2018–19 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

Accrington Stanley

2018–19 season
Chairman	Peter Marsden
Manager	John Coleman
Stadium	Crown Ground
League One	14th
FA Cup	Fourth round (knocked out by Derby County)
EFL Cup	First round (knocked out by Mansfield Town)
EFL Trophy	Third round (knocked out by Bury)
Top goalscorer	League: Sean McConville (16 Goals) All: Billy Kee (16 Goals), Sean McConville (16 Goals)
Highest home attendance	5,397 against Derby County in FA Cup fourth round
Lowest home attendance	746 against Lincoln City in EFL Trophy second round
Average home league attendance	2,764
Biggest win	5–1 vs. Plymouth Argyle (27 April 2019)
Biggest defeat	1–6 vs. Mansfield Town (14 August 2018, EFL Cup R1)
Home colours Away colours

The 2018–19 season was Accrington Stanley's first-ever season in League One and their 50th year in existence. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season ran from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	CM		Sam Finley	AFC Fylde	Free transfer	[1]
1 July 2018	RM		Piero Mingoia	Cambridge United	Free transfer	[2]
1 July 2018	CB		Will Wood	Southampton	Free transfer	[3]
2 August 2018	CF		Offrande Zanzala	Derby County	Undisclosed	[4]
7 August 2018	MF		Andrew Scott	Maiden City	Undisclosed	[5]
9 August 2018	CF		Andy Mangan	Bala Town	Free transfer	[6]
19 January 2019	GK		Dimitar Evtimov	Burton Albion	Free transfer	[7]
1 February 2019	RW		Okera Simmonds	Blackburn Rovers	Free transfer	[8]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	MF		Josh Hmami	The New Saints	Free transfer	[9]
1 July 2018	GK		Aaron Chapman	Peterborough United	Free Transfer	[10]
1 July 2018	CF		Akeel Francis	Guiseley	Released	[11][12]
1 July 2018	RW		Mekhi Leacock-McLeod	FC Halifax Town	Released	[11][13]
8 August 2018	MF		Tom Reilly	Eskilstuna City	Free transfer	[14]
9 August 2018	CF		Kayden Jackson	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed	[15]
3 January 2019	CB		Janoi Donacien	Ipswich Town	£750,000	[16]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
3 August 2018	CB		Matthew Platt	Blackburn Rovers	31 May 2019	[17][18]
9 August 2018	GK		Connor Ripley	Middlesbrough	8 January 2019	[19][20]
17 August 2018	LB		Nick Anderton	Blackpool	1 January 2019	[21][18]
24 August 2018	CB		Michael Ihiekwe	Rotherham United	2 January 2019	[22]
31 August 2018	CM		Daniel Barlaser	Newcastle United	31 May 2019	[23][18]
31 August 2018	CF		Luke Charman	Newcastle United	1 January 2019	[24][25]
31 August 2018	CF		Connor Hall	Bolton Wanderers	1 January 2019	[26]
10 January 2019	LB		Liam Gibson	Newcastle United	31 May 2019	[27]
11 January 2019	CF		Luke Armstrong	Middlesbrough	31 May 2019	[28]
18 January 2019	CB		Janoi Donacien	Ipswich Town	31 May 2019	[29]
25 January 2019	CF		Paul Smyth	Queens Park Rangers	31 May 2019	[30]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
31 July 2018	RB		Janoi Donacien	Ipswich Town	2 January 2019	[31][16]
23 August 2018	RB		Reagan Ogle	Southport	31 May 2019	[32][33]
31 August 2018	CB		Zehn Mohammed	Clitheroe	30 September 2018	[34]
5 October 2018	LM		Danny Williams	AFC Fylde	2 January 2019	[35]
8 October 2018	LW		Érico Sousa	Barrow	10 November 2018	[36]
13 October 2018	CB		Will Wood	Havant & Waterlooville	12 January 2019	[37][18]
24 November 2018	DM		Liam Nolan	Salford City	23 January 2019	[38]
13 December 2018	CB		Zehn Mohammed	Southport	1 January 2019	[39]
14 December 2018	RB		Harvey Rodgers	Hartlepool United	14 January 2019	[40]
11 January 2019	CM		Niall Watson	Widnes	10 February 2019	[41]
15 January 2019	CB		Zehn Mohammed	FC United of Manchester	31 May 2019	[42]
31 January 2019	RM		Piero Mingoia	Morecambe	31 May 2019	[43]

Competitions

Friendlies

Stanley announced pre-season fixtures against Huddersfield Town, Middlesbrough and Blackburn Rovers.^[44]

Accrington Stanley v Huddersfield Town

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Friendly	Accrington Stanley	3–0	Huddersfield Town	Accrington
15:00 BST	Jackson 19', 41' McConville 83'	Report		Stadium: Crown Ground

Accrington Stanley v Middlesbrough

21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) Friendly	Accrington Stanley	4–3	Middlesbrough	Accrington
15:00 BST	Hughes Kee (pen.) Jackson Sykes	Report	McNair Howson Traoré	Stadium: Wham Stadium Referee: Richard Brooks

Southport v Accrington Stanley

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) Friendly	Southport	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Blowick
19:30 BST	Lowe 70'	Report	Mingoia 46'	Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium

Accrington Stanley v Blackburn Rovers

28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) Friendly	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Accrington
15:00 BST	Kee 11'	Report		Stadium: Crown Ground

League One

Main article: 2018–19 EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Oxford United	46	15	15	16	58	64	−6	60
13	Gillingham	46	15	10	21	61	72	−11	55
14	Accrington Stanley	46	14	13	19	51	67	−16	55
15	Bristol Rovers	46	13	15	18	47	50	−3	54
16	Rochdale	46	15	9	22	54	87	−33	54

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results^[45]

Result 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	14	13	19	51	67	−16	55	7	6	10	26	33	−7	7	7	9	25	34	−9

Last updated: 27 April 2019.
Source: Statto.com

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	D
Position	23	12	14	7	8	8	10	10	9	8	5	7	6	4	4	6	6	10	10	11	14	10	9	10	12	14	14	15	16	15	14	15	14	15	17	14	17	18	18	17	17	16	16	14	13	14

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2019. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

August

Accrington Stanley v Gillingham

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Gillingham	Accrington
15:00 BST	Clark  45+2' Sykes  68'	Report	Hanlan 23' Byrne  39' Parker 43'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,201 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Bristol Rovers v Accrington Stanley

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 2	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Accrington Stanley	Horfield
15:00 BST	Payne 83'	Report	McConville 6', 89' Richards-Everton  86'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,683 Referee: Nick Kinseley

Accrington Stanley v Charlton Athletic

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 3	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Accrington
15:00 BST	Richards-Everton  68' Clark 78' Sykes  90+6'	Report	Grant 15' Taylor  29' Sarr  37' Bielik  80'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,265 Referee: Ross Joyce

Oxford United v Accrington Stanley

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) 4	Oxford United	2–3	Accrington Stanley	Oxford
19:45 BST	Whyte 27' Browne 57'  65' Brannagan  60' Norman  84'	Report	Brown  19' McConville  34' Norman 43' (o.g.) Kee 62', 79' (pen.) Clark  80' Sykes  90+2' Ripley  90+4'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,748 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Blackpool v Accrington Stanley

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 5	Blackpool	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Delfouneso 66'	Report	Kee  28' Hughes 90+3'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,354 Referee: Lee Mason

September

Accrington Stanley v Scunthorpe United

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Accrington
15:00 BST	Ihiekwe  42' Conneely 82' Brown  90+2'	Report	Lund 80'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,059 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Accrington Stanley v Burton Albion

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08) 7	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Burton Albion	Accrington
15:00 BST	Brown  1' Sykes  43' Kee 84' (pen.) Finley  89' Hughes  90+4'	Report	Fraser 11'  78' Quinn  45+1'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,943 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Fleetwood Town v Accrington Stanley

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 8	Fleetwood Town	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Bolger 37' Coyle  69'	Report	Finley  67' McConville 69'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,355 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Accrington Stanley v AFC Wimbledon

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9	Accrington Stanley	2–1	AFC Wimbledon	Accrington
15:00 BST	Kee 6' McConville 60'	Report	Wagstaff 64' Watson  69' Soares  72'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,732 Referee: Ross Joyce

Walsall v Accrington Stanley

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10	Walsall	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Walsall
15:00 BST	Fitzwater  85'	Report	Kee 7' (pen.) McConville  26' Clark  31'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,257 Referee: Charles Breakspear

October

Accrington Stanley v Doncaster Rovers

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 11	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	Accrington
19:45 BST	Ihiekwe  71' Zanzala 87'  88'	Report	Kane  45+3' Andrew  65'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,327 Referee: Peter Wright

Shrewsbury Town v Accrington Stanley

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 12	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Grant  56' Gilliead 62' Whalley  79'	Report	Ripley  16' Clark  53' Ihiekwe  70' McConville  88'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,353 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Accrington Stanley v Bradford City

13 October 2018 (2018-10-13) 13	Accrington Stanley	3-1	Bradford City	Accrington
15:00 BST	Kee 39' (pen.) Zanzala 54' McConville 66'	Report	Nathaniel Knight-Percival 6' Kai Brünker 56' Doyle 62' Ryan McGowan 75'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 3,346 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Peterborough United v Accrington Stanley

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 14	Peterborough United	0-1	Accrington Stanley	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Cummings 59' O'Hara 77' Woodyard  88'	Report	McConville 11'  68' Barlaser 32' Anderton 87'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 6,141 Referee: Scott Duncan

Luton Town v Accrington Stanley

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 15	Luton Town	4–1	Accrington Stanley	Luton
19:45 BST	Hylton 5', 54', 70' Shinnie 53' Grant  61' Bradley  90+5'	Report	Zanzala 27' Clark  47' Brown  67' Hughes  70'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,454 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Accrington Stanley v Portsmouth

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 16	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Portsmouth	Accrington
15:00 BST	McConville  50' Ihiekwe 64'	Report	Thompson  47' Hawkins 62'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 3,558 Referee: Steve Martin

November

Coventry City v Accrington Stanley

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 17	Coventry City	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Doyle 87'	Report	Zanzala 58'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 10,653 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Accrington Stanley v Barnsley

17 November 2018 (2018-11-17) 18	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Barnsley	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Johnson  68' Brown  84'	Report	Mowatt  25' Woodrow 36' Lindsay  28' Fryers  34'  64' Moore 90+4'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 4,801 Referee: John Busby

Rochdale v Accrington Stanley

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 19	Rochdale	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Rochdale
15:00 GMT	Delaney  41' Henderson 63' McGahey  72'	Report	Finley  90'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 3,497 Referee: Lee Probert

Accrington Stanley v Wycombe Wanderers

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 20	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Wycombe Wanderers	Accrington
19:45 GMT	McConville 15' Finley  41' Hughes  71'	Report	Kashket 77' Harriman  88' Samuel 90+1'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,740 Referee: Scott Oldham

December

Accrington Stanley v Sunderland

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) A	Accrington Stanley	A–A	Sunderland	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Hall 69'	Report	Maguire 63'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 5,257 Referee: Oliver Langford
Note: Referee Oliver Langford abandoned the game on 73 minutes due to waterlogged pitch,.[46]

Southend United v Accrington Stanley

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 21	Southend United	3–0	Accrington Stanley	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Mantom 19' Cox 23' Robinson 72'	Report	Ihiekwe  51' Finley  63'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,286 Referee: Antony Coggins

Plymouth Argyle v Accrington Stanley

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 22	Plymouth Argyle	0–3	Accrington Stanley	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Fox  8'	Report	Hughes  21' Conneely  25' Finley 61' McConville 65' Clark 77' Barlaser  81'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,193 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Accrington Stanley v Shrewsbury Town

26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 23	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Clark 1'  36' Kee 21'	Report	Norburn 52' (pen.) Sadler  55'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 3,061 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Accrington Stanley v Peterborough United

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 24	Accrington Stanley	0–4	Peterborough United	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Hughes  60'	Report	Toney 19', 41', 85' Maddison  23' Reed  45+1' Bennett 67'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,672 Referee: Thomas Bramall

January

Bradford City v Accrington Stanley

1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 25	Bradford City	3–0	Accrington Stanley	Bradford
15:00 GMT	O'Brien 21' Doyle 30'  78' O'Connor  45+3' Wood 49' McGowan  84'	Report	Ripley  12' Zanzala  26' Clark  39' Kee  45+4' Ihiekwe  52' Richards-Everton  64' Hughes  90+1'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 16,318 Referee: Paul Marsden

Accrington Stanley v Bristol Rovers

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 26	Accrington Stanley	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Sykes  90+2'	Report	Clarke  89'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,246 Referee: Alan Young

Charlton Athletic v Accrington Stanley

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 27	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Charlton
15:00 GMT	Cullen  56' Taylor  82' Grant 90+3' (pen.),  90+4'	Report	Gibson  32' Finley  39' Johnson  59' Maxted  82' Hughes  90+5'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 11,877 Referee: John Busby

Gillingham v Accrington Stanley

29 January 2019 (2019-01-29) 28	Gillingham	0–0	Accrington Stanley	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Ehmer  56'	Report	Smyth  85'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 3,423 Referee: Craig Hicks

February

Accrington Stanley v Blackpool

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) P	Accrington Stanley	P–P	Blackpool	Accrington
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Crown Ground
Note: Fixture was postponed due to freezing weather overnight.[47]

Scunthorpe United v Accrington Stanley

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 29	Scunthorpe United	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Wootton 13'  45+1' van Veen 42'  54' Burgess  83'	Report	Donacien  51' Barlaser  68'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,824 Referee: Antony Coggins

Sunderland v Accrington Stanley

15 February 2019 (2019-02-15) 30	Sunderland	2–2	Accrington Stanley	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Baldwin  35' Honeyman 55' McGeady 62'	Report	Kee 30' (pen.) Conneely  42' Smyth 52'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 28,937 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Accrington Stanley v Oxford United

19 February 2019 (2019-02-19) 31	Accrington Stanley	4–2	Oxford United	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Kee 36' Richards-Everton  39' McConville 57'  70' Clark 73' Armstrong 90+4'	Report	Brannagan  44' Garbutt 63' Mousinho 89'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,095 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

Accrington Stanley v Southend United

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 32	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Southend United	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Kee  30' Barlaser 60' Clark  79'	Report	Humphrys 20' Cox  36' Klass  41'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,472 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

March

Accrington Stanley v Coventry City

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 33	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Coventry City	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Gibson  73' Johnson  81'	Report	Enobakhare 60'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 3,083 Referee: Peter Wright

Accrington Stanley v Blackpool

5 March 2019 (2019-03-05) 34	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Blackpool	Accrington
19:45 GMT	McConville  12' Armstrong 23' Donacien  73' Evtimov  83' Wood  88' Hughes  90'	Report	Virtue 5' Dodoo  30' Spearing 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 3,792 Referee: Ross Joyce

Barnsley v Accrington Stanley

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 35	Barnsley	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Cavaré 41' Wood 45+1' (o.g.) Pinillos  62'	Report	McConville  26'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,533 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Wycombe Wanderers v Accrington Stanley

12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) 36	Wycombe Wanderers	1–3	Accrington Stanley	High Wycombe
19:45 GMT	Cowan-Hall 23' Allsop  45+10'	Report	Barlaser  45' Kee 45+10' (pen.), 66' (pen.) Smyth 71'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 3,819 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Accrington Stanley v Rochdale

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) P	Accrington Stanley	P–P	Rochdale	Accrington
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Crown Ground
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.[48]

Burton Albion v Accrington Stanley

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23) 37	Burton Albion	5–2	Accrington Stanley	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Collins  39' Fraser 44' Templeton  65' 82' McFadzean 68' Akins 78' (pen.), 90' (pen.) Quinn  90+5'	Report	McConville 37' Kee 40' (pen.) Clark  58'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,916 Referee: Lee Swabey

Accrington Stanley v Fleetwood Town

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 38	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Fleetwood Town	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Donacien  28' McConville  80'	Report	Rydel  30' Sheron  45' Souttar 50' Evans  89'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,485 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

April

Accrington Stanley v Sunderland

3 April 2019 (2019-04-03) 39	Accrington Stanley	0–3	Sunderland	Accrington
19:45 BST	Richards-Everton  15' Finley  32' Hughes  75' Kee  86'	Report	McGeady 4' O'Nien  30' Grigg 45+3' Wyke  63' Sterling 79'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 3,802 Referee: John Brooks

AFC Wimbledon v Accrington Stanley

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 40	AFC Wimbledon	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 BST	Piggott 21' Kalambayi  37' Hanson  71' Connolly  78'	Report	Smyth  4' Brown  29' Clark 34',  70'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,565 Referee: Neil Hair

Accrington Stanley v Rochdale

9 April 2019 (2019-04-09) 41	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Rochdale	Accrington
19:45 BST		Report	McLaughlin  27' Henderson  39' Rathbone 71' Hamilton  78'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,824 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

Accrington Stanley v Walsall

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 42	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Walsall	Accrington
15:00 BST	Sykes 11', 69' Finley  37'	Report	Devlin 33' Kinsella  45+1' Scarr  80' Gordon  81'  84' Cook  84' Leahy  88'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,662 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Accrington Stanley v Luton Town

20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 43	Accrington Stanley	0–3	Luton Town	Accrington
17:30 BST	Evtimov  3'  22' Conneely  32' Armstrong  86'	Report	Berry  17' Collins 24' (pen.) Ruddock-Mpanzu 68', 87'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 3,271 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Doncaster Rovers v Accrington Stanley

23 April 2019 (2019-04-23) 44	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Accrington Stanley	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Andrew 90' Sadlier  90+2'	Report	McConville 17' Smyth 44'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,222 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

Accrington Stanley v Plymouth Argyle

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 45	Accrington Stanley	5–1	Plymouth Argyle	Accrington
15:00 BST	Kee 20' (pen.) McConville 36', 43', 51' Armstrong 66'	Report	Rodgers 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 3,134 Referee: Craig Hicks

May

Portsmouth v Accrington Stanley

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 46	Portsmouth	1 – 1	Accrington Stanley	Portsmouth
17:30 BST	Close 59'	Report	McConville 46'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,439 Referee: Scott Duncan

FA Cup

Main article: 2018–19 FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October.^[49] The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November.^[50] The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.^[51] The fourth round draw was made live on BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton on 7 January 2019.^[52]

Accrington Stanley v Colchester United

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) First round	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Colchester United	Accrington
15:00 BST	Barlaser 34'	Report	Kent  47' Nouble  76'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,267 Referee: Martin Coy

Accrington Stanley v Cheltenham Town

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) Second round	Accrington Stanley	3–1	Cheltenham Town	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Zanzala 49' Kee 66' (pen.) Clark 78'	Report	Forster  47' Addai 73' Tozer  90+1'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,066 Referee: Andy Haines

Accrington Stanley v Ipswich Town

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) Third round	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Ipswich Town	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Kee 76'	Report	Downes  25'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,869 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Accrington Stanley v Derby County

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) Fourth round	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Derby County	Accrington
12:30 GMT	Barlaser  3'  59'	Report	Waghorn 78' Bogle  86'  90' Jozefzoon  90+3' Nugent  90+4'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 5,397 Referee: Jonathan Moss

EFL Cup

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.^[53]

Mansfield Town v Accrington Stanley

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) First round	Mansfield Town	6–1	Accrington Stanley	Mansfield
19:45 BST	Walker 9' (pen.), 13' (pen.), 45+2' Khan 16' Mellis  28' Benning  41' Rose 66' Hamilton 90+4'	Report	Finley 6' Conneely  26' Mingoia  29' Platt  45'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 1,565 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.^[54] The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November.^[55] On 8 December, the third round draw was drawn by Alan McInally and Matt Le Tissier on Soccer Saturday.^[56]

Pos	Lge	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Accrington Stanley	3	2	0	0	1	8	5	+3	6	Round 2
2	L2	Macclesfield Town	3	1	1	0	1	6	8	−2	5
3	L1	Blackpool	3	1	0	1	1	7	7	0	4
4	ACA	West Bromwich Albion U21	3	1	0	0	2	4	5	−1	3

Source: EFL.com

Accrington Stanley v Macclesfield Town

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09) Group stages	Accrington Stanley	4–1	Macclesfield Town	Accrington
19:45 BST	Finley 35' Zanzala 63' Fitzpatrick 80' (o.g.) Barlaser 90+5'	Report	Rose  45+1' Vincenti 58' Kelleher  63'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 900 Referee: Thomas Bramall

Accrington Stanley v West Bromwich Albion U21

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06) Group stages	Accrington Stanley	2–1	West Bromwich Albion U21	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Clark 49' Sykes 90+2'	Report	Leko 62'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 772 Referee: Peter Wright

Blackpool v Accrington Stanley

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13) Group stages	Blackpool	3–2	Accrington Stanley	Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Dodoo 30', 41' Gnanduillet 67' O'Sullivan  72' Pritchard  79'	Report	Hall 17', 90+1' (pen.) Sykes  54'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 781 Referee: Oliver Yates

Accrington Stanley v Lincoln City

4 December 2018 (2018-12-04) Second round	Accrington Stanley	2–2 (4–2 p)	Lincoln City	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Brown 7'  60' Sykes  11' Richards-Everton  43' Clark 70' Barlaser  82'	Report	Green 7' Eardley  24' McCombe 61' Chapman  71' Rhead 66'  78'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 746 Referee: Anthony Backhouse
	Penalties
	Hall Zanzala McConville Barlaser Clark		Gordon Chapman Green Rhead

Accrington Stanley v Bury

8 January 2019 (2019-01-08) Third round	Accrington Stanley	2–4	Bury	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Clark 10' Kee 38' Zanzala  42'	Report	Telford 55', 74' Maynard 57' Thompson  76' Mayor 84'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,136 Referee: Matt Donohue

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 4 May 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IRL	Jonny Maxted	26	0	16+3	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
30	GK	BUL	Dimitar Evtimov	10	0	9+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK	TRI	Tony Warner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ENG	Callum Johnson	44	0	40	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Mark Hughes	52	1	46	1	4	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF	LCA	Janoi Donacien	19	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Ben Richards-Everton	20	4	13+2	4	0	0	0	0	5	0
15	DF	ENG	Ross Sykes	20	4	13+1	3	2	0	0	0	4	1
16	DF	ENG	Will Wood	6	0	1+3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
18	DF	ENG	Harvey Rodgers	7	0	5+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	DF	AUS	Reagan Ogle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	ENG	Zehn Mohammed	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF	ENG	Liam Gibson	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	NIR	Liam Nolan	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
7	MF	ENG	Jordan Clark	54	9	44	5	4	1	0+1	0	3+2	3
8	MF	ENG	Scott Brown	37	1	18+11	0	0+3	0	1	0	4	1
11	MF	ENG	Sean McConville	53	16	45	16	4	0	1	0	2+1	0
12	MF	ENG	Danny Williams	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Sam Finley	44	3	32+5	1	3	0	1	1	1+2	1
17	MF	POR	Érico Sousa	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
22	MF	ENG	Piero Mingoia	11	0	2+1	0	0+2	0	1	0	3+2	0
26	MF	ENG	Daniel Barlaser	46	4	33+7	2	4	1	0	0	1+1	1
28	MF	IRL	Seamus Conneely	33	2	25+2	2	2	0	0	0	4	0
Forwards
9	FW	CGO	Offrande Zanzala	32	6	12+15	4	0+1	1	1	0	3	1
10	FW	ENG	Okera Simmonds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	NIR	Andrew Scott	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
29	FW	NIR	Billy Kee	49	16	42+2	13	4	2	0	0	1	1
38	FW	NIR	Paul Smyth	15	1	11+3	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	ENG	Luke Armstrong	14	2	6+8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
4	DF	ENG	Michael Ihiekwe	23	1	20	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
10	FW	ENG	Kayden Jackson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Connor Hall	19	2	1+15	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
19	FW	ENG	Andy Mangan	5	0	0+2	0	1	0	0+1	0	1	0
24	DF	ENG	Nick Wilmer-Anderton	25	0	20+2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
25	DF	ENG	Matthew Platt	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
27	FW	ENG	Luke Charman	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
30	GK	ENG	Connor Ripley	24	0	21	0	3	0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

As of 4 May 2019

Rank	Position	Name	League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		Total
1	MF	Jordan Clark	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
2	MF	Sean McConville	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	DF	Mark Hughes	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
4	MF	Sam Finley	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
5	DF	Scott Brown	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
	DF	Ross Sykes	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
7	MF	Daniel Barlaser	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	1
	DF	Ben Richards-Everton	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
9	DF	Michael Ihiekwe	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
10	FW	Billy Kee	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	Seamus Conneely	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
12	DF	Callum Johnson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
13	GK	Connor Ripley	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	FW	Offrande Zanzala	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1
	DF	Janoi Donacien	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	Liam Gibson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	Paul Smyth	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18	GK	Jonny Maxted	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	GK	Dimitar Evtimov	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
	MF	Piero Mingoia	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Matthew Platt	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Nick Wilmer-Anderton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Will Wood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Luke Armstrong	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		84	5	1	1	3	0	6	0	94	6

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