71 0 62
14 Bradford City 46 16 14 16 59 62 −3 62
15 Accrington Stanley 46 18 7 21 62 74 −12 61
16 Hereford United 46 17 8 21 54 65 −11 59
17 Torquay United 46 14 15 17 64 55 +9 57
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: football-league.co.uk

Results
8 August 2009 Rotherham United1–0Accrington StanleySheffield
15:00 Warne  89' Report Martin  79' (Time wasting) Stadium: Don Valley Stadium
Attendance: 10,254
Referee: Danny McDermid
15 August 2009 Accrington Stanley1–0Lincoln CityAccrington
15:00 Kempson  51' Report Hughton  17' (Unsporting behaviour)
Howe  32' (Unsporting behaviour)
Heath  36'
Kerr  49'
Kovács  62'
Hutchinson  90+5' (Unsporting behaviour)		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,498
Referee: Langford
18 August 2009 Accrington Stanley0–3Northampton TownAccrington
19:45 Joyce  83' (Unsporting behaviour)
Ryan 		Report Guinan  3'
Akinfenwa  18' (pen.)
McKay  78'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,561
Referee: Bratt
22 August 2009 Aldershot3–1Accrington StanleyAldershot
15:00 Donnelly  8'  90+1'
Morgan  22'
Harding  45+2'
Winfield  84'		 Report Mullin  45'
Edwards  48'
Procter  60'		 Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 2,276
Referee: Jarnail Singh
29 August 2009 Accrington Stanley1–3ShrewsburyAccrington
15:00 Symes  67' Report Leslie  18' (pen.)
Elder  38'
Holden  42'
Langmead  50'
Hibbert  82'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,447
Referee: Moss
5 September 2009 Bury0–2Accrington StanleyBury
15:00 Report Grant  83'  85' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,082
Referee: Graham Salisbury
11 September 2009 Accrington Stanley2–1DarlingtonAccrington
19:45 Procter  21'
Kee  83'		 Report Gall  59' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 3,228
Referee: Andy Penn
19 September 2009 Hereford United2–0Accrington StanleyHereford
15:00 C. King  6'
Valentine  67'		 Report Kempson  16'
Lees  24'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,013
Referee: Steve Rushton
25 September 2009 Accrington Stanley5–3Crewe AlexandraAccrington
19:45 R. Grant  3'  49'
Symes  5'  77'
Procter  68'		 Report J. Grant  43'  82'
L. Murphy  90+3'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,764
Referee: Steve Whitestone
29 September 2009 Port Vale2–2Accrington StanleyBurslem, Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 Dodds  5'
Fraser  86'		 Report Winnard  37'
Edwards  82' (pen.)
Procter  90'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,326
Referee: Darren Sheldrake
3 October 2009 Chesterfield1–0Accrington StanleyChesterfield
15:00 Page  26'
McDermott  30'
Small  90+2'  90+3'		 Report Kee  51'
Symes  83'
Dunbavin  88'		 Stadium: Saltergate Recreation Ground
Attendance: 3,104
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
10 October 2009 Accrington Stanley4–0Cheltenham TownAccrington
15:00 Turner  54'
Edwards  59'
Grant  62'  68'
Joyce  64'		 Report Low  77' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,843
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
17 October 2009 Accrington Stanley0–1BournemouthAccrington
15:00 Symes  8'
Winnard  75'		 Report Feeney  30'
Pearce  72'
Hollands  76'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,858
Referee: Michael Oliver
24 October 2009 Rochdale1–2Accrington StanleyRochdale
15:00 Dagnall  90+1' Report Edwards  39'
Kempson  43'
Grant  45'
Symes  54'  70'		 Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 3,206
Referee: Russell Booth
30 October 2009 Grimsby Town2–2Accrington StanleyCleethorpes
19:45 Forbes  14'
Sweeney  21'
Boshell  31'
Lancashire  67'
Akpa Akpro  74'
Conlon  90+5'		 Report King  5'  21'
Lees  13'
Joyce  45+1'
Edwards  68' (pen.)		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 4,325
Referee: Howard Webb
14 November 2009 Accrington Stanley0–1Dagenham & RedbridgeAccrington
Report Arber  39' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,538
21 November 2009 Bradford City1–1Accrington StanleyBradford
Edwards  21' (o.g.) Report Symes  56' Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 11,176
Referee: S Cook
1 December 2009 Burton Albion0–2Accrington StanleyBurton upon Trent
Report Kee  45+1'
Symes  76'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 2,027
Referee: Paul Taylor
5 December 2009 Accrington Stanley4–2Torquay UnitedAccrington
Edwards  39' (pen.)
Procter  40'
Joyce  56'
Grant  70'		 Report Wroe  10' (pen.)
Zebroski  82'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,351
Referee: A Woolmer
12 December 2009 Notts County1–2Accrington StanleyNottingham
Hughes  82' (pen.) Report Symes  60'
Ryan  74'		 Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 5,855
Referee: M Haywood
26 December 2009 Morecambe1–2Accrington StanleyMorecambe
Hunter  68' Report Edwards  56', 62' (pen.) Stadium: Christie Park
Attendance: 3,478
Referee: C Webster
28 December 2009 Accrington Stanley2–4BuryAccrington
Symes  14'
McConville  69'		 Report Jones  53'
Morrell  55', 75'
Lowe  90+3'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 3,138
Referee: D Webb
26 January 2010 Accrington Stanley2–1Aldershot TownAccrington
Procter  30'
Kee  75'		 Report Sandell  58' (pen.) Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,279
Referee: Anthony Taylor
30 January 2010 Shrewsbury0–1Accrington StanleyShrewsbury
Report Grant  26'
Procter  30'  84'		 Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 5,139
Referee: P Miller
6 February 2010 Accrington Stanley2–1MorecambeAccrington
Grant  29', 62'
Ryan  83'		 Report Artell  17', 54' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,372
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
9 February 2010 Northampton Town4–0Accrington StanleyNorthampton
Akinfenwa  10'
McKay  57', 61'
Guttridge  66'		 Report Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 3,206
Referee: James Linington
13 February 2010 Macclesfield0–0Accrington StanleyMacclesfield
Report Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,729
Referee: Peter Quinn
16 February 2010 Lincoln City2–1Accrington StanleyLincolnshire
Lennnon  83'
Kempson  90+1' (o.g.)		 Report Grant  30' Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 2,779
Referee: Shoebridge
20 February 2010 Accrington Stanley2–0Bradford CityAccrington
Miles  54', 86' Report Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 3,396
Referee: Kettle
27 February 2010 Torquay United2–1Accrington StanleyTorquay
Mansell  50'
Kempson  90+5' (o.g.)		 Report Symes  69' Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 2,503
Referee: Hooper
6 March 2010 Accrington Stanley0–3Notts CountyAccrington
Report Davies  29'
Hughes  48'
Rodgers  55'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,123
Referee: Hall
9 March 2010 Accrington Stanley1–1MacclesfieldAccrington
Kee  65' Report Tipton  78' (pen.) Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,210
Referee: Haines
13 March 2010 Barnet1–2Accrington StanleyHigh Barnet, London
O'Flynn  32' (pen.)
Kamdjo  80'		 Report Edwards  59'
Kee  84'
Dunbavin  20'		 Stadium: Underhill Stadium
Attendance: 1,559
Referee: Cook
16 March 2010 Accrington Stanley2–1Rotherham UnitedAccrington
Symes  18'
Ryan  79'		 Report Josh Walker  56' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,440
Referee: Sutton
20 March 2010 Accrington Stanley2–4RochdaleAccrington
Symes  61'  74'
Miles  65'		 Report Jones  67', 72'
O'Grady  83'
Higginbotham  90+5'
Taylor  75'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 3,025
Referee: Salisbury
23 March 2010 Accrington Stanley0–2Burton AlbionAccrington
Report Harrad  27'
Pearson  79'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,270
Referee: Russell Booth
27 March 2010 Bournemouth2–0Accrington StanleyBournemouth
Feeney  18'
Pitman  79'		 Report Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 5,413
Referee: Scott
3 April 2010 Dagenham & Redbridge3–1Accrington StanleyDagenham, London
Benson  7'
Gain  41'
Green  53'		 Report Grant  5' Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 2,031
Referee: Ward
5 April 2010 Accrington Stanley2–3Grimsby TownAccrington
Kee  38'
Symes  44'		 Report Hudson  56'
Coulson  59'
Devitt  61'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,839
Referee: Rushton
10 April 2010 Darlington0–0Accrington StanleyDarlington
Report Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 1,545
Referee: Woolmer
13 April 2010 Accrington Stanley1–2Port ValeAccrington
19:45 Grant  52' Report Davies  35'
Taylor  65'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,205
Referee: Moss
17 April 2010 Accrington Stanley1–2Hereford UnitedAccrington
15:00 Symes  48' (pen.) Report McCallum  35', 90+3' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,420
Referee: Quinn
24 April 2010 Crewe Alexandra5–1Accrington StanleyCrewe
15:00 Zola  5', 90+2'
Donaldson  62'
Westwood  70'
Grant  81'		 Report Brayford  65' (o.g.)
Dunbavin  67'		 Stadium: Gresty Road,
Attendance: 3,810
Referee: Langford
27 April 2010 Accrington Stanley1–0BarnetAccrington
19:45 Kee  70' Report Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,268
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
1 May 2010 Accrington Stanley2–0ChesterfieldAccrington
15:00 Kee  70', 88' Report Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,475
Referee: Haywood
8 May 2010 Cheltenham Town1–1Accrington StanleyCheltenham
15:00 Low  9' Report Turner  24' Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 3,856
Referee: Darren Deadman

League Cup
Main article: 2009–10 Football League Cup
11 August 2009 1st RoundAccrington Stanley2–1WalsallAccrington
19:45 Grant  53'
Mullin  90+1'		 Report Nicholls  9'
Weston  23'  35'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,041
Referee: Miller
25 August 2009 2nd RoundQueens Park Rangers2–1Accrington StanleyShepherd's Bush, London
19:45 Ramage  28'
Ephraim  68'
Routledge  90+1'		 Report Ryan  38'
Symes  90+4'		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 5,203
Referee: Pawson

Football League Trophy
Main article: 2009–10 Football League Trophy
1 September 2009 North, Round 1Oldham Athletic1–2Accrington StanleyOldham
19:45 Whitaker  10'
Hazell  59'		 Report Kempson  19'
Gregan  60' (o.g.)  66'
Edwards  67'
Grant  90+3'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 1,619
Referee: Tierney
6 October 2009 North, Round 2Accrington Stanley2–0ShrewsburyAccrington
19:45 Ryan  12'
Lees  45+3'
G. King  47'
Winnard  52'		 Report Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 819
Referee: Scott Foster
10 November 2009 North, Q. FinalAccrington Stanley3–2BuryAccrington
19:00 Symes  2', 40'
Grant  6'  82'
Joyce  62'		 Report Racchi  41'
Jones  48'
Futcher  71'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,637
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
15 December 2009 North, Semi FinalLeeds United2–0Accrington StanleyLeeds
19:45 Ephraim  9'
Kilkenny  50'		 Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 12,696
Referee: Mick Russell

FA Cup
Main article: 2009–10 FA Cup
7 November 2009 1st RoundAccrington Stanley2–1SalisburyAccrington
15:00 Report Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,379
28 November 2009 2nd RoundAccrington Stanley2–2BarnetAccrington
15:00 Grant  29'
Symes  50'		 Report Yakubu  47'
O'Flynn  90' (pen)		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,501
Referee: Pawson
8 December 2009 2nd Round
(Replay)		Barnet0–1Accrington StanleyHigh Barnet, London
19:45 Report Grant  16' Stadium: Underhill Stadium
Attendance: 1,288
Referee: Mattison
19 January 2010 3rd RoundAccrington Stanley1–0GillinghamAccrington
19:45 Miles  81' Report Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,322
Referee: Carl Boyeson
23 January 2010 4th RoundAccrington Stanley1–3FulhamAccrington
15:00 Symes  25'
Kempson  27'  42'		 Report Nevland  21'
Duff  59'
Gera  80' 44'
Baird  29'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 3,712
Referee: Atwell

References
  1. "Khan withdraws financial backing". Vital Sport. 5 October 2009.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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