2020–21 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

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
Owner	Andy Holt
Manager	John Coleman
Stadium	Crown Ground
League One	11th
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Dion Charles (19) All: Dion Charles (20)
Highest home attendance	COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games
Lowest home attendance	COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games
Average home league attendance	COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2019–20 2021-22 →

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

Transfers

Transfers in

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

Loans in

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

Loans out

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

Transfers out

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

Notes

1. According to Transmarkt, fee was £248,000

First-team squad

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 23)	0	0	2020	Academy	Trainee
40	Toby Savin		GK	(2000-05-26) 26 May 2000 (age 25)	37	0	2017	Academy	Trainee
Defenders
2	Michael Nottingham		CB/RB	(1989-04-14) 14 April 1989 (age 36)	49	4	2020	Blackpool	Undisclosed
3	Mark Hughes		CB	(1986-12-09) 9 December 1986 (age 38)	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 26)	87	8	2015	Academy	Trainee
12	Joe Maguire		LB/RB/CB	(1996-01-18) 18 January 1996 (age 29)	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 25)	2	0	2019	Academy	Trainee
23	Jack Bolton		DF	(2001-11-22) 22 November 2001 (age 23)	0	0	2019	Academy	Trainee
24	Stephen Sama		CB/RB/DM	(1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 32)	9	0	2020	Heracles Almelo	Free
27	Reagan Ogle		RB/LB	(1999-03-29) 29 March 1999 (age 26)	0	0	2016	Academy	Trainee
33	Zehn Mohammed		CB	(2000-02-28) 28 February 2000 (age 25)	4	0	2017	Academy	Trainee
Midfielders
6	Matt Butcher		DM/CM/CB	(1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 28)	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 36)	340	61	2015	Chester	Undisclosed
14	Tariq Uwakwe		CM/DM/AM	(1999-11-19) 19 November 1999 (age 25)	20	4	2020	Chelsea	Loan
15	Mo Sangare		CM/DM/AM	(1998-12-28) 28 December 1998 (age 26)	4	0	2020	Newcastle United	Loan
17	Lamine Kaba Sherif		CM/DM/CB	(1999-01-27) 27 January 1999 (age 26)	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 37)	261	12	2015	Sligo Rovers	Undisclosed
36	Adam Phillips		CM	(1998-01-15) 15 January 1998 (age 27)	21	1	2021	Burnley	Loan
37	David Morgan		CM	(1994-07-04) 4 July 1994 (age 31)	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 24)	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 23)	2	0	2020	Academy	Trainee
35	Gary Roberts		LW/RW/AM	(1984-03-18) 18 March 1984 (age 41)	70	23	2021	Bala Town	Free

Pre-season

Accrington Stanley v Bolton Wanderers

22 August 2020 (2020-08-22) Friendly	Accrington Stanley	0-3	Bolton Wanderers	Bamber Bridge
		Report	Delfouneso 13' Doyle 30' (pen.) Trialist 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Sir Tom Finney Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors

Salford City v Accrington Stanley

29 August 2020 Friendly	Salford City	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Salford
15:00 BST			Cassidy 52' (pen.)	Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 0

Competitions

EFL League One

Main article: 2020–21 EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

Matchday	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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	W
Position	2	8	17	9	6	9	7	11	10	9	9	9	7	10	8	8	6	9	10	8	9	7	8	8	9	6	7	7	7	8	7	10	10	13	12	13	13	11	12	11	13	12	12	11	13	11

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

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

September

Accrington Stanley v Peterborough United

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

Burton Albion v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Oxford United

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

AFC Wimbledon v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Rochdale

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

Ipswich Town v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Fleetwood Town

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

Northampton Town v Accrington Stanley

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

Swindon Town v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Lincoln City

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

Accrington Stanley v Crewe Alexandra

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

Shrewsbury Town v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Milton Keynes Dons

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

Wigan Athletic v Accrington Stanley

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

Gillingham v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Blackpool

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

Charlton Athletic v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Gillingham

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

Hull City v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Hull City

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

Plymouth Argyle v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Bristol Rovers

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

Accrington Stanley v Northampton Town

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

Accrington Stanley v Plymouth Argyle

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

Lincoln City v Accrington Stanley

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

Doncaster Rovers v Accrington Stanley

16 February 2021 26	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Doncaster
19:00 GMT		Report	Smyth 42'  79'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Referee: Dean Whitestone

Accrington Stanley v Shrewsbury Town

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

Crewe Alexandra v Accrington Stanley

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

Fleetwood Town v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Ipswich Town

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

Accrington Stanley v Swindon Town

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

Bristol Rovers v Accrington Stanley

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

Milton Keynes Dons v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Sunderland

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

Accrington Stanley v Wigan Athletic

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

Peterborough United v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Burton Albion

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

Oxford United v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v AFC Wimbledon

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

Blackpool v Accrington Stanley

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

Rochdale v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Doncaster Rovers

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

Sunderland v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Portsmouth

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

Accrington Stanley v Charlton Athletic

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

Portsmouth v Accrington Stanley

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

Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

Tranmere Rovers v Accrington Stanley

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

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]

Burton Albion v Accrington Stanley

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

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 v t e	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

Accrington Stanley v Leeds United U21

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

Accrington Stanley v Blackpool

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

Barrow v Accrington Stanley

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

Accrington Stanley v Manchester United U21

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

Lincoln City v Accrington Stanley

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

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

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

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