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2020–21 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

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The 2020–21 season was Accrington Stanley's 52nd season in their history and the third consecutive season in EFL League One, Along with League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Accrington Stanley
2020–21 season
OwnerAndy Holt
ManagerJohn Coleman
StadiumCrown Ground
League One11th
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupFirst round
EFL TrophyThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Dion Charles (19)
All: Dion Charles (20)
Highest home attendanceCOVID-19 prevented fans from attending games
Lowest home attendanceCOVID-19 prevented fans from attending games
Average home league attendanceCOVID-19 prevented fans from attending games

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Transfers

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Transfers in

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Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
3 August 2020 CB   Cameron Burgess   Scunthorpe United Free transfer [1]
24 August 2020 CM   Matt Butcher   AFC Bournemouth Free transfer [2]
2 September 2020 DM   Tom Scully   Norwich City Free transfer [3]
4 September 2020 CB   Stephen Sama   Heracles Almelo Free transfer [4]
24 September 2020 MF   Rhys Fenlon   Burnley Free transfer [5]
9 October 2020 RB   Michael Nottingham   Blackpool Undisclosed [6]
6 November 2020 CF   Lewis Mansell   Partick Thistle Free transfer [7]
4 January 2021 LW   Gary Roberts   Bala Town Free transfer [8]
1 February 2021 CM   David Morgan   Southport Undisclosed [9]

Loans in

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Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
7 August 2020 LW   Ryan Cassidy   Watford End of season [10]
13 August 2020 RW   Thomas Allan   Newcastle United 12 January 2021 [11][12]
28 August 2020 CM   Mohammed Sangare   Newcastle United End of season [13]
7 September 2020 CM   Tariq Uwakwe   Chelsea End of season [14]
2 October 2020 CM   Jon Russell   Chelsea End of season [15]
9 October 2020 GK   Nathan Baxter   Chelsea End of season [16]
28 January 2021 SS   Paul Smyth   Queens Park Rangers End of season [17]
1 February 2021 CM   Adam Phillips   Burnley End of season [18]

Loans out

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Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
19 October 2020 RB   Reagan Ogle   AFC Fylde 16 January 2021 [19]
7 January 2021 CF   Lewis Mansell   FC Halifax Town 7 February 2021 [20]
4 February 2021 DF   Jack Bolton   Southport Youth loan [21]
4 February 2021 MF   Rhys Fenlon   Southport Youth loan [21]
4 February 2021 RB   Harry Perritt   Southport Youth loan [21]
1 March 2021 RB   Reagan Ogle   Altrincham April 2021 [22]

Transfers out

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Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 CF   Wilson Carvalho   Macclesfield Town Released [23][24]
1 July 2020 MF   Lewis Doyle   Atherton Collieries Released [25][26]
1 July 2020 RB   Phil Edwards   Warrington Town Released [23][27]
1 July 2020 GK   Dimitar Evtimov   CSKA Sofia Released [23][28]
1 July 2020 LB   Zaine Francis-Angol   Boreham Wood Released [23][29]
1 July 2020 MF   Lewis Gilboy   Bury Released [25][30]
1 July 2020 FW   Alex O'Neill   Skelmersdale United Released [25]
1 July 2020 CM   Andrew Scott   Larne Released [25][32]
1 July 2020 RW   Érico Sousa   Tadcaster Albion Released [23][33]
1 July 2020 DF   Matty Williams   Unattached Released [25]
1 July 2020 CF   Offrande Zanzala   Crewe Alexandra Released [25][34]
5 August 2020 RW   Jordan Clark   Luton Town Free transfer [35]
7 September 2020 RB   Callum Johnson   Portsmouth Undisclosed[a] [36]
16 September 2020 CM   Sam Finley   Fleetwood Town Mutual consent [37][38]
1 October 2020 CM   Niall Watson   Southport Free transfer [39]
2 March 2021 LW   Gary Roberts Retired — [40]
Notes
  1. ^ According to Transmarkt, fee was £248,000

First-team squad

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As of 10 May 2021

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

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Apps. Goals Year signed Signed from Transfer fee
Goalkeepers
1 Nathan Baxter   GK (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 26) 20 0 2020   Chelsea Loan
30 Liam Isherwood   GK (2002-07-13) 13 July 2002 (age 22) 0 0 2020 Academy Trainee
40 Toby Savin   GK (2000-05-26) 26 May 2000 (age 24) 37 0 2017 Academy Trainee
Defenders
2 Michael Nottingham    CB/RB (1989-04-14) 14 April 1989 (age 35) 49 4 2020   Blackpool Undisclosed
3 Mark Hughes   CB (1986-12-09) 9 December 1986 (age 37) 242 10 2016   Stevenage Undisclosed
4 Cameron Burgess   CB (1995-10-21) 21 October 1995 (age 29) 51 5 2020   Scunthorpe United Free
5 Ross Sykes   CB (1999-03-26) 26 March 1999 (age 25) 87 8 2015 Academy Trainee
12 Joe Maguire   LB/RB/CB (1996-01-18) 18 January 1996 (age 28) 20 0 2019   Fleetwood Town Free
16 Ben Barclay   CB/DM (1996-10-07) 7 October 1996 (age 28) 43 1 2019   Brighton & Hove Albion Free
18 Harvey Rodgers   RB/CB (1996-10-20) 20 October 1996 (age 28) 69 1 2018   Fleetwood Town Undisclosed
21 Harry Perritt   RB/CB (2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 (age 24) 2 0 2019 Academy Trainee
23 Jack Bolton   DF (2001-11-22) 22 November 2001 (age 22) 0 0 2019 Academy Trainee
24 Stephen Sama    CB/RB/DM (1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 31) 9 0 2020   Heracles Almelo Free
27 Reagan Ogle    RB/LB (1999-03-29) 29 March 1999 (age 25) 0 0 2016 Academy Trainee
33 Zehn Mohammed   CB (2000-02-28) 28 February 2000 (age 24) 4 0 2017 Academy Trainee
Midfielders
6 Matt Butcher   DM/CM/CB (1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 27) 50 2 2020   AFC Bournemouth Undisclosed
8 Jon Russell   CM/AM/DM (2000-10-09) 9 October 2000 (age 24) 25 3 2020   Chelsea Loan
10 Joe Pritchard   CM/RM/LM (1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 28) 71 13 2019   Bolton Wanderers Free
11 Sean McConville   LM/CM (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 (age 35) 340 61 2015   Chester Undisclosed
14 Tariq Uwakwe    CM/DM/AM (1999-11-19) 19 November 1999 (age 24) 20 4 2020   Chelsea Loan
15 Mo Sangare   CM/DM/AM (1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 (age 25) 4 0 2020   Newcastle United Loan
17 Lamine Kaba Sherif   CM/DM/CB (1999-01-27) 27 January 1999 (age 25) 0 0 2019   Leicester City Free
20 Tom Scully   DM/CM (1999-10-01) 1 October 1999 (age 25) 5 0 2020   Norwich City Free
25 Rhys Fenlon   MF (2001-10-02) 2 October 2001 (age 23) 4 0 2020 Academy Trainee
28 Seamus Conneely    DM/RB/RM (1988-06-22) 22 June 1988 (age 36) 261 12 2015   Sligo Rovers Undisclosed
36 Adam Phillips   CM (1998-01-15) 15 January 1998 (age 26) 21 1 2021   Burnley Loan
37 David Morgan   CM (1994-07-04) 4 July 1994 (age 30) 16 0 2021   Southport Undisclosed
Forwards
7 Paul Smyth   SS/RW/LW (1997-09-10) 10 September 1997 (age 27) 19 3 2021   Queens Park Rangers Loan
9 Ryan Cassidy   LW/RW/CF (2001-03-02) 2 March 2001 (age 23) 17 4 2020   Watford Loan
19 Colby Bishop   CF (1996-11-04) 4 November 1996 (age 28) 77 24 2018   Leamington Undisclosed
26 Lewis Mansell   CF (1997-09-20) 20 September 1997 (age 27) 2 1 2020   Partick Thistle Free
32 Dion Charles   CF (1995-10-07) 7 October 1995 (age 29) 90 28 2019   Southport Undisclosed
34 Kevin Spinelli   CF (2002-07-25) 25 July 2002 (age 22) 2 0 2020 Academy Trainee
35 Gary Roberts   LW/RW/AM (1984-03-18) 18 March 1984 (age 40) 70 23 2021   Bala Town Free

Pre-season

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22 August 2020 (2020-08-22) Friendly Accrington Stanley 0-3 Bolton Wanderers Bamber Bridge
Report
Stadium: Sir Tom Finney Stadium
Attendance: Behind closed doors
29 August 2020 Friendly Salford City 0–1 Accrington Stanley Salford
15:00 BST Cassidy   52' (pen.) Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium
Attendance: 0

Competitions

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EFL League One

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Main article: 2020–21 EFL League One

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Charlton Athletic 46 20 14 12 70 56 +14 74
8 Portsmouth 46 21 9 16 65 51 +14 72
9 Ipswich Town 46 19 12 15 46 46 0 69
10 Gillingham 46 19 10 17 63 60 +3 67
11 Accrington Stanley 46 18 13 15 63 68 −5 67
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 18 12 16 56 61 −5 66
13 Milton Keynes Dons 46 18 11 17 64 62 +2 65
14 Doncaster Rovers 46 19 7 20 63 67 −4 64
15 Fleetwood Town 46 16 12 18 49 46 +3 60
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[41]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 18 13 15 63 68  −5 67 10 7 6 31 26  +5 8 6 9 32 42  −10

Last updated: 9 May 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

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Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHHAAHAAHHAAHHAHAHAAHAHHA
ResultWLLWWLWWWDWWWLWDWLLWDWDLDWDLDLWLLLWLDWLDLWDDDW
Position281796971110999710886910897889677787101013121313111211131212111311
Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[42]

September
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12 September 2020 1 Accrington Stanley 2–0 Peterborough United Accrington
15:00 BST Charles   46'
Sykes   58'
Uwakwe   85'		 Report Thompson   39'
Beevers   89'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Edwards
19 September 2020 2 Burton Albion 2–1 Accrington Stanley Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST Quinn   56'
Powell   72'
Brayford   87'
Garratt   90+4'		 Report Burgess   76'
Pritchard   83'
Allan   85'		 Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Josh Smith
26 September 2020 3 Accrington Stanley 1–4 Oxford United Accrington
15:00 BST Rodgers   44'
Hughes   55'
Cassidy   72' (pen.)
Charles   75'
Pritchard   90'		 Report Henry   45'
Pritchard   73' (o.g.)
Taylor   85', 87'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ross Joyce
October
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3 October 2020 4 AFC Wimbledon 1–2 Accrington Stanley Shepherd's Bush
15:00 BST Longman   18'
Woodyard   27'		 Report Sykes   41'
Butcher   45'
Cassidy   62'
Pritchard   90+4'		 Stadium: Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christopher Pollard
10 October 2020 5 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Rochdale Accrington
15:00 BST Pritchard   64'
Russell   66'		 Report Keohane   54' Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Scott Oldham
17 October 2020 6 Ipswich Town 2–0 Accrington Stanley Ipswich
15:00 BST Edwards   55'
Sears   71'
Chambers   81'		 Report Burgess   80' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Lewis
20 October 2020 7 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Fleetwood Town Accrington
19:00 BST Sykes   55'
Charles   73'		 Report Holgate   43' Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Darren Drysdale
November
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14 November 2020 8 Northampton Town 0–1 Accrington Stanley Northampton
15:00 GMT Report Russell   2'
Bishop   4'
Savin   62'		 Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Johnson
17 November 2020 9 Swindon Town 0–3 Accrington Stanley Swindon
19:00 GMT Grounds   73' Report Fryer   6' (o.g.)
Bishop   25'
Charles   38'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Nield
21 November 2020 10 Accrington Stanley 0–0 Lincoln City Accrington
15:00 GMT McConville 71 Report Johnson   57'
Eyoma   68'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Haines
24 November 2020 11 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Crewe Alexandra Accrington
19:00 GMT Russell   35'
Bishop   59'		 Report Pickering   58'
Dale   62'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
December
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2 December 2020 12 Shrewsbury Town 2-2 Accrington Stanley Shrewsbury
18:00 GMT Pierre   26'
Norburn   33'
Williams  38'
Walker   41'
Vela   57'
Whalley   86'		 Report Pritchard   24'
Hughes  84'
Cassidy  90+'		 Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Ben Speedie
5 December 2020 13 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Milton Keynes Dons Accrington
15:00 GMT Charles   8', 62'
Pritchard   43'		 Report Gladwin   20'
Kasumu   27'
Sorinola   49'
Morris   53'
Harvie   81'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antony Coggins
12 December 2020 14 Wigan Athletic 4–3 Accrington Stanley Wigan
15:00 GMT James   14'
Gardner   19'
Keane   32' (pen.)
Hughes   83' (o.g.)		 Report Conneely   45+3'
Pritchard   61'
Nottingham   65'
Hughes   81'
Burgess   86'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marc Edwards
15 December 2020 15 Gillingham 0–2 Accrington Stanley Gillingham
17:30 GMT O'Connor   73' Report Bishop   44'
Charles   64'
Butcher   90'		 Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Woolmer
19 December 2020 16 Accrington Stanley 0–0 Blackpool Accrington
15:00 GMT Report Dougall   55' Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Declan Bourne
January
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8 January 2021 17 Charlton Athletic 0–2 Accrington Stanley Charlton
19:45 GMT Morgan   52'
Maatsen   85'		 Report Bishop   36', 67'
Pritchard   83'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Purkiss
16 January 2021 18 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Gillingham Accrington
15:00 GMT Sykes   45'
Nottingham   62'		 Report Dempsey   45+1'
Jackson   80'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Darren Drysdale
19 January 2021 19 Hull City 3–0 Accrington Stanley Kingston upon Hull
17:30 GMT Wilks   37'
Whyte   55'
Honeyman   57'
Magennis   67' (pen.)
Jones   69'		 Report McConville   31'
Burgess   52'   66'		 Stadium: KCOM Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Nield
26 January 2021 20 Accrington Stanley 2–0 Hull City Accrington
17:30 GMT Charles   50'
Conneely   64'
Butcher   68'		 Report Elder   27'
Lewis-Potter   37'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Finnie
30 January 2021 21 Plymouth Argyle 2–2 Accrington Stanley Plymouth
15:00 GMT Jephcott   43'
Ennis   78'
Opoku   87'
Lewis   88'		 Report Pritchard   41'
Charles   46'
Barclay   63'
Butcher   74'		 Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Neil Hair
February
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2 February 2021 22 Accrington Stanley 6–1 Bristol Rovers Accrington
19:30 GMT Pritchard   7',   8'
Charles   12', 17', 70'
Bishop   28', 48'
McConville   44'		 Report Nicholson   11'
Williams   61'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Boyeson
6 February 2021 23 Accrington Stanley 0–0 Northampton Town Accrington
15:00 GMT Pritchard   71'   85'
Bishop   86'		 Report Jones   69'
McWilliams   86'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Wright
9 February 2021 24 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Plymouth Argyle Accrington
17:30 GMT Conneely   62' Report Ennis   51'
Opoku   70'
Fornah   74'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Nield
14 February 2021 25 Lincoln City 2–2 Accrington Stanley Lincoln
18:00 GMT Rogers   53'
McGrandles   80'
Grant   83'
Hopper   84'		 Report Charles   6', 90'
Barclay   14'		 Stadium: LNER Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Coy
16 February 2021 26 Doncaster Rovers 0–1 Accrington Stanley Doncaster
19:00 GMT Report Smyth   42'   79' Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Referee: Dean Whitestone
20 February 2021 27 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Accrington
15:00 GMT Barclay   14'
Conneely   45+1'   47'
Morgan   80'		 Report Main   56'
Whalley   77'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Young
23 February 2021 28 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Accrington Stanley Crewe
19:00 GMT Beckles   32'
Lowery   45+1'
Porter   79'		 Report Rodgers   50'
Hughes  70'		 Stadium: Alexandra Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Brett Huxtable
27 February 2021 29 Fleetwood Town 1–1 Accrington Stanley Fleetwood
15:00 GMT Burns   4',   24'
Camps   45+3'
Morris   79'
Connolly   79'		 Report Phillips   22'
Burgess   78'		 Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Allison
March
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2 March 2021 30 Accrington Stanley 1–2 Ipswich Town Accrington
19:00 GMT Charles   4',   48'
Conneely   16'
Burgess   45+6'
McConville   67'		 Report Norwood   17',   45+6'
Wilson   41',   79'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bobby Madley
6 March 2021 31 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Swindon Town Accrington
15:00 GMT Charles   11'
Hughes   31'
Bishop   44'
Butcher   45+2'
Burgess   59'		 Report Pitman   30' Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Clayton
9 March 2021 32 Bristol Rovers 4–1 Accrington Stanley Bristol
19:00 GMT Leahy   15'
Rodman   45+1'
Nicholson   67'
Westbrooke   68'
McCormick   78'		 Report Barclay   35'
Smyth   77'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Bell
13 March 2021 33 Milton Keynes Dons 3–2 Accrington Stanley Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT Jerome   6', 55'
O'Riley   90+1'		 Report Smyth   45'
Burgess   47'
Barclay   49'
Charles   57'
Surman   62' (o.g.)
Rodgers   67'
Morgan   80'		 Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dean Whitestone
17 March 2021 34 Accrington Stanley 0-2 Sunderland Accrington
19:00 GMT Nottingham   20'
Smyth   53'		 Report Gooch   20'
McGeady   58'
Stewart   62'
Wyke   86'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Busby
20 March 2021 35 Accrington Stanley 3–1 Wigan Athletic Accrington
15:00 GMT Burgess   3'
Nottingham   15'
Charles   61' (pen.)   89'
Morgan   63'		 Report Lang   1' Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Toner
27 March 2021 36 Peterborough United 7–0 Accrington Stanley Peterborough
15:00 GMT Clarke-Harris   3', 9', 65'
Szmodics   23', 48'
Eisa   77'
Kanu   82'		 Report Morgan   73'
Maguire   82'		 Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Purkiss
April
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2 April 2021 37 Accrington Stanley 0–0 Burton Albion Accrington
15:00 BST Report Mancienne   53' Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
5 April 2021 38 Oxford United 1–2 Accrington Stanley Oxford
15:00 BST Lee   25',   54'
Taylor   88'		 Report Smyth   16'
Butcher   58'
Nottingham   70'
Rodgers   87'		 Stadium: The Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ollie Yates
10 April 2021 39 Accrington Stanley 1–5 AFC Wimbledon Accrington
15:00 BST Nottingham   4'
Burgess   56'		 Report Palmer   21', 42'
Assal   45+1', 64',   65'
Pigott   57'
Heneghan   67'   90+2'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Oldham
13 April 2021 40 Blackpool 0–0 Accrington Stanley Blackpool
19:00 BST Ballard   90+4' Report Morgan   24'
Rodgers   75'
Burgess   85'
Bishop   88'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samuel Barrott
17 April 2021 41 Rochdale 3–1 Accrington Stanley Rochdale
12:30 BST Keohane   10'
McLaughlin   29'
Beesley   66',   90+5'
Shaughnessy   90+1'		 Report Barclay   13',   46'
Smyth   22'
Burgess   90'		 Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 0
Referee: Scott Oldham
20 April 2021 42 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Doncaster Rovers Accrington
19:00 BST Charles   41' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.) Report Balcombe   40'
John-Jules   76'
James   87'
Anderson   89'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
24 April 2021 43 Sunderland 3–3 Accrington Stanley Sunderland
15:00 BST Wyke   6', 11'
Winchester   43'
Leadbitter   62'
Power   83'		 Report Bishop   51'
O'Nien   68' (o.g.)
Nottingham   80'
McConville   85'
Smyth   87'		 Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 0
Referee: Darren Drysdale
27 April 2021 44 Accrington Stanley 3–3 Portsmouth Accrington
19:00 BST Bishop   15'
Burgess   43'
Barclay   90+3'
Conneely   90+4'
Marquis   90+5' (o.g.)		 Report Marquis   49', 90+1'
Williams   54'
Curtis   84'
Cannon   86'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bobby Madley
May
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1 May 2021 45 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Charlton Athletic Accrington
15:00 BST Russell   63'
McConville   73'
Pritchard   81'
Rodgers   90+5'		 Report Forster-Caskey   70'
Inniss   89'
Aneke   90+5'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Young
9 May 2021 46 Portsmouth 0–1 Accrington Stanley Milton
12:00 BST Harness   18'
Downing   28'
Byers   64'
White   66'		 Report Phillips   23'
Rodgers   62'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Purkiss

FA Cup

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Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[43]

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 November 2020 First round Tranmere Rovers 2–1 Accrington Stanley Birkenhead
15:00 GMT Blackett-Taylor   13'
Clarke   84'		 Report Bishop   24'
Butcher   64'
Burgess   88'		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Graham Salisbury

EFL Cup

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Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[44]

4 September 2020 First round Burton Albion 1–1
(4–2 p)		 Accrington Stanley Burton upon Trent
19:30 BST Akins   32'
Eardley   81'		 Report Burgess   82' Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Haines
Penalties
Akins  
Hemmings  
Quinn  
Eardley  		 Pritchard  
Butcher  
Sangare  
Charles  

EFL Trophy

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Main article: 2020–21 EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[45] The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's.[46] The third round was made on 10 December 2020 by Jon Parkin.[47]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Accrington Stanley 3 2 1 0 0 9 1 +8 8 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Blackpool 3 1 1 1 0 4 1 +3 6
3 L2 Barrow 3 0 1 1 1 2 3 −1 3
4 ACA Leeds United U21 3 0 0 1 2 2 12 −10 1
Source: EFL.com
8 September 2020 Group stage Accrington Stanley 7–0 Leeds United U21 Accrington
19:00 BST Uwakwe   5', 22', 72'
Burgess   14'
Charles   30'
Cassidy   38', 55'		 Report Moore   13'
Leverett   52'
Dean   75'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Toner
6 October 2020 Group stage Accrington Stanley 1–1
(4–3 p)		 Blackpool Accrington
19:00 BST Bishop   79' Report Anderson   10' Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Speedie
Penalties
Bishop  
Charles  
Sykes  
Pritchard  
Scully  		 Yates  
Robson  
Anderson  
Ward  
Kemp  
10 November 2020 Group stage Barrow 0–1 Accrington Stanley Barrow-in-Furness
19:00 GMT Quigley   11'
Taylor   60'
Ntlhe   62'		 Report Mansell   4'
Barclay   7'
Burgess   79'
Scully   88'		 Stadium: Furness Building Society Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Bell
8 December 2020 Second round Accrington Stanley 3–2 Manchester United U21 Accrington
19:00 GMT Burgess   8'   53'
Pritchard   67', 85'
McConville   84'		 Report Pellistri   39'
Elanga   61'
Mejbri   82'		 Stadium: Wham Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thomas Bramall
12 January 2021 Third round Lincoln City 4–0 Accrington Stanley Lincoln
19:00 GMT Elbouzedi   32'
Gotts   53'
Johnson   62'
Grant   90+2'		 Report Mohammed   64'
Barclay   77'		 Stadium: LNER Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Sarginson

Statistics

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As of match played 9 May 2021
No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ENG Nathan Baxter 22 0 19+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF   ENG Callum Johnson 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   SKN Michael Nottingham 43 4 41+1 4 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF   ENG Mark Hughes 41 0 36+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
4 DF   AUS Cameron Burgess 50 6 42+2 3 1+0 0 1+0 1 4+0 2
5 DF   ENG Ross Sykes 14 1 9+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
6 MF   ENG Matt Butcher 49 2 39+3 2 1+0 0 1+0 0 4+1 0
7 FW   ENG Tom Allan 8 0 1+3 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
7 FW   NIR Paul Smyth 21 3 16+5 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF   ENG Jon Russell 25 1 13+11 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   IRL Ryan Cassidy 17 5 5+6 3 0+1 0 1+0 0 4+0 2
10 MF   ENG Joe Pritchard 33 10 25+2 8 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+2 2
11 MF   ENG Sean McConville 32 1 27+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
12 DF   ENG Joe Maguire 7 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
14 MF   ENG Tariq Uwakwe 21 4 12+3 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 4+1 3
15 MF   LBR Mo Sangare 4 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
16 DF   ENG Ben Barclay 31 1 23+3 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
18 DF   ENG Harvey Rodgers 30 0 28+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
19 FW   ENG Colby Bishop 45 12 38+3 10 1+0 1 0+0 0 1+2 1
20 MF   ENG Tom Scully 6 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
21 MF   ENG Harry Perritt 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
23 DF   ENG Jack Bolton 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
24 DF   GER Stephen Sama 8 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+1 0
25 MF   ENG Rhys Fenlon 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
26 FW   ENG Lewis Mansell 4 1 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
28 MF   IRL Seamus Conneely 42 1 38+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
32 FW   NIR Dion Charles 49 20 42+0 19 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+3 1
33 DF   ENG Zehn Mohammed 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
34 FW   ENG Kevin Spinelli 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
35 FW   ENG Gary Roberts 2 1 0+2 0 0+0 0 0 0+0 0 1+0
36 MF   ENG Adam Phillips 21 0 12+9 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF   NIR David Morgan 16 0 9+7 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK   ENG Toby Savin 34 0 29+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0

Goals record

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As of match played 9 May 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1 32   CF Dion Charles 19 0 0 1 20
2 19   CF Colby Bishop 10 1 0 1 12
3 10   CM Joe Pritchard 8 0 0 2 10
4 4   CB Cameron Burgess 3 0 1 2 6
5 9   CF Ryan Cassidy 3 0 0 2 5
6 2   RB Michael Nottingham 4 0 0 0 4
14   CM Tariq Uwakwe 1 0 0 3 4
8 7   CF Paul Smyth 3 0 0 0 3
9 6   DM Matt Butcher 2 0 0 0 2
8   CM Jon Russell 2 0 0 0 2
11 5   CB Ross Sykes 1 0 0 0 1
11   LM Sean McConville 1 0 0 0 1
16   CB Ben Barclay 1 0 0 0 1
26   CF Lewis Mansell 0 0 0 1 1
28   CM Seamus Conneely 1 0 0 0 1
Own Goals 4 0 0 0 4
Total 62 1 1 12 76

Disciplinary record

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As of match played 9 May 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
                                       
1 4   CB Cameron Burgess 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 1 0
2 16   CB Ben Barclay 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 0
3 10   CM Joe Pritchard 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
4 3   CB Mark Hughes 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
11   LM Sean McConville 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 1
18   RB Harvey Rodgers 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
28   CM Seamus Conneely 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
8 7   SS Paul Smyth 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
6   DM Matt Butcher 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
37   CM David Morgan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
10 2   RB Michael Nottingham 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
5   CB Ross Sykes 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
32   CF Dion Charles 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
14 8   CM Jon Russell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
19   CF Colby Bishop 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
16 7   RW Tom Allan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
9   CF Ryan Cassidy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
12   LB Joe Maguire 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
20   DM Tom Scully 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
33   RB Zehn Mohammed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
40   GK Toby Savin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 71 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 82 2 4

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