2023–24 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

Accrington Stanley
2023–24 season
Owner	Andy Holt
Manager	John Coleman; (until 3 March); John Doolan; (from 22 March)
Stadium	Crown Ground
League Two	17th
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jack Nolan (17); All: ; Jack Nolan (17)
Highest home attendance	5,261 v Wrexham; 18 November 2023; (League Two)
Lowest home attendance	687 v Nottingham Forest U21; 21 November 2023; (EFL Trophy)
Average home league attendance	2,560
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was the 55th season in the history of Accrington Stanley and their first season back in League Two since the 2017–18 season following relegation from League One in the previous season. The club participated in League Two, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2023–24 EFL Trophy.

Current squad

As of 16 March 2024

No.	Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Toby Savin	GK	Southport	(2001-05-04) 4 May 2001 (age 23)	Academy	1 July 2019	Trainee	30 June 2024
13	Liam Isherwood	GK	Clitheroe	(2002-07-13) 13 July 2002 (age 22)	Academy	1 July 2020	Trainee	30 June 2024
21	Radek Vítek	GK	Vsetín	(2003-10-24) 24 October 2003 (age 21)	Manchester United	25 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
41	Oliver Riva	GK		(2005-12-01) 1 December 2005 (age 18)	Academy	20 November 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
61	Jack McIntyre	GK	Manchester	(2002-10-18) 18 October 2002 (age 22)	Radcliffe	11 August 2023	Free	30 June 2024
Defenders
2	Lewis Shipley	CB	Cambridge	(2003-11-29) 29 November 2003 (age 20)	Norwich City	22 July 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
3	Jay Rich-Baghuelou	CB	Sydney	(1999-10-22) 22 October 1999 (age 25)	Crystal Palace	14 January 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
4	Kelvin Mellor	RB	Crewe	(1991-01-25) 25 January 1991 (age 33)	Crewe Alexandra	21 July 2023	Free	30 June 2024
5	Brad Hills	CB	Norwich	(2004-03-10) 10 March 2004 (age 20)	Norwich City	17 July 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
14	Rosaire Longelo	RB	Kinshasa	(1999-10-20) 20 October 1999 (age 25)	Newcastle United	7 January 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
15	Baba Fernandes	CB	Bissau	(2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 (age 24)	Nottingham Forest	8 August 2022	Free	30 June 2024
16	Joe Gubbins	CB	Oxford	(2001-08-03) 3 August 2001 (age 23)	Queens Park Rangers	25 August 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
23	Bailey Sloane	LB	Bury	(2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 (age 21)	Clitheroe	1 September 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
25	Aaron Pickles	CB		(2005-03-20) 20 March 2005 (age 19)	Academy	20 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
38	Connor O'Brien	LB	Accrington	(2005-02-15) 15 February 2005 (age 19)	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
Midfielders
6	Liam Coyle	DM	Liverpool	(1999-12-06) 6 December 1999 (age 24)	Liverpool	5 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024
8	Ben Woods	CM	Wigan	(2002-09-27) 27 September 2002 (age 22)	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1 September 2023	Free	30 June 2024
10	Joe Pritchard	CM	Watford	(1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 28)	Bolton Wanderers	1 July 2019	Free	30 June 2024
11	Sean McConville	LM	Liverpool	(1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 (age 35)	Chester	1 July 2015	Free	30 June 2024
12	Seb Quirk	RM	Liverpool	(2001-12-05) 5 December 2001 (age 22)	Everton	19 January 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
18	Tommy Leigh	CM	Portsmouth	(2000-04-13) 13 April 2000 (age 24)	Bognor Regis Town	10 July 2021	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
20	Oliver Patrick	CM	Oldham	(2003-02-02) 2 February 2003 (age 21)	Rochdale	9 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024
22	Dan Martin	CM		(2002-04-19) 19 April 2002 (age 22)	Academy	10 September 2020	Trainee	30 June 2024
27	Lewis Trickett	RM	Accrington	(2005-04-27) 27 April 2005 (age 19)	Academy	20 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
28	Seamus Conneely	DM	Lambeth	(1988-07-09) 9 July 1988 (age 36)	Sligo Rovers	1 January 2015	Free	30 June 2024
30	Alex Henderson	CM		(2004-09-25) 25 September 2004 (age 20)	Academy	20 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
Forwards
7	Shaun Whalley	RW	Prescot	(1987-08-07) 7 August 1987 (age 37)	Shrewsbury Town	4 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
9	Matt Lowe	CF	Warwick	(1996-03-11) 11 March 1996 (age 28)	Brackley Town	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
17	Jack Nolan	LW	Portsmouth	(2001-05-25) 25 May 2001 (age 23)	Walsall	5 August 2021	Free	30 June 2024
19	Jake Bickerstaff	CF	Liverpool	(2001-09-11) 11 September 2001 (age 23)	Wrexham	1 February 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
26	Leslie Adekoya	CF	Dublin	(2004-04-18) 18 April 2004 (age 20)	Academy	26 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2024
33	Angola Popoola	CF		(2007-06-19) 19 June 2007 (age 17)	Academy	8 August 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
39	Josh Woods	CF		(2000-07-05) 5 July 2000 (age 24)	Clay Brow	30 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024
55	Korede Adedoyin	RW	Lagos	(2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 24)	Sheffield Wednesday	31 January 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
Out on Loan
24	Emerich Poilly	DM		(2005-02-26) 26 February 2005 (age 19)	Stoke City	1 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024
32	Jack Massey	LW		(2005-04-15) 15 April 2005 (age 19)	Academy	20 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
21 July 2023	RB	Kelvin Mellor	Crewe Alexandra	Free Transfer	^[3]
11 August 2023	GK	Jack McIntyre	Radcliffe	Free Transfer	^[4]
1 September 2023	CM	Ben Woods	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free Transfer	^[5]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
26 June 2023	CM	Mo Sangare	Livingston	Undisclosed	^[6]
30 June 2023	RB	Mitch Clark	Port Vale	Released	^[7]^[8]
30 June 2023	GK	Max Clayton	Free agent	Released	^[7]
30 June 2023	RM	Rhys-James Fenlon	Chorley	Released	^[7]^[9]
30 June 2023	DM	Brandon Gough	Colne	Released	^[7]
30 June 2023	CF	Joe Hardy	Bootle	Released	^[7]^[10]
30 June 2023	CF	Calvin Harper	Hyde United	Released	^[7]^[11]
30 June 2023	CF	Enock Lusiama	Atherton Collieries	Released	^[7]^[12]
30 June 2023	CB	Harvey Monk	Clitheroe	Released	^[7]
30 June 2023	CM	Dylan Moonan	Atherton Collieries	Released	^[7]^[13]
30 June 2023	CM	Anthony Mancini	Hartlepool United	Released	^[7]^[14]
30 June 2023	RB	Jasper Newton	West Liberty Hilltoppers	Released	^[7]^[15]
30 June 2023	CB	Michael Nottingham	Livingston	End of Contract	^[16]^[17]
30 June 2023	CB	Harvey Rodgers	Grimsby Town	Free Transfer	^[18]
5 July 2023	CF	Alhagi Touray Sisay	UE Vilassar de Mar	Mutual Consent	^[19]
31 July 2023	CM	David Morgan	Southport	Released	^[20]^[21]
1 August 2023	CM	Ethan Hamilton	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	^[22]
5 January 2024	RM	Owen Devonport	Fleetwood Town	Released	^[23]^[24]

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Until	Ref
17 July 2023	CB	Brad Hills	Norwich City	End of Season	^[25]
22 July 2023	CF	Josh Andrews	Birmingham City	1 February 2024^[a]	^[26]^[27]
22 July 2023	CB	Lewis Shipley	Norwich City	End of Season	^[28]
25 August 2023	CB	Joe Gubbins	Queens Park Rangers	End of Season	^[29]
29 September 2023	GK	Jon McCracken	Norwich City	14 October 2023^[b]	^[30]^[31]
7 December 2023	GK	Joe Walsh	Queens Park Rangers	22 December 2023^[c]	^[32]^[33]
25 January 2024	GK	Radek Vítek	Manchester United	End of Season	^[34]
1 February 2024	CF	Jake Bickerstaff	Wrexham	End of Season	^[35]

^ On 1 February, Andrews was recalled back early to Birmingham.
^ On 6 October, McCracken's loan from Norwich was extended by a further week.
^ On 15 December, Walsh's loan from QPR was extended by a further week.

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Until	Ref
10 August 2023	CM	Alex Henderson	Clitheroe	4 October 2023^[a]	^[36]^[37]
12 August 2023	GK	Jack McIntyre	Dartford	9 September 2023	^[38]
8 September 2023	CM	Owen Devonport	Clitheroe	6 October 2023	^[39]
23 September 2023	CF	Jack Massey	Stafford Rangers	21 October 2023	^[40]
6 October 2023	CM	Oliver Patrick	Atherton Collieries	4 November 2023	^[41]
7 December 2023	CF	Jack Massey	Widnes	4 January 2024	^[42]
5 January 2024	CF	Jack Massey	Clitheroe	End of Season^[b]	^[43]^[44]
19 January 2024	CM	Will Procter	Nelson	17 February 2024	^[45]
15 February 2024	DM	Emerich Poilly	Clitheroe	14 March 2024	^[46]
16 March 2024	CB	Bradley Kelly	Colne	13 April 2024	^[47]
16 March 2024	CB	Josh Smith	Newcastle Town	13 April 2024	^[48]
23 March 2024	CB	Jake Young	Bradford (Park Avenue)	30 April 2024	^[49]
27 March 2024	CM	Will Procter	Barnoldswick Town	30 April 2024	^[50]
28 March 2024	CF	Harley Lawton	Bradford (Park Avenue)	30 April 2024	^[51]

^ On September 6, Henderson's loan at Clitheroe was extended by a further month.
^ On 7 February, Massey's loan at Clitheroe was extended until the end of season.

Pre-season and friendlies

On 26 May, Accrington Stanley announced their first two pre-season friendlies, against Blackburn Rovers and Cliterhoe.^[52]^[53] Four days later, a trip to face Warrington Town was confirmed.^[54] On 9 June, a fourth friendly was confirmed, against Chesterfield.^[55] Ten days later, a fifth friendly was booked, against York City.^[56]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 July 2023 Friendly	Accrington Stanley	2–2	Blackburn Rovers	Accrington
15:00 BST	Nolan 64' Adedoyin 102' (pen.)		Hedges 104' Dolan 113'	Stadium: Crown Ground
Note: Two 60-minute halves

11 July 2023 Friendly	Warrington Town	2–3	Accrington Stanley	Warrington
19:45 BST	Duffy 11' Woods 15'		Trialist x3	Stadium: Cantilever Park

16 July 2023 Friendly	Accrington Stanley	3–1	Clitheroe	Accrington
15:00 BST	Nolan 62' Devonport 79' Sloane 84'		Gonzales 21'	Stadium: Crown Ground

22 July 2023 Friendly	Accrington Stanley	2–3	Chesterfield	Accrington
15:00 BST	Nolan 28' Trialist 67'		Banks 9' Dobra 20' Colclough 25'	Stadium: Crown Ground

29 July 2023 Friendly	Accrington Stanley	2–0	York City	Accrington
15:00 BST	Adedoyin 61' Woods 81'			Stadium: Crown Ground

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League Two	5 August 2023	27 April 2024	Matchday 1	17th	46	16	9	21	63	71	−8	034.78
FA Cup	4 November 2023	14 November 2023	First round	First round	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	000.00
EFL Cup	8 August 2023	8 August 2023	First round	First round	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
EFL Trophy	5 September 2023	10 January 2024	Group stage	Third round	5	3	0	2	9	8	+1	060.00
Total					54	19	11	24	76	84	−8	035.19

Last updated: 29 April 2024
Source: Soccerway

League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Notts County	46	18	7	21	89	86	+3	61
15	Morecambe	46	17	10	19	67	81	−14	58^[a]
16	Tranmere Rovers	46	17	6	23	67	70	−3	57
17	Accrington Stanley	46	16	9	21	63	71	−8	57
18	Newport County	46	16	7	23	62	76	−14	55
19	Swindon Town	46	14	12	20	77	83	−6	54
20	Salford City	46	13	12	21	66	82	−16	51

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^[58]
Notes:

^ On 11 April 2024, Morecambe were deducted three points for failing to pay players and staff on time following previous EFL rules breaches in the 2023–24 season.^[57]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	16	9	21	63	71	−8	57	10	5	8	34	27	+7	6	4	13	29	44	−15

Last updated: 27 April 2024.
Source: Soccerway

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	28	30	31	32	33	34	35	29²	36	37	38	39	40	41	43	27¹	44	42³	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H
Result	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	W
Position	2	8	8	4	3	8	15	8	12	15	15	11	9	7	6	7	8	7	7	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	12	11	11	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	18	18	17	18	18	18	17
Points	3	3	4	7	10	10	10	13	13	13	14	17	20	23	26	26	26	29	29	29	30	31	34	34	35	38	38	41	42	42	45	46	46	46	46	46	49	50	50	50	51	54	54	54	54	57

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

¹ Matchday 27 (vs Newport County) was postponed due to Newport's FA Cup involvement.
² Matchday 29 (vs Walsall) was postponed due to a unplayable playing surface.
³ Matchday 42 (vs Mansfield Town) was postponed due to a unplayable playing surface.

Matches

On 22 June, the EFL League Two fixtures were released.^[59]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

August

5 August 2023 1	Accrington Stanley	3–0	Newport County	Accrington
15:00 BST	Nolan 24' Shipley 37' Leigh 39' Whalley 80' Adedoyin 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,416 Referee: Martin Woods

12 August 2023 2	Gillingham	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Jefferies 5' Nadesan 29' Ogie 58' Ehmer 90'	Report	Andrews 26' Rich-Baghuelou 62'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,489 Referee: Will Finnie

15 August 2023 3	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Barrow	Accrington
19:45 BST	McConville 36' Hills 71' Adedoyin 83'	Report	Spence 51' Acquah 87'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,204 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

19 August 2023 4	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Harrogate Town	Accrington
15:00 BST	Rich-Baghuelou 3' McConville 28', 46' Quirk 71' 82' Coyle 87' Conneely 90+7' Nolan 90+8'	Report	Folarin 27' Daly 34' Mattock 45' Burrell 83' Falkingham 90+5'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,950 Referee: Scott Simpson

26 August 2023 5	Salford City	1–2	Accrington Stanley	Salford
15:00 BST	Garbutt 20' Tilt 39' Watson 88' (pen.) Hendry 89'	Report	Whalley 24' Andrews 35', 45' Rich-Baghuelou 38' Conneely 87'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 2,520 Referee: Charles Breakspear

September

2 September 2023 6	Notts County	3–1	Accrington Stanley	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Crowley 7' Jones 22' Nemane 61' Langstaff 65', 90' Adebayo-Rowling 90+5' Brindley 90+5'	Report	Andrews 27' Leigh 74' Conneely 86'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 9,846 Referee: Thomas Krik

9 September 2023 7	Accrington Stanley	0–3	Mansfield Town	Accrington
15:00 BST	Rich-Baghuelou 6'		Keillor-Dunn 29' Maris 36', 47' Lewis 75'	Stadium: Crown Ground

16 September 2023 8	Accrington Stanley	4–1	Sutton United	Accrington
15:00 BST	Andrews 10' Leigh 45+1' (pen.), 57' Longelo 49', 63' Savin 90' Pritchard 90+5'	Report	Bouzanis 45' Patrick 64'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,036 Referee: Darren Drysdale

23 September 2023 9	Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Hawkes 14' (pen.), 49'	Report	Savin 14' Rich-Baghuelou 42' Leigh 79' Hills 90+4'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,980 Referee: Sam Purkiss

30 September 2023 10	Accrington Stanley	1–3	Stockport County	Accrington
15:00 BST	Pritchard 61' Nolan 86'	Report	Olaofe 12' Collar 16' Bailey 43' Barry 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 3,913 Referee: Tom Reeves

October

3 October 2023 11	Morecambe	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Bloxham 61' Connolly 64' Senior 72' Bedeau 87'	Report	Andrews 61' Hills 63' Whalley 65' Leigh 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 3,458 Referee: Keith Stroud

7 October 2023 12	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Forest Green Rovers	Accrington
15:00 BST	Andrews 18', 51' Hills 62'	Report	Welch 58' Stevens 83'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,222 Referee: Ben Atkinson

14 October 2023 13	Grimsby Town	0–2	Accrington Stanley	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Waterfall 17' 72'	Report	Leigh 51' Martin 66' Whalley 74' Andrews 82'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,335 Referee: Lewis Smith

21 October 2023 14	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Whalley 31', 61' Woods 41'	Report	Harvie 56'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,995 Referee: Simon Mather

24 October 2023 15	AFC Wimbledon	2–4	Accrington Stanley	Wimbledon
14:45 BST	Pell 24' Bugiel 51', 70' Al-Hamadi 68' Biler 82'	Report	Pritchard 4', 46' Leigh 9' Rich-Baghuelou 25' Hills 54', 83' Mellor 63'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 7,108 Referee: Carl Brook

28 October 2023 16	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Colchester United	Accrington
15:00 BST	Leigh 54'	Report	Taylor 57' Greenidge 59' Read 71' Hopper 75'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,107 Referee: Adam Herczeg

November

11 November 2023 17	Crawley Town	3–1	Accrington Stanley	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Orsi 8', 76' (pen.) Wright 48' Lolos 52' Williams 85'	Report	Nolan 2' Adedoyin 20' Martin 50' Hills 74' Woods 85' Pritchard 87'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,887 Referee: David Rock

18 November 2023 18	Accrington Stanley	2–0	Wrexham	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Adedoyin 28' Leigh 50' (pen.) Longelo 73'	Report	Mullin 90+10'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 5,261 Referee: Neil Hair

25 November 2023 19	Bradford City	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Smith 58' 66' Taylor 80' Chapman 90+5'	Report	Hills 32' Rich-Baghuelou 47' Shipley 57' Whalley 76'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 548 Referee: Keith Stroud

28 November 2023 20	Accrington Stanley	3–4	Swindon Town	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Baghuelou 6' McCracken 17' Conneely 18' Hills 29' 90+7', 90+10' Longelo 33' Leigh 69' Lowe 87' Adedoyin 90+2'	Report	Kemp 17' (pen.) 25' Young 31' 49' Khan 60' Austin 89'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,997 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

December

9 December 2023 21	Accrington Stanley	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Shipley 55' Conneely 64'	Report		Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,501 Referee: Peter Wright

16 December 2023 22	Crewe Alexandra	3–3	Accrington Stanley	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Rowe 4' Demetriou 29' Tracey 45' Thomas 51' Offord 80' Nevitt 90+8' 90+9'	Report	Nolan 6' Martin 71' B. Woods 87' J. Woods 90+6' Hills 90+9'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4,012 Referee: Paul Howard

23 December 2023 23	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Walsall	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Leigh 9' Woods 45+3' Pritchard 57'		Draper 45+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,386 Referee: Scott Oldham

26 December 2023 24	Harrogate Town	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Harrogate
15:00 GMT	Muldoon 63' Thomson 90+3'	Report	Nolan 57'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 5,515 Referee: Ben Speedie

29 December 2023 25	Barrow	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 GMT	Whitfield 52'	Report	Whalley 2' Martin 44' Gubbins 47' B. Woods 61' Pritchard 71' Shipley 87' J. Woods 90+2'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 3,549 Referee: Simon Mather

January

1 January 2024 26	Accrington Stanley	3–0	Salford City	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Whalley 14' Gubbins 17' Nolan 33' (pen.), 40' Martin 45+3' J. Woods 67' B. Woods 86'	Report	Bolton 64' Tilt 67'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,735 Referee: Matthew Corlett

13 January 2024 28	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Gillingham	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Gubbins 44' Shipley 45+1' Henderson 50'	Report	Masterson 62' Bonne 75' Malone 82'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,383 Referee: Daniel Middleton

27 January 2024 30	Forest Green Rovers	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Inniss 20'	Report	Nolan 22' (pen.) Hills 42' Martin 45+2' Rich-Baghuelou 59' Woods 80' Conneely 87'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,238 Referee: Adam Herczeg

February

3 February 2024 31	Accrington Stanley	0–0	Grimsby Town	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Woods 49'	Report	Hume 79'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 8,745 Referee: David Rock

10 February 2024 32	Milton Keynes Dons	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Denbigh
15:00 GMT	Payne 71' 77' Tomlinson 90+3'	Report	Nolan 11' 90' Gubbins 29' Martin 34' Conneely 58' Woods 65' O'Brien 79'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 5,508 Referee: Declan Bourne

13 February 2024 33	Accrington Stanley	2–0	AFC Wimbledon	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Nolan 50' Woods 81' Bickerstaff 90+5'	Report	Ball 36'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,032 Referee: Edward Duckworth

17 February 2024 34	Colchester United	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Iandolo 27' Chilvers 40' Harbottle 77' Edwards 90+4'	Report	Mellor 21' Hills 46' Harbottle 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,436 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

24 February 2024 35	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Crawley Town	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Leigh 41' O'Brien 81'	Report	Kelly 33' Ransom 68' Addai 90+2'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,216 Referee: Marc Edwards

27 February 2024 29^[60]	Walsall	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Bescot
19:45 GMT	Okagbue 60' Adegboyega 85' L. Gordon 90+6' Faal 90+7'	Report	Martin 22' Nolan 56' (pen.) 87'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,013 Referee: Farai Hallam
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 20 January, but was postponed due to a unplayable playing surface.^[61]

March

2 March 2024 36	Wrexham	4–0	Accrington Stanley	Wrexham
15:00 GMT	Mullin 17', 25', 35' Lee 41' McClean 75'	Report	Woods 47' Shipley 90+1'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 12,209 Referee: Ben Atkinson

9 March 2024 37	Accrington Stanley	0–3	Bradford City	Accrington
15:00 GMT	O'Brien 79'	Report	Wright 5' 12', 23' Cook 38'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 4,099 Referee: Paul Howard

12 March 2024 38	Swindon Town	1–2	Accrington Stanley	Swindon
19:45 GMT	McEachran 30' Drinan 47'	Report	Leigh 14' Nolan 57' (pen.) Henderson 82' Mellor 90'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 6,085 Referee: Thomas Parsons

16 March 2024 39	Accrington Stanley	2–2	Notts County	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Whalley 17' O'Brien 46' Nolan 79' (pen.) Hills 90+6'	Report	O'Brien 4' Jatta 45' Baldwin 70'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,499 Referee: Sunny Singh Gill

23 March 2024 40	Sutton United	3–1	Accrington Stanley	Sutton
15:00 GMT	Smith 16', 32' Sowunmi 68' Adom-Malaki 74'	Report	Bickerstaff 85' Adedoyin 90+1'	Stadium: Gander Green Lane Attendance: 3,265 Referee: Tom Nield

29 March 2024 41	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Morecambe	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Gubbins 60' Leigh 72' Shipley 89', 89' O'Brien 90+9'	Report	Khumbeni 47', 55' Stokes 62' Tutonda 90+4'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 3,420 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

April

6 April 2024 43	Accrington Stanley	0–0	Crewe Alexandra	Accrington
15:00 BST	Henderson 11' Martin 57'	Report	Nevitt 90+1'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,658 Referee: Adam Herczeg

9 April 2024 27^[62]	Newport County	1–3	Accrington Stanley	Newport
19:45 BST	Morris 13' Bondswell 45' Lewis 90+6' Jameson 90+8'	Report	Henderson 22' Leigh 46' Pritchard 67'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,201 Referee: Darren Drysdale
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 6 January, but was postponed due to Newport's FA Cup involvement.

13 April 2024 44	Doncaster Rovers	4–0	Accrington Stanley	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Adelakun 6' Ironside 21' Maxwell 60', 78' Bailey 71'	Report	Whalley 29' Pritchard 90+7'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 6,990 Referee: Ross Joyce

16 April 2024 42^[63]	Mansfield Town	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Mansfield
19:45 BST	Maris 2' Quinn 63'	Report	Hills 35' Coyle 53' Leigh 85'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 7,942 Referee: Charles Breakspear
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 1 April, but was postponed due to a unplayable playing surface.^[64]

20 April 2024 45	Stockport County	4–2	Accrington Stanley	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Wootton 9', 62' Knoyle 27' Lemonheigh-Evans 44' Barry 44' Sarcevic 79'	Report	Whalley 17' Conneely 56' Nolan 77' Hills 80' Shipley 87'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,180 Referee: Simon Mather

27 April 2024 46	Accrington Stanley	4–1	Tranmere Rovers	Accrington
15:00 BST	Shipley 4' Nolan 51' (pen.), 82' (pen.) Henderson 53'		Norris 2'	Stadium: Crown Ground Referee: Martin Woods

FA Cup

Accrington were drawn away to Doncaster Rovers in the first round.^[65]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

4 November 2023 First round	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Accrington Stanley	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Faal 8' Anderson 45+1' Nixon 52' Biggins 81'	Report	Woods 27' Hills 29' Whalley 74' Conneely 84' Leigh 90+1'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 3,226 Referee: Alan Young

14 November 2023 First round replay	Accrington Stanley	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Doncaster Rovers	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Pritchard 7' Gubbins 13' Conneely 62' J. Woods 90' Shipley 110' B. Woods 115'	Report	Faal 11' Westbrooke 67' Ironside 101'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,136 Referee: Scott Tallis

EFL Cup

Stanley were drawn at home to Bradford City in the first round.^[66]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 August 2023 First round	Accrington Stanley	1–1 (1–4 p)	Bradford City	Accrington
19:45 BST	Coyle 32' Whalley 39' Andrews 66' Hills 87'	Report	Pattison 45+1' Halliday 60' Stubbs 86'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,368 Referee: Martin Coy
	Penalties
	Leigh Nolan Adedoyin		Cook Gilliead Walker Oduor

EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Accrington were drawn into Northern Group C alongside Carlisle United, Harrogate Town and Nottingham Forest U21.^[67]^[68] After topping their group, they were drawn at home to Lincoln City in the second round^[69]^[70] and to Bolton Wanderers in the third round.^[71]^[72]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Accrington Stanley	3	2	1	7	5	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Nottingham Forest U21	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Carlisle United	3	1	2	2	3	−1	3
4	L2	Harrogate Town	3	1	2	5	8	−3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2023. Source: EFL.com

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 September 2023 Group stage	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Carlisle United	Accrington
19:45 BST	Hills 36' Coyle 52' Martin 79' Whelan 86' (o.g.) Longelo 88'	Report	Mellish 20' Back 39' Ablade 54' Robinson 89'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 888 Referee: Scott Jackson

10 October 2023 Group stage	Harrogate Town	3–5	Accrington Stanley	Harrogate
19:45 BST	Folarin 35', 76' Mattock 58'	Report	Trickett 27', 89' Adedoyin 30', 37', 51' Shipley 61' Rich-Baghuelou 74'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 959 Referee: Marc Edwards

21 November 2023 Group stage	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Nottingham Forest U21	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Woods 21' Adedoyin 49' 58' Devonport 75' Nolan 90+2'	Report	Thompson 18' Perry 35' Larsson 39' Konaté 72' Abbott 84' Bott 90+6'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 687 Referee: Marc Edwards

12 December 2023^[73] Second round	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Lincoln City	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Henderson 23' Woods 43' Longelo 90+3'	Report	Duffy 73' Roughan 90+1'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,159 Referee: Martin Woods
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 5 December but was postponed due to a frozen playing surface.^[74]

10 January 2024 Third round	Accrington Stanley	1–3	Bolton Wanderers	Accrington
19:30 GMT	Henderson 37' Martin 51' Woods 71' O'Brien 74' Hills 87'	Report	Jerome 15' Morley 29' (pen.) Dempsey 83'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 3,441 Referee: Marc Edwards

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[26] On 1 February, Andrews was recalled back early to Birmingham.

[31] On 6 October, McCracken's loan from Norwich was extended by a further week.

[34] On 15 December, Walsh's loan from QPR was extended by a further week.

[39] On September 6, Henderson's loan at Clitheroe was extended by a further month.

[47] On 7 February, Massey's loan at Clitheroe was extended until the end of season.

[table_hth_MOR0.11675732821075-63] On 11 April 2024, Morecambe were deducted three points for failing to pay players and staff on time following previous EFL rules breaches in the 2023–24 season.^[57]

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