2009–10 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

Accrington Stanley
Chairman	David O'Neill
Manager	John Coleman
League Two	15th
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Second Round
Football League Trophy	North Semi Final
Top goalscorer	League: Robert Grant (14) All: Robert Grant & Michael Symes (17)

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.

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 Football League Trophy 2009-10 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)

Fixtures & Results

Pre-Season

11 July 2009	Maidstone United	0 - 2	Accrington Stanley	The Homelands, Ashford
15:00		Report	Cavanagh 21' Miles 85'	Attendance: 213 Referee: Ian Crouch

14 July 2009	Burscough	1 - 1	Accrington Stanley	Victoria Park, Burscough
19:30	Williams 62'	Report	Grant 36'

18 July 2009	F.C. Halifax Town	1 - 3	Accrington Stanley	The Shay, Halifax
15:00	Dean 12'	Report	King 16' Grant 61' 84'	Attendance: 600+

21 July 2009	Radcliffe Borough	0 - 5	Accrington Stanley	Stainton Park, Radcliffe
19:30		Report	King Joyce Kee

28 July 2009	Accrington Stanley	2 - 2	Burnley	Crown Ground, Accrington
19:30	Miles 39' McConville 67'	Report	Blake 83' Thompson 90'	Attendance: 2,672 Referee: J Moss

31 July 2009	Accrington Stanley	0 - 3	Blackburn Rovers	Crown Ground, Accrington
19:30		Report	Gallagher 10' 42' 52'	Attendance: 618

League Two

8 August 2009	Rotherham United	1 - 0	Accrington Stanley	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
15:00	Warne 89'	Report	Martin 79' (Time wasting)	Attendance: 10,254 Referee: Danny McDermid

15 August 2009	Accrington Stanley	1 - 0	Lincoln City	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
15:00	Kempson 51'	Report	Hughton 17' (Unsporting behaviour) Howe 32' (Unsporting behaviour) Heath 36' Kerr 49' Kovács 62' Hutchinson 90+5' (Unsporting behaviour)	Attendance: 1,498 Referee: Langford

18 August 2009	Accrington Stanley	0 - 3	Northampton Town	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
19:45	Joyce 83' (Unsporting behaviour) Ryan	Report	Guinan 3' Akinfenwa 18' (pen.) McKay 78'	Attendance: 1,561 Referee: Bratt

22 August 2009	Aldershot	3 - 1	Accrington Stanley	EBB Stadium, Aldershot
15:00	Donnelly 8' 90+1' Morgan 22' Harding 45+2' Winfield 84'	Report	Mullin 45' Edwards 48' Procter 60'	Attendance: 2,276 Referee: Jarnail Singh

29 August 2009	Accrington Stanley	1 - 3	Shrewsbury	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
15:00	Symes 67'	Report	Leslie 18' (pen.) Elder 38' Holden 42' Langmead 50' Hibbert 82'	Attendance: 1,447 Referee: Moss

5 September 2009	Bury	0 - 2	Accrington Stanley	Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00		Report	Grant 83' 85'	Attendance: 3,082 Referee: Graham Salisbury

11 September 2009	Accrington Stanley	2 - 1	Darlington	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
19:45	Procter 21' Kee 83'	Report	Gall 59'	Attendance: 3,228 Referee: Andy Penn

19 September 2009	Hereford United	2 - 0	Accrington Stanley	Edgar Street, Hereford
15:00	C. King 6' Valentine 67'	Report	Kempson 16' Lees 24'	Attendance: 2,013 Referee: Steve Rushton

25 September 2009	Accrington Stanley	5 - 3	Crewe Alexandra	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
19:45	R. Grant 3' 49' Symes 5' 77' Procter 68'	Report	J. Grant 43' 82' L. Murphy 90+3'	Attendance: 2,764 Referee: Steve Whitestone

29 September 2009	Port Vale	2 - 2	Accrington Stanley	Vale Park, Burslem
15:00	Dodds 5' Fraser 86'	Report	Winnard 37' Edwards 82' (pen.) Procter 90'	Attendance: 4,326 Referee: Darren Sheldrake

3 October 2009	Chesterfield	1 - 0	Accrington Stanley	Saltergate, Chesterfield
15:00	Page 26' McDermott 30' Small 90+2' 90+3'	Report	Kee 51' Symes 83' Dunbavin 88'	Attendance: 3,104 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

10 October 2009	Accrington Stanley	4 - 0	Cheltenham Town	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
15:00	Turner 54' Edwards 59' Grant 62' 68' Joyce 64'	Report	Low 77'	Attendance: 1,843 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

17 October 2009	Accrington Stanley	0 - 1	Bournemouth	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
15:00	Symes 8' Winnard 75'	Report	Feeney 30' Pearce 72' Hollands 76'	Attendance: 1,858 Referee: Michael Oliver

24 October 2009	Rochdale	1 - 2	Accrington Stanley	Spotland, Rochdale
15:00	Dagnall 90+1'	Report	Edwards 39' Kempson 43' Grant 45' Symes 54' 70'	Attendance: 3,206 Referee: Russell Booth

30 October 2009	Grimsby Town	2 - 2	Accrington Stanley	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
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.)	Attendance: 4,325 Referee: Howard Webb

14 November 2009	Accrington Stanley	0 - 1	Dagenham & Redbridge	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
		Report	Arber 39'	Attendance: 1,538

21 November 2009	Bradford City	1 - 1	Accrington Stanley	Valley Parade, Bradford
	Edwards 21' (o.g.)	Report	Symes 56'	Attendance: 11,176 Referee: S Cook

1 December 2009	Burton Albion	0 - 2	Accrington Stanley	Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
		Report	Kee 45+1' Symes 76'	Attendance: 2,027 Referee: Paul Taylor

5 December 2009	Accrington Stanley	4 - 2	Torquay United	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
	Edwards 39' (pen.) Procter 40' Joyce 56' Grant 70'	Report	Wroe 10' (pen.) Zebroski 82'	Attendance: 1,351 Referee: A Woolmer

12 December 2009	Notts County	1 - 2	Accrington Stanley	Meadow Lane, Nottingham
	Hughes 82' (pen.)	Report	Symes 60' Ryan 74'	Attendance: 5,855 Referee: M Haywood

26 December 2009	Morecambe	1 - 2	Accrington Stanley	Christie Park, Morecambe
	Hunter 68'	Report	Edwards 56', 62' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,478 Referee: C Webster

28 December 2009	Accrington Stanley	2 - 4	Bury	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
	Symes 14' McConville 69'	Report	Jones 53' Morrell 55', 75' Lowe 90+3'	Attendance: 3,138 Referee: D Webb

26 January 2010	Accrington Stanley	2 - 1	Aldershot Town	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
	Procter 30' Kee 75'	Report	Sandell 58' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,279 Referee: Anthony Taylor

30 January 2010	Shrewsbury	0 - 1	Accrington Stanley	Prostar Stadium, Shrewsbury
		Report	Grant 26' Procter 30', 84'	Attendance: 5,139 Referee: P Miller

6 February 2010	Accrington Stanley	2 - 1	Morecambe	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
	Grant 29', 62' Ryan 83'	Report	Artell 17', 54'	Attendance: 2,372 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

9 February 2010	Northampton Town	4 - 0	Accrington Stanley	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
	Akinfenwa 10' McKay 57', 61' Guttridge 66'	Report		Attendance: 3,206 Referee: James Linington

13 February 2010	Macclesfield	0 - 0	Accrington Stanley	Moss Rose, Macclesfield
		Report		Attendance: 1,729 Referee: Peter Quinn

16 February 2010	Lincoln City	2 - 1	Accrington Stanley	Sincil Bank, Lincolnshire
	Lennnon 83' Kempson 90+1' (o.g.)	Report	Grant 30'	Attendance: 2,779 Referee: Shoebridge

20 February 2010	Accrington Stanley	2 - 0	Bradford City	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
	Miles 54', 86'	Report		Attendance: 3,396 Referee: Kettle

27 February 2010	Torquay United	2 - 1	Accrington Stanley	Plainmoor, Torquay
	Mansell 50' Kempson 90+5' (o.g.)	Report	Symes 69'	Attendance: 2,503 Referee: Hooper

6 March 2010	Accrington Stanley	0 - 3	Notts County	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
		Report	Davies 29' Hughes 48' Rodgers 55'	Attendance: 2,123 Referee: Hall

9 March 2010	Accrington Stanley	1 - 1	Macclesfield	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
	Kee 65'	Report	Tipton 78' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,210 Referee: Haines

13 March 2010	Barnet	1 - 2	Accrington Stanley	Underhill Stadium, London
	O'Flynn 32' (pen.) Kamdjo 80'	Report	Edwards 59' Kee 84' Dunbavin 20'	Attendance: 1,559 Referee: Cook

16 March 2010	Accrington Stanley	2 - 1	Rotherham United	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
	Symes 18' Ryan 79'	Report	Josh Walker 56'	Attendance: 1,440 Referee: Sutton

20 March 2010	Accrington Stanley	2 - 4	Rochdale	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
	Symes 61' 74' Miles 65'	Report	Jones 67', 72' O'Grady 83' Higginbotham 90+5' Taylor 75'	Attendance: 3,025 Referee: Salisbury

23 March 2010	Accrington Stanley	0 - 2	Burton Albion	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
		Report	Harrad 27' Pearson 79'	Attendance: 1,270 Referee: Russell Booth

27 March 2010	Bournemouth	2 - 0	Accrington Stanley	Dean Court, Bournemouth
	Feeney 18' Pitman 79'	Report		Attendance: 5,413 Referee: Scott

3 April 2010	Dagenham & Redbridge	3 - 1	Accrington Stanley	Victoria Road, Dagenham
	Benson 7' Gain 41' Green 53'	Report	Grant 5'	Attendance: 2,031 Referee: Ward

5 April 2010	Accrington Stanley	2 - 3	Grimsby Town	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
	Kee 38' Symes 44'	Report	Hudson 56' Coulson 59' Devitt 61'	Attendance: 1,839 Referee: Rushton

10 April 2010	Darlington	0 - 0	Accrington Stanley	The Darlington Arena, Darlington
		Report		Attendance: 1,545 Referee: Woolmer

13 April 2010	Accrington Stanley	1 - 2	Port Vale	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
19:45	Grant 52'	Report	Davies 35' Taylor 65'	Attendance: 2,205 Referee: Moss

17 April 2010	Accrington Stanley	1 - 2	Hereford United	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
15:00	Symes 48' (pen.)	Report	McCallum 35', 90+3'	Attendance: 1,420 Referee: Quinn

24 April 2010	Crewe Alexandra	5 - 1	Accrington Stanley	Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00	Zola 5', 90+2' Donaldson 62' Westwood 70' Grant 81'	Report	Brayford 65' (o.g.) Dunbavin 67'	Attendance: 3,810 Referee: Langford

27 April 2010	Accrington Stanley	1 - 0	Barnet	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
19:45	Kee 70'	Report		Attendance: 1,268 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

1 May 2010	Accrington Stanley	2 - 0	Chesterfield	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
15:00	Kee 70', 88'	Report		Attendance: 2,475 Referee: Haywood

8 May 2010	Cheltenham Town	1 - 1	Accrington Stanley	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00	Low 9'	Report	Turner 24'	Attendance: 3,856 Referee: Deadman

League Cup

11 August 2009 1st Round	Accrington Stanley	2 - 1	Walsall	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
19:45	Grant 53' Mullin 90+1'	Report	Nicholls 9' Weston 23', 35'	Attendance: 1,041 Referee: Miller

25 August 2009 2nd Round	QPR	2 - 1	Accrington Stanley	Loftus Road, London
19:45	Ramage 28' Ephraim 68' Routledge 90+1'	Report	Ryan 38' Symes 90+4'	Attendance: 5,203 Referee: Pawson

Football League Trophy

1 September 2009 North, Round 1	Oldham	1 - 2	Accrington Stanley	Boundary Park, Oldham
19:45	Whitaker 10' Hazell 59'	Report	Kempson 19' Gregan 60' (o.g.) 66' Edwards 67' Grant 90+3'	Attendance: 1,619 Referee: Tierney

6 October 2009 North, Round 2	Accrington Stanley	2 - 0	Shrewsbury	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
19:45	Ryan 12' Lees 45+3' G. King 47' Winnard 52'	Report		Attendance: 819 Referee: Scott Foster

10 November 2009 North, Q. Final	Accrington Stanley	3 - 2	Bury	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
19:00	Symes 2', 40' Grant 6' 82' Joyce 62'	Report	Racchi 41' Jones 48' Futcher 71'	Attendance: 1,637 Referee: Rob Shoebridge

15 December 2009 North, Semi Final	Leeds United	2 - 0	Accrington Stanley	Elland Road, Leeds
19:45	Ephraim 9' Kilkenny 50'	Report		Attendance: 12,696 Referee: Mick Russell

FA Cup

7 November 2009 1st Round	Accrington Stanley	2 - 1	Salisbury	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
15:00				Attendance: 1,379

28 November 2009 2nd Round	Accrington Stanley	2 - 2	Barnet	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
15:00	Grant 29' Symes 50'		Yakubu 47' O'Flynn 90' (pen)	Attendance: 1,501 Referee: Pawson

8 December 2009 2nd Round (Replay)	Barnet	0 - 1	Accrington Stanley	Underhill Stadium, London
19:45			Grant 16'	Attendance: 1,288 Referee: Mattison

23 January 2009 3rd Round	Accrington Stanley	1 - 3	Fulham	Fraser Eagle Stadium, Accrington
15:00	Symes 25' Kempson 27' 42'		Nevland 21' Duff 59' Gera 80' 44' Baird 29'	Attendance: 3,712 Referee: Atwell

References

↑ "Khan withdraws financial backing". Vital Sport. 2009-10-05.
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External links

2009–10 Accrington Stanley F.C. season on BBC Sport: Club news – Recent results – Upcoming fixtures

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