2014–15 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

Accrington Stanley F.C.
2014–15 season
Manager James Beattie
(until 12 September)
Paul Stephenson (caretaker)
John Coleman
(from 18 September)
League Cup 1st round
(knocked out by Leeds United)
Football League Trophy 1st round
(knocked out by Carlisle United)

The 2014–15 season is Accrington Stanley's ninth consecutive season in the Football League and League Two.

Match details

Pre-season friendlies

19 July 2014 Nelson 1–2 Accrington Stanley Little Wembley, Lancashire
15:00 BST Peet 11' Report Hatfield 32', 37'
23 July 2014 Accrington Stanley 2–2 Blackburn Rovers Crown Ground, Accrington
19:45 BST Mingoia 20'
Gray 55' 		Report Dunn 43'
Cairney 61'
26 July 2014 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Burnley Crown Ground, Accrington
15:00 BST Report Gilchrist 71' Attendance: 3,145 (1,539 from Burnley)
29 July 2014 Altrincham 1–1 Accrington Stanley Moss Lane, Altrincham
19:45 BST Crowther 51' Report Naismith 22' Attendance: 261

League Two

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
15 AFC Wimbledon 46 14 16 16 54 60 −6 58
16 Portsmouth 46 14 15 17 52 54 −2 57
17 Accrington Stanley 46 15 11 20 58 77 −19 56
18 York City 46 11 19 16 46 51 −5 52
19 Cambridge United 46 13 12 21 61 66 −5 51
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results by round

Round 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 A H H A A H A H A H A H A H H A H A A A A H H A H A H H A H H A A H H A H A A H A H
Result L L L D L W W L W W W L L W D W L W L W D L W L L L L L W W D W L L D L D D L D W D D D L W
Position 16 19 24 23 24 21 21 20 17 16 11 16 18 14 15 9 15 12 12 11 11 13 13 14 15 15 16 19 15 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 17 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2015. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.

9 August 2014 1 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Southend United Crown Ground, Accrington
15:00 ASFC Report
BBC Report 		Barnard 85' (pen.) Attendance: 1,505
Referee: Andy Haines
16 August 2014 2 Cheltenham Town 2–1 Accrington Stanley Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
16:00 Byron Harrison 34'
Koby Arthur 84' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Kal Naismith 77' Attendance: 2,340
Referee: Kevin Johnson
19 August 2014 3 Shrewsbury Town 4–0 Accrington Stanley Greenhous Meadow, Shrewsbury
19:45 Mangan 7', 65'
Akpa Akpro 44' (pen.)
Goldson 45+1' 		ASFC Report
BBC Report 		Simpson Red card 43' Attendance: 4,298
Referee: Chris Sarginson
23 August 2014 4 Accrington Stanley 2–2 Luton Town Crown Ground, Accrington
15:00 Gray 9'
Joyce 16' 		ASFC Report
BBC Report 		Rooney 32'
Howells 42' 		Attendance: 1,562
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
30 August 2014 5 Bury 2–1 Accrington Stanley Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 Rose 35'
Mayor 62'
McNulty Red card 70' 		ASFC Report
BBC Report 		Naismith 19' Attendance: 3,381
Referee: Kevin Wright
6 September 2014 6 Accrington Stanley 3–2 Tranmere Rovers Crown Ground, Accrington
15:00 Hunt Yellow card 4'
Gray 8' (pen.) 78'
Naismith 82'Yellow card 84' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Bell-Baggie 46' 67'
Stockton Yellow card 65' 		Attendance: 2,151
Referee: Darren Drysdale
13 September 2014 7 Accrington Stanley 1–0 AFC Wimbledon Crown Ground, Accrington
15:00 Gray 83' ASFC Report
BBC Report 		Attendance: 1,238
Referee: Peter Bankes
16 September 2014 8 Oxford United 3–1 Accrington Stanley Kassam Stadium, Oxford
19:45 Hylton 15'
Collins 36'
Barnett 71' 		ASFC Report
BBC Report 		Carver 17'
Gray Red card 38' 		Attendance: 4,111
Referee: Charles Breakspear
20 September 2014 9 Northampton Town 4–5 Accrington Stanley Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00 Richards 26'
Toney 78', 89'
Carter 90+4' 		ASFC Report
BBC Report 		Atkinson 22', 37'
O'Sullivan 28', 75'
Maguire 84' 		Attendance: 4,731
Referee: Carl Boyeson
27 September 2014 10 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Plymouth Argyle Crown Ground, Accrington
15:00 Naismith 13'
O'Sullivan Yellow card 64' 		ASFC Report
BBC Report 		Purrington Yellow card 55' Attendance: 1,511
Referee: Niger Miller
4 October 2014 11 Mansfield Town 0–1 Accrington Stanley Field Mill, Mansfield
15:00 Beevers Yellow card 45+2'
Murray Red card 82' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Joyce 10' (pen.) Attendance: 2,699
Referee: Scott Mathieson
11 October 2014 12 Accrington Stanley 1–2 Dagenham & Redbridge Crown Ground, Accrington
15:00 Maguire 39'
Molyneux Yellow card 60' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Connors Yellow card 48'
Yussuf 57'
Batt Yellow card 61' 64' 		Attendance: 1,412
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
18 October 2014 13 Stevenage 2–1 Accrington Stanley The Lamex Stadium, Stevenage
15:00 Whelpdale 1'
Beardsley Yellow card 45+1'
Lee 48' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Molyneux 19' Attendance: 2,398
Referee: Graham Scott
21 October 2014 14 Accrington Stanley 3–1 Hartlepool United Crown Ground, Accrington
19:45 McCartan 19', 78'
Atkinson 45+2'
Aldred Yellow card 80'
Carver Yellow card 90' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Bates 42'
Harrison Yellow card 45+4' 		Attendance: 947
Referee: Andy Madley
25 October 2014 15 Newport County 1–1 Accrington Stanley Rodney Parade, Newport
15:00 Obeng Yellow card 43'
Pigott 72' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Maguire 62' Attendance: 3,254
Referee: Mark Haywood
31 October 2014 16 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Morecambe Crown Ground, Accrington
19:45 Joyce 5' (pen.)
McCartan 11'
Aldred Yellow card 90+6' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Hughes Yellow card 40'
Mullin 51'
Beeley Yellow card 58'
Wilson Yellow card 67' 		Attendance: 1,710
Referee: Steve Martin
15 November 2014 17 Carlisle United 1–0 Accrington Stanley Brunton Park, Carlisle
15:00 Asamoah 21'
Grainger Yellow card 83'
Amoo Yellow card 90+1' 		ACFC Report]
BBC Report 		Attendance: 4,069
Referee: Tony Harrington
22 November 2014 18 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Cambridge United Crown Ground, Accrington
15:00 Mingoia 34', 72' ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Tait Yellow card 41'
Nelson 90' 		Attendance: 1,364
Referee: Richard Clark
28 November 2014 19 Accrington Stanley 2–3 Exeter City Crown Ground, Accrington
19:00 O'Sullivan 65'
McCartan 73' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Grimes Yellow card 13' 69'
Sercombe 45+3'
Nichols 49' 		Attendance: 1,443
Referee: Andy Haines
13 December 2014 20 Portsmouth 2–3 Accrington Stanley Fratton Park, Portsmouth
15:00 Bean 17' Yellow card 70'
Westcarr 31'
Fish Yellow card 37' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Atkinson 11'
O'Sullivan 15'
Winnard Yellow card 44'
Joyce Yellow card 45+1'
Mingoia 78'
Hunt Yellow card 82' 		Referee: Keith Hill
20 December 2014 21 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Wycombe Wanderers Crown Ground, Accrington
15:00 Joyce Yellow card 15'
Winnard Yellow card 20'
Hunt Yellow card 33'
Maguire 49'
O'Sullivan Yellow card 60' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Cowan-Hall 9'
Jacobson Yellow card 48'
Pierre Yellow card 53'
Scowen Yellow card 90+3' 		Attendance: 1,325
Referee: Lee Probert
26 December 2014 22 York City 1–0 Accrington Stanley Bootham Crescent, York
15:00 Lowe 35'
Halliday Red card 61'
Morris Yellow card 90+7' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Molyneux Yellow card 90+6' Attendance: 3,873
Referee: Darren Bond
3 January 2015 23 Exeter City 1–2 Accrington Stanley St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Nichols 35' ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Aldred Yellow card 37' 90+2'
Hunt Yellow card 45'
McCartan 67'
Joyce Yellow card 76'
Molyneux Yellow card 78' 		Attendance: 3,626
Referee: Trevor Kettle
17 January 2015 24 Tranmere Rovers 3–0 Accrington Stanley Prenton Park, Birkenhead
15:00 Donnelly 12' 57'
Fenelon 23' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Aldred Yellow card 27' Attendance: 4,872
Referee: Gary Sutton
24 January 2015 25 AFC Wimbledon 2–1 Accrington Stanley Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames
15:00 Rigg 37'
Azeez 78' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Buxton 88' Attendance: 3,859
Referee: Darren England
27 January 2015 26 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Bury Crown Ground, Accrington
19:45 Atkinson Yellow card 80' ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Cameron Yellow card 68' 81'
El-Abd Yellow card 70' 		Attendance: 2,067
Referee: Tony Harrington
31 January 2015 27 Accrington Stanley 1–5 Northampton Town Crown Ground, Accrington
15:00 Procter Yellow card 19'
Mingoia 40' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Holmes 5'
Richards 32' (pen.) 67'
Cresswell Red card 38'
D'Ath 65' 80' 		Attendance: 1,328
Referee: David Webb
7 February 2015 28 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Accrington Stanley Home Park, Plymouth
15:00 Alessandra 42'
Lee Yellow card 69' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Atkinson Yellow card 52'
Maguire Yellow card 90+4' 		Attendance: 6,005
Referee: Brendan Malone
10 February 2015 29 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Oxford United Crown Ground, Accrington
19:45 Joyce Yellow card 32'
Winnard Yellow card 81'
Gornell 90+1' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Hoban Yellow card 87' Attendance: 1,065
Referee: Mark Haywood
14 February 2015 30 Southend United 1–2 Accrington Stanley Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
15:00 Corr 72'
Timlin Yellow card 75' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Procter Yellow card 41'
Mingoia 53' Yellow card 66'
Davies Yellow card 65'
Gornell 71'
Winnard Yellow card 88' 		Attendance: 5,241
Referee: Mick Russell
20 February 2015 31 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Cheltenham Town Crown Ground, Accrington
19:45 Conneely Yellow card 33'
McCartan 59' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Burns 31'
Brown Yellow card 64' 		Attendance: 1,216
Referee: Oliver Langford
24 February 2015 32 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Burton Albion Crown Ground, Accrington
19:45 Windass 23'
Procter Yellow card 49'
Atkinson Yellow card 84' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Attendance: 919
Referee: Mark Brown
28 February 2015 33 Luton Town 2–0 Accrington Stanley Kenilworth Road, Luton
15:00 Stockley 41'
Franks Yellow card 45+3'
Guttridge 60'
Elliot Lee Yellow card 71' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Atkinson Yellow card 48'
Windass Yellow card 85'
Crooks Yellow card 88' 		Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Lee Collins
3 March 2015 34 Accrington Stanley 1–2 Shrewsbury Town Crown Ground, Accrington
19:45 Barry Yellow card 10'
Procter Yellow card 30'
Windass 38' (pen.) 		ACFC Report
Report 		Grant 11' 87' Attendance: 1,137
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
7 March 2015 35 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Portsmouth Crown Ground, Accrington
15:00 Windass 16'
Atkinson Yellow card 41'
Barry Red card 53' 		ACFC Report
Report 		Taylor 20'
Robinson Yellow card 57' 		Attendance: 1,994
Referee: Rob Lewis
14 March 2015 36 Burton Albion 3–0 Accrington Stanley Pirelli Stadium, Burton-upon-Trent
15:00 McCory 27' (pen.)
Edwards Yellow card 73'
Beavon 74'
Palmer 85' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Atkinson Yellow card 27' Attendance: 3,293
Referee: Carl Boyeson
17 March 2015 37 Wycombe Wanderers 2–2 Accrington Stanley Adams Park, High Wycombe
19:45 Wood 30'
Mawson 70' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Winnard Yellow card 37'
Gornell 45+1'
Mingoia 61' 		Attendance: 2,621
Referee: Steve Martin
21 March 2015 38 Accrington Stanley 2–2 York City Crown Ground, Accrington
15:00 Joyce Yellow card 41'
Maguire 69'
Windass 90' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Halliday Yellow card 19'
Summerfield 63'
Hyde 76' 		Attendance: 1,454
Referee: Graham Horwood
27 March 2015 39 Accrington Stanley 0–2 Newport County Crown Ground, Accrington
19:45 Joyce Yellow card 45+1'
Winnard Yellow card 90' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Storey Yellow card 19'
Tutonda Yellow card 51'
Davies 66' (o.g.)
Jeffers 90+5' 		Attendance: 1,111
Referee: Kevin Wright
3 April 2015 40 Morecambe 1–1 Accrington Stanley Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00 Ellison 25'
Edwards Yellow card 53' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Jones 28'
Gornell Red card 41'
Crooks Yellow card 83' 		Attendance: 1,982
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
6 April 2015 41 Accrington Stanley 3–1 Carlisle United Crown Ground, Accrington
15:00 Mingoia 25'
Windass 62'
Conneely 65' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Dempsey Yellow card 38' 90+3' Attendance: 2,274
Referee: Michael Bull
11 April 2015 42 Cambridge United 2–2 Accrington Stanley Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
15:00 Elliott 8'
Bird 79' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Mingoia 39'
Buxton Yellow card 45'
Conneely 90+1'
Hunt Yellow card 90+4' 		Attendance: 5,569
Referee: Chris Sarginson
14 April 2015 43 Hartlepool United 1–1 Accrington Stanley Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45 Harrison Yellow card 43'
Hawkins Yellow card 45+1'
Hugill Yellow card 52'
Fenwick Yellow card 61'
Harewood 80' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Windass 38'
Bruna Yellow card 38'
Buxton Yellow card 59'
Jones Yellow card 62'
McCartan Yellow card 80' 		Attendance: 4,159
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
18 April 2015 44 Accrington Stanley 2–2 Stevenage Crown Ground, Accrington
15:00 Hunt Red card 2'
Maguire 15' 40' Yellow card 68'
Jones Yellow card 19'
Conneely Yellow card 85' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Walton 19' (pen.)
Beardsley 89' 		Attendance: 1,351
Referee: Scott Mathieson
25 April 2015 45 Dagenham & Redbridge 4–0 Accrington Stanley Victoria Road, Dagenham
15:00 Partridge 20'
Cureton 47'
Raymond 67'
Connors Yellow card 82'
Gayle Yellow card 87'
Jones 90' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		Davies Yellow card 19' Attendance: 2,038
Referee: Tim Robinson
2 May 2015 46 Accrington Stanley 2–1 Mansfield Town Crown Ground, Accrington
15:00 Conneely 47'
Gornell 71'
Joyce Yellow card 84' 		ACFC Report
BBC Report 		McGuire 39'
Marsden Yellow card 75'
Oliver Yellow card 80'
Lambe Yellow card 90+3' 		Attendance: 1,921
Referee: Chris Foy

FA Cup

Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup

The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.

9 November 2014 Round One Notts County 0–0 Accrington Stanley Meadow Lane, Nottingham
15:00 Adams Yellow card 62' Report Joyce Yellow card 56'
Aldred Yellow card 60'
Procter Yellow card 65'
Atkinson Yellow card 80' 		Attendance: 3,661
Referee: Darren Bond
18 November 2014 Replay Accrington Stanley 2–1 Notts County Crown Ground, Accrington
19:45 Aldred Yellow card 11'
Atkinson Yellow card 40'
Joyce 45'
Carver 49'
Procter Yellow card 59' 		Report Murray 12'
Cranston Yellow card 56'
Carroll Yellow card 83' 		Attendance: 1,026
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
6 December 2014 Round Two Accrington Stanley 1–1 Yeovil Town Crown Ground, Accrington
15:00 Joyce Yellow card 39'
Mingoia Yellow card 40'
Crooks Yellow card 55'
Aldred 64' Yellow card 88' 		Report Clarke 30'
Berrett Yellow card 74' 		Attendance: 1,440
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
16 December 2014 Round Two Replay Yeovil Town 2-0 Accrington Stanley Huish Park, Yeovil
19:45 Gillett 84'
Moore 88' 		Report Attendance: 6,373
Referee: James Linington

League Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Accrington Stanley were drawn away to Leeds United.

12 August 2014 Round One Leeds United 2–1 Accrington Stanley Elland Road, Leeds
19:45 Doukara 20', 37' Report Gray 84' Attendance: 13,407
Referee: Richard Clark

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Trophy
2 September 2014 Round One Accrington Stanley 1–3 Carlisle United Crown Ground, Accrington
19:45 Carver 21' Report Sweeney 24', 49'
Paynter 70' 		Attendance: 818
Referee: Lee Collins

Transfers

In

Date Name From Fee Ref
20 July 2014 Adam Buxton Wigan Athletic Free
4 August 2014 Luke Simpson Oldham Athletic Free
5 August 2014 Connor Martin Rochdale Free
8 August 2014 Jay Lynch Bolton Wanderers Free
11 August 2014 Jordan Mustoe Wigan Athletic Free
1 September 2014 Andrew Procter Bury Free
7 November 2014 Craig Roddan Liverpool Free
1 January 2015 Seamus Conneely Sligo Rovers Free
2 February 2015 Terry Gornell Cheltenham Town Free
2 February 2015 Gerardo Bruna Whitehawk Free
24 February 2015 Matt Crooks Huddersfield Town Free
17 March 2015 Danny Whitehead West Ham United Free
26 March 2015 Tony Warner Blackpool Free

Out

Date Name To Fee Ref
10 May 2014 Luke Clark Witton Albion Released
10 May 2014 George Miller Gloucester City Released
10 May 2014 Danny Webber Salford City Released
10 May 2014 Laurence Wilson Morecambe Released
20 June 2014 Peter Murphy Wycombe Wanderers Free
5 July 2014 Ian Dunbavin Free
15 January 2015 Will Hatfield FC Halifax Town Free
2 February 2015 Tom Aldred Blackpool Undisclosed
April 1, 2015 Andrew Dawber Fulham Free

Loans in

Start date Name From End date Ref
10 August 2014 James Alabi Stoke City 7 September 2014
23 August 2014 Joe Lumley Queens Park Rangers 20 September 2014
19 September 2014 John O'Sullivan Blackburn Rovers 15 December 2014
19 September 2014 Sean Maguire West Ham United 18 October 2014
23 September 2014 Aaron Chapman Chesterfield 19 November 2014
3 October 2014 Lee Molyneux Crewe Alexandra 4 January 2015
8 October 2014 Anthony Barry Forest Green Rovers 9 January 2015
17 October 2014 Jesse Joronen Fulham 14 November 2014
20 November 2014 Matt Crooks Huddersfield Town 3 January 2015
8 January 2015 Matt Macey Arsenal 7 February 2015
24 January 2015 Sean Maguire West Ham United 3 May 2015
2 February 2015 Scott Davies Fleetwood Town 3 May 2015
6 March 2015 Jason Gilchrist Burnley 3 May 2015
12 March 2015 Lloyd Jones Liverpool 4 November 2015
26 March 2015 Ryan Jennings Wigan Athletic 30 June 2015

Loans out

Start date Name To End date Ref
23 October 2014 Liam Goulding Belper Town 14 January 2015
27 October 2014 George Bowerman Stourbridge 3 January 2015
27 November 2014 Will Hatfield FC Halifax Town 4 January 2015
14 January 2015 Liam Goulding Witton Albion 11 February 2015
31 January 2015 Tom Aldred Blackpool 2 February 2015
12 February 2015 James Gray Southport 13 February 2015
6 March 2015 James Gray Northampton Town 3 May 2015