2022–23 Accrington Stanley F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was the 54th season in the existence of Accrington Stanley Football Club and the club's fifth consecutive season in League One. In addition to the league, they also competed in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

Accrington Stanley

2022–23 season
Owner	Andy Holt
Manager	John Coleman
Stadium	Crown Ground
League One	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Semi-finals
Highest home attendance	5,268 vs Leeds United, 28 January 2023, FA Cup
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
15 June 2022	CM	Matt Lowe	Brackley Town	Free Transfer	[1]
1 July 2022[lower-alpha 1]	CM	Mohammed Sangare	Newcastle United	Free Transfer	[2]
4 July 2022	RW	Shaun Whalley	Shrewsbury Town	Free Transfer	[3]
25 July 2022	CF	Alhagi Touray Sisay	Haverfordwest County	Free Transfer	[4]
25 July 2022	CF	Enock Lusiama	Daisy Hill	Free Transfer	[5]
8 August 2022	CB	Baba Fernandes	Nottingham Forest	Free Transfer	[6]
1 September 2022	LB	Bailey Sloane	Clitheroe	Undisclosed	[7]
20 September 2022	CF	Nathan Delfouneso	Bolton Wanderers	Free Transfer	[8]
19 January 2023	RM	Sebastian Quirk	Everton	Undisclosed	[9]
20 February 2023	CM	Anthony Mancini	Free agent	—	[10]

1. The transfer was announced on 31 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Newcastle United contract expired.

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
10 June 2022	RM	John O'Sullivan	Bohemians	Undisclosed	[11]
23 June 2022	CB	Ross Sykes	Union SG	Undisclosed	[12]
30 June 2022[lower-alpha 1]	DM	Matt Butcher	Plymouth Argyle	Free Transfer	[13]
30 June 2022	CF	Lewis Mansell	Ramsbottom United	Released	[14][15]
30 June 2022	CM	Ben Pleavin	Duquesne Dukes	Released	[14][16]
30 June 2022	CB	Stephen Sama	Unattached	Released	[14]
30 June 2022	CF	Kevin Spinelli	Ashton United	Released	[14][17]
30 June 2022	MF	Luke Stowe	Colne	Released	[14][18]
21 July 2022	CF	Colby Bishop	Portsmouth	Undisclosed	[19]
24 August 2022	CM	Harry Pell	AFC Wimbledon	Undisclosed	[20]
4 November 2022	CB	Archie Procter	Dorking Wanderers	Free Transfer	[21]
12 November 2022	DM	Tom Scully	Nantwich Town	Free Transfer	[22]
20 January 2023	CF	Nathan Delfouneso	AFC Fylde	Released	[23][24]
31 January 2023	CB	Matty Carson	Reading	Released	[25][26]
3 February 2023	GK	Louis Hood	Darwen	Free Transfer	[27]
3 March 2023	CB	Harry Perritt	Altrincham	Free Transfer	[28]

1. The transfer was announced on 20 June, and would become official once his contract expired

Loans in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Ref
28 June 2022	GK	Lukas Jensen	Burnley	End of Season	[29]
13 July 2022	CB	Ryan Astley	Everton	End of Season	[30]
15 August 2022	CB	Doug Tharme	Blackpool	End of Season	[31]
4 January 2023	CF	Aaron Pressley	Brentford	End of Season	[32]
31 January 2023	CF	Nathan Butler-Oyedeji	Arsenal	End of Season	[33]

≠===Loans out===

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Ref
4 August 2022	CF	Enock Lusiama	Southport	4 September 2022	[34]
6 August 2022	LB	Matty Carson	AFC Telford United	6 September 2022	[35]
17 August 2022	MF	Rhys-James Fenlon	Chorley	17 September 2022	[36]
6 September 2022	CF	Leslie Adekoya	Witton Albion	6 October 2022	[37]
13 September 2022	DM	Tom Scully	Nantwich Town	13 October 2022	[38]
1 October 2022	CM	Oliver Patrick	Bamber Bridge	1 November 2022	[39]
14 October 2022	GK	Max Clayton	Darwen	Work Experience	[40]
	CB	Aaron Pickles	Glossop North End		[41]
15 October 2022	LB	Matty Carson	Stalybridge Celtic	15 November 2022	[42]
	CM	Dylan Moonan			[43]
21 October 2022	CF	Enock Lusiama	Colne	21 November 2022	[44]
11 November 2022	LB	Bailey Sloane	AFC Telford United	11 December 2022	[45]
3 December 2022		Connor O'Brien	Radcliffe	3 January 2023	[46]
23 December 2022	CM	Dylan Moonan	FC United of Manchester	23 January 2023	[47]
31 December 2022		Oliver Patrick	Nantwich Town	31 January 2023	[48]
13 January 2023	MF	Alex Henderson	Colne	Work Experience	[49]
3 February 2023		Owen Devonport	Clitheroe	3 March 2023	[50]
	GK	Liam Isherwood	Marine		[51]
16 February 2023		Toby Savin	Stevenage	10 March 2023[lower-alpha 1]	[52][53][54]
23 February 2023	LB	Bailey Sloane	Radcliffe	23 March 2023	[55]
18 March 2023	CF	Joe Hardy	Marine	End of Season	[56]

1. On 24 February, Savin's emergency loan at Stevenage was extended by a further seven days. On 3 March, another seven-days was added on to the loan deal

Pre-season and friendlies

Stanley announced their first pre-season friendly on 17 May, with Blackburn Rovers visiting on 9 July.^[57][58] A further match with Stoke City was confirmed on 18 May.^[59] On 30 May, a third friendly, a home fixture against Preston North End was added.^[60] Sunderland was also confirmed as visitors to the Wham Stadium.^[61] A fifth home pre-season friendly was confirmed, against Wigan Athletic.^[62] A behind-closed-doors meeting against Crystal Palace was also added.^[63]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Crystal Palace v Accrington Stanley

2 July 2022 Friendly	Crystal Palace	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Beckenham
13:00 BST	Mateta 22'	Report	Lowe 49'	Stadium: Crystal Palace Training Ground Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

Accrington Stanley v Blackburn Rovers

9 July 2022 Friendly	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Accrington
15:00 BST	Lowe 51'	Report		Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 4,961
Note: Match one of two 60-minute matches

Accrington Stanley v Blackburn Rovers

9 July 2022 Friendly	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Blackburn Rovers	Accrington
16:30 BST		Report	Vale 40' Dolan 45'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 4,961
Note: Match two of two 60-minute matches

Accrington Stanley v Stoke City

13 July 2022 Friendly	Accrington Stanley	2–0	Stoke City	Accrington
19:00 BST	McConville 9', 10'	Report		Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,098

Accrington Stanley v Preston North End

16 July 2022 Friendly	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Preston North End	Accrington
15:00 BST		Report	Riis Jakobsen 38'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,897

Accrington Stanley v Wigan Athletic

19 July 2022 Friendly	Accrington Stanley	0–0	Wigan Athletic	Accrington
19:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 857

Accrington Stanley v Sunderland

23 July 2022 Friendly	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Sunderland	Accrington
15:00 BST	McConville 62' (pen.) Adedoyin 75'	Report	Stewart 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,782

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League One	August 2022	May 2023	Matchday 1	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
FA Cup	TBC	TBC	First round proper	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Cup	TBC	TBC	First round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Trophy	TBC	TBC	Group stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00

Last updated: pre-season
Source: [ Soccerway]

League One

Main article: 2022–23 EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
19	Oxford United	46	11	14	21	49	56	−7	47
20	Cambridge United	46	13	7	26	41	68	−27	46
21	Milton Keynes Dons (R)	46	11	12	23	44	66	−22	45	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	Morecambe (R)	46	10	14	22	47	78	−31	44
23	Accrington Stanley (R)	46	11	11	24	40	77	−37	44
24	Forest Green Rovers (R)	46	6	9	31	31	89	−58	27

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^[64]
(R) Relegated

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	11	11	24	40	77	−37	44	6	5	12	27	39	−12	5	6	12	13	38	−25

Last updated: 29 April 2023.
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	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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W
Position	11	6	10	12	11	18	19	21	18	13	9	12	16	17	19	20	20	20	20	19	20	21	20	19	20	23	22	22	22	20	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	23	23	23	22	23	23

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2023. Source: [ Soccerway]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.^[65]

July

Accrington Stanley v Charlton Athletic

30 July 2022 1	Accrington Stanley	2–2	Charlton Athletic	Accrington
15:00 BST	Sangare  31' Hamilton  60' Rich-Baghuelou  62' McConville 69' Adedoyin 90+6'	Report	Fraser 36' Leaburn 90+4'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,767 Referee: Ben Speedie

August

Shrewsbury Town v Accrington Stanley

6 August 2022 2	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Flanagan  57'  57'	Report	Coyle  45+6' Whalley  68' Leigh 77'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 6,117 Referee: Andy Haines

Accrington Stanley v Burton Albion

13 August 2022 3	Accrington Stanley	4–4	Burton Albion	Accrington
15:00 BST	Pritchard 52' McConville 57' Woods 90' Longelo 90+6'	Report	Keillor-Dunn 10' (pen.), 17', 50' Ahadme 81'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,997 Referee: Samuel Barrott

Forest Green Rovers v Accrington Stanley

16 August 2022	Forest Green Rovers	Postponed	Accrington Stanley	Nailsworth
19:45 BST				Stadium: The innocent New Lawn Stadium
Note: Match was postponed due to a unplayable playing surface.[66]

Milton Keynes Dons v Accrington Stanley

20 August 2022 4	Milton Keynes Dons	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Denbigh
15:00 BST	Robson 30' Johnson  61' Lawrence  70'	Report	Astley  10' Clark  43' Hamilton  60' McConville  68', 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadium MK Referee: Tom Reeves

Accrington Stanley v Exeter City

27 August 2022 5	Accrington Stanley	0–0	Exeter City	Accrington
15:00 BST	Pritchard  81'	Report	Stubbs  56'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,170 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

September

Accrington Stanley v Ipswich Town

3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 6	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Ipswich Town	Accrington
15:00 BST	Leigh  56' Tharme  79' Hamilton  85'	Report	Woolfenden  14' Davis  20' Burns  73', 87' Chaplin 76'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 3,069 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Forest Green Rovers v Accrington Stanley

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06) 7	Forest Green Rovers	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Nailsworth
19:45 BST	Brown 37',  63' Peart-Harris  39' March 81' Bernard  90+3'	Report	Coyle  38' Leigh 76'	Stadium: The innocent New Lawn Stadium Attendance: 2,007 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Lincoln City v Accrington Stanley

10 September 2022 (2022-09-10)	Lincoln City	Postponed	Accrington Stanley	Lincoln
15:00 BST				Stadium: LNER Stadium
Note: Fixture was postponed as a mark of respect following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.[67]

Wycombe Wanderers v Accrington Stanley

13 September 2022 (2022-09-13) 8	Wycombe Wanderers	1–0	Accrington Stanley	High Wycombe
19:45 BST	McCarthy 21' Scowen  90+4'	Report	Tharme  17' Coyle  47'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 3,704 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Accrington Stanley v Cheltenham Town

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 9	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Accrington
15:00 BST	McConville 1' Astley  76' Pritchard  81' Jensen  89'	Report	Jackson  53' Perry  81'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,996 Referee: Steve Martin

Bristol Rovers v Accrington Stanley

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 10	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Horfield
15:00 BST	Loft  61' Evans  90+4'	Report	Astley  43' Pritchard 54' McConville  71' Rodgers  90+3'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 8,906 Referee: Lee Swabey

October

Accrington Stanley v Morecambe

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 11	Accrington Stanley	3–1	Morecambe	Accrington
15:00 BST	Conneely  29' Tharme  53' Coyle 58' Hamilton 81' Leigh 85'	Report	Gibson  28' Gnahoua  45+1' Fané  61' Astley 77' (o.g.) Rawson  82' Love  88'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,916 Referee: James Oldham

Plymouth Argyle v Accrington Stanley

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 12	Plymouth Argyle	3–0	Accrington Stanley	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Ennis 24'  67' Mumba  33' Scarr  38' Cosgrove  39' 63' Galloway  90+2' Hardie 90+3'	Report	Hamilton  1' Conneely  38' Coyle  39' Whalley  56'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 15,065 Referee: Neil Hair

Accrington Stanley v Derby County

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 13	Accrington Stanley	0–3	Derby County	Accrington
15:00 BST	McConville 36' 38' Tharme  51'	Report	Osula 15' 39' Cashin  28' Davies  37' Barkhuizen 90+8'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 4,879 Referee: Will Finnie

Accrington Stanley v Bolton Wanderers

22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 14	Accrington Stanley	2–3	Bolton Wanderers	Accrington
15:00 BST	Whalley 8'  77' Clark  42' Johnston 48' (o.g.) McConville  50' Rodgers  59'	Report	Rodgers 56' (o.g.) Lee 71' Afolayan 75' Jones  90+2'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 4,829 Referee: Bobby Madden

Peterborough United v Accrington Stanley

25 October 2022 (2022-10-25) 15	Peterborough United	3–1	Accrington Stanley	Peterborough
19:45 BST	Fuchs  23' Mason-Clark 33' Poku 51' Taylor  56' Clarke-Harris 59'	Report	Coyle  10' Rodgers 25'  90+3' Tharme  63' Astley  65'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 7,181 Referee: Craig Hicks

Fleetwood Town v Accrington Stanley

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 16	Fleetwood Town	3–0	Accrington Stanley	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Mendes Gomes  13' 50' Rooney 54' Earl 59'  68' Sarpong-Wiredu  62'	Report	Whalley  25'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,115 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

November

Lincoln City v Accrington Stanley

1 November 2022 (2022-11-01) 17	Lincoln City	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Lincoln
19:45 GMT	Virtue  27' House  45+1' Diamond 60' (pen.) Poole  82'	Report	Clark  45+1' Tharme  50' Coyle  54' Longelo  83' Rodgers 85'	Stadium: LNER Stadium Attendance: 7,317 Referee: Ross Joyce

Accrington Stanley v Sheffield Wednesday

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 18	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Fernandes  81'	Report	Mighten 24' Ihiekwe  33' James  66' Vaulks  89'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 4,938 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Cambridge United v Accrington Stanley

19 November 2022 (2022-11-19) 19	Cambridge United	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Williams  65'	Report	Rodgers 45+2',  71' Perritt  90+3'	Stadium: The Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,022 Referee: Christopher Pollard

December

Accrington Stanley v Oxford United

3 December 2022 (2022-12-03) 20	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Oxford United	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Tharme  35' Astley  57' Leigh  62' Hamilton 84' Pritchard  86'	Report	Henry 58' Brown  73' Murphy  78'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,447 Referee: Samuel Barrott

Accrington Stanley v Portsmouth

10 December 2022 (2022-12-10)	Accrington Stanley	Postponed	Portsmouth	Accrington
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Wham Stadium
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[68]

Port Vale v Accrington Stanley

17 December 2022 (2022-12-17)	Port Vale	Postponed	Accrington Stanley	Burslem
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Vale Park
Note: Fixture was postponed due to the playing surface being unplayable.[69]

Accrington Stanley v Barnsley

26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) 21	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Barnsley	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Conneely  37' Leigh 62' (pen.) Perritt  90+4'	Report	Norwood 8' Connell  31' Kane  80' Cundy  81'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 4,791 Referee: Rebecca Welch

Morecambe v Accrington Stanley

29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) 22	Morecambe	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Morecambe
19:45 GMT	Shaw 34' Weir 43' Bedeau  65'	Report	Pritchard  57' Rodgers  90+4'	Stadium: The Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 4,191 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

January

Derby County v Accrington Stanley

2 January 2023 (2023-01-02) 23	Derby County	4–0	Accrington Stanley	Derby
15:00 GMT	Barkhuizen 7', 46' Smith  11' Hourihane 16' Sibley  29' McGoldrick 45+2' (pen.) Forsyth  62' Osula  79'	Report	Whalley  13' Rodgers  21' Fernandes  35'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 26,816 Referee: Martin Woods

Accrington Stanley v Bristol Rovers

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 24	Accrington Stanley	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Coyle  28' Leigh 51' Rodgers  55' Astley 79' Martin  86' Hamilton  89'	Report	Sinclair  25' Finley  90+4'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,510 Referee: Tom Nield

Barnsley v Accrington Stanley

21 January 2023 (2023-01-21) 25	Barnsley	3–1	Accrington Stanley	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Norwood 5' Aitchison 8' Williams 19' Thomas  23'	Report	Hamilton  26' Coyle  73' Leigh 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 9,893 Referee: Carl Brook

February

Accrington Stanley v Lincoln City

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 26	Accrington Stanley	0–3	Lincoln City	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Tharme  39' Perritt  56' Woods  75'	Report	House 24',  60' Roughan 55' Bishop 58' O'Connor  89'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,382 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Port Vale v Accrington Stanley

7 February 2023 27	Port Vale	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Burslem
19:45 GMT	Ojo  30' Smith  34' Worrall 57' Donnelly  63' Benning  67' Butterworth 76'	Report	Pressley 52' (pen.) Fernandes  73' Rodgers  75' McConville  88'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,729 Referee: Adam Herczeg

Cheltenham Town v Accrington Stanley

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 28	Cheltenham Town	0–0	Accrington Stanley	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Broom  25' Raglan  90+2' Taylor  90+8'	Report	Whalley  56' Coyle  90+6' Fernandes  90+8'	Stadium: The Completely Suzuki Stadium Attendance: 4,325 Referee: Will Finnie

Accrington Stanley v Wycombe Wanderers

14 February 2023 (2023-02-14) 29	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Wycombe Wanderers	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Sangare  36' Coyle  81'	Report	Scowen 18' Vokes  38' McCleary 90'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,900 (201 away fans) Referee: Lewis Smith

Accrington Stanley v Shrewsbury Town

18 February 2023 30	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Pressley 12' Longelo  67' Sangare  77' Fernandes  90+8'	Report	Winchester  16' Saydee  50' Phillips  90+8'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,858 (807 away) Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Burton Albion v Accrington Stanley

25 February 2023 31	Burton Albion	0–0	Accrington Stanley	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Lavelle  76'	Report	Whalley  87' McConville  90+5'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,578 Referee: Josh Smith

March

Accrington Stanley v Forest Green Rovers

4 March 2023 32	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Forest Green Rovers	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Rodgers  12' Pressley 44' Longelo 64'	Report	Peart-Harris 22' Casey  43' O'Keeffe  45' Robson  85' Omotoye  90+2'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,224 (210 from FGR) Referee: Declan Bourne

Ipswich Town v Accrington Stanley

7 March 2023 33	Ipswich Town	3–0	Accrington Stanley	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Broadhead 12' Burgess  42' Jackson 56' Edwards 90+4'	Report	Jensen  90+1' Fernandes  90+3'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 22,413 Referee: Lee Swabey

Charlton Athletic v Accrington Stanley

11 March 2023 34	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Charlton
15:00 GMT	Sessegnon 37' Dobson  54' Morgan  90+7'	Report	Whalley 28' Rodgers  49' Tharme  61' Conneely  90+6'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 11,972 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Accrington Stanley v Portsmouth

14 March 2023 35	Accrington Stanley	1–3	Portsmouth	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Jensen  10' Rodgers  49' Fernandes  62' Leigh  73' Adedoyin 88'	Report	Pigott 13',  66' Morrell  46' Hackett-Fairchild 57' Bishop 81' Scarlett  90+5'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,473 (603 from Pompey) Referee: David Rock

Accrington Stanley v Milton Keynes Dons

18 March 2023 36	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Nottingham  39' Tharme  45+1' Leigh  80'	Report	Kaikai 8' Lewington  47' Watson  64'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,465 (290 from MK Dons) Referee: Craig Hicks

Accrington Stanley v Plymouth Argyle

21 March 2023 37	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Plymouth Argyle	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Sangare  17'  51' McConville  38' Martin  42' Longelo  90+4'	Report	Butcher 14' Grant 78'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,489 (689 from Plymouth) Referee: James Bell

Exeter City v Accrington Stanley

25 March 2023 38	Exeter City	5-0	Accrington Stanley	Exeter
15:00 GMT	Mitchell 36' McDonald  44' Key 49' Nombe 54' Scott 75' Stansfield 81'	Report	Adedoyin  44'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 6,556 Referee: Oliver Langford

April

Accrington Stanley v Port Vale

7 April 2023 39	Accrington Stanley	3–0	Port Vale	Accrington
15:00 BST	Stevens 31' (o.g.) Rodgers 40' Pressley 68' (pen.) Butler-Oyedeji  90+4'	Report	Ojo  90+3' Massey  90+4'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 3,444 (1,173 from Port Vale) Referee: Andy Woolmer

Sheffield Wednesday v Accrington Stanley

10 April 2023 40	Sheffield Wednesday	3–0	Accrington Stanley	Owlerton
15:00 BST	Adeniran 11', 46' Palmer 72'	Report	Rodgers  16' Hamilton  65'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 25,025 Referee: Neil Hair

Accrington Stanley v Fleetwood Town

15 April 2023 41	Accrington Stanley	2–5	Fleetwood Town	Accrington
15:00 BST	McConville  27' Coyle  45+4' Clark  49' Nottingham 65' Leigh 81'	Report	Marriott 9', 35', 90+3' Robertson  45+1' Omochere  47', 57' Earl  80' Sarpong-Wiredu  85' Patterson 90'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,624 (386 from FTFC) Referee: Marc Edwards

Accrington Stanley v Peterborough United

18 April 2023 42	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Peterborough United	Accrington
19:45 BST	Rodgers  61' McConville 87'	Report	Clarke-Harris 23' Mason-Clark 43' Norburn  53' Edwards  66' Butler  80'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,064 (333 from PUFC) Referee: Tom Reeves

Portsmouth v Accrington Stanley

22 April 2023 43	Portsmouth	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Milton
15:00 BST	Pigott 75'	Report	Clark  19' McConville  69'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,594 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Bolton Wanderers v Accrington Stanley

25 April 2023 44	Bolton Wanderers	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Horwich
19:45 BST		Report	Hamilton 42'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 17,406 (257 away) Referee: James Linington

Accrington Stanley v Cambridge United

29 April 2023 45	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Cambridge United	Accrington
15:00 BST	Coyle  73' Whalley  80' Pressley 83' (pen.)	Report	Lankester  28' Dunk 42' Digby  45+3' Thomas 65'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 4,484 (652 from Cambridge) Referee: Rebecca Welch

May

Oxford United v Accrington Stanley

7 May 2023 46	Oxford United	1–2	Accrington Stanley	Littlemore
15:00 BST	Bodin 8' Joseph  79'	Report	Adedoyin 64' Pressley 85' Coyle  57' Hamilton  90'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 10,499 (265 away) Referee: Sam Allison

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

Accrington were drawn away to Crawley Town in the first round,^[70] at home to Barnet in the second round^[71] and away to Boreham Wood in the third round.^[72]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Crawley Town v Accrington Stanley

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) First round	Crawley Town	1–4	Accrington Stanley	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Hessenthaler 18' Lynch  51' Ransom  73' Craig  85'	Report	Whalley 1', 22', 49' Coyle  25' Hamilton 45' Savin  79' Leigh  79'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,770 Referee: Ollie Yates

Accrington Stanley v Barnet

26 November 2022 (2022-11-26) Second round	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Barnet	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Hamilton  74', 84'	Report	Okimo  28' Kabamba  29' Gorman  41'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,771 Referee: Adam Herczeg

Boreham Wood v Accrington Stanley

7 January 2023 (2023-01-07) Third round	Boreham Wood	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Borehamwood
15:00 GMT	Newton  45' Evans  70' Ndlovu 78' Sousa  84' Ilesanmi  88'	Report	Astley 6' Whalley  53' Savin  58' Perritt  71'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 2,001 Referee: Oliver Langford

Accrington Stanley v Boreham Wood

24 January 2023 (2023-01-24) Third round replay	Accrington Stanley	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Boreham Wood	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Tharme  32' Leigh 97' (pen.) Coyle  120+3'	Report	Rees  39' Marsh  48' Agbontohoma  81'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,940 Referee: Scott Oldham
Note: Fixture was postponed from 17 January to 24 January due to an unplayable playing surface.[73]

Accrington Stanley v Leeds United

28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) Fourth round	Accrington Stanley	1–3	Leeds United	Accrington
12:30 GMT	Coyle  39' Adekoya 81',  90+4'	Report	Harrison 23' Firpo 66' Sinisterra 68' Greenwood  70'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 5,268 Referee: Josh Smith

EFL Cup

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Stanley were drawn at home to Tranmere Rovers in the first round.^[74]

Accrington Stanley v Tranmere Rovers

9 August 2022 First round	Accrington Stanley	2–2 (11–12 p)	Tranmere Rovers	Accrington
19:45 BST	Adedoyin 37' Astley 39' Clark  90+2'	Report	Hawkes 62' Astley 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,035 Referee: Robert Lewis
	Penalties
	McConville Whalley Pritchard Astley Pell Clark Woods Coyle Sangare Rodgers Jensen McConville Whalley		Hemmings Hawkes Hughes Lewis Robinson McAlear Byrne Dacres-Cogley Bristow Mumbongo Hewelt Hemmings Hawkes

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Trophy

On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Accrington with Rochdale and Salford City.^[75] Three days later, Liverpool U21s joined Northern Group D.^[76] Stanley were drawn away to Grimsby Town in the second round^[77] to Burton Albion in the third round^[78] and to Lincoln City in the quarter-final.^[79] In the semi-finals, Accrington Stanley were drawn at home to Bolton Wanderers.^[80]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Salford City	3	1	2	0	0	4	3	+1	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Accrington Stanley	3	1	1	1	0	6	5	+1	6
3	L2	Rochdale	3	1	0	2	0	6	5	+1	5
4	ACA	Liverpool U21	3	0	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0

Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Accrington Stanley v Rochdale

30 August 2022 Group stage	Accrington Stanley	3–3 (4–3 p)	Rochdale	Accrington
19:45 BST	McConville 51' Lowe 55' Woods  62' Coyle  79' Pritchard  87' Sinclair 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Graham  35' Ball 65' Henderson 67' Brierley 72'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,130 Referee: Peter Wright
	Penalties
	Savin McConville Leigh Woods		Henderson Brierley Sinclair Kelly White

Salford City v Accrington Stanley

20 September 2022 Group stage	Salford City	0–0 (4–2 p)	Accrington Stanley	Salford
19:30 BST	O'Brien  41' Jenkins  80' Chapman  90+5'	Report	Tharme  53' Sloane  82' Clark  90+4'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 722 Referee: Thomas Kirk
	Penalties
	Smith Hendry Tolaj Galbraith		Savin McConville Coyle Martin

Accrington Stanley v Liverpool U21

18 October 2022 Group stage	Accrington Stanley	3–2	Liverpool U21	Accrington
19:45 BST	Leigh 12' 46' Coyle  59' Astley 70'	Report	Ramsay 90+1' Doak 90+3'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 865 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Grimsby Town v Accrington Stanley

22 November 2022 (2022-11-22) Second round	Grimsby Town	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Cleethorpes
19:30 GMT	Morris  65' Smith  89'	Report	Whalley  56' Leigh 66' (pen.) Rodgers  90'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 703 Referee: Martin Coy

Burton Albion v Accrington Stanley

13 December 2022 (2022-12-13) Third round	Burton Albion	2–4	Accrington Stanley	Burton upon Trent
19:00 GMT	Oshilaja 7' Borthwick-Jackson  20' Tharme 23' (o.g.) Hughes  61'	Report	Rodgers 20', 68' Pritchard 41' Leigh 45+5'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 390 Referee: Scott Oldham

Lincoln City v Accrington Stanley

10 January 2023 (2023-01-10) Quarter-final	Lincoln City	2–2 (1–3 p)	Accrington Stanley	Lincoln
19:00 GMT	Hopper 7', 80' Mandroiu  45+2' O'Connor  77' Jackson  83'	Report	Pressley 36', 73' (pen.),  90+3' Conneely  89'	Stadium: LNER Stadium Attendance: 2,304 Referee: Simon Mather
	Penalties
	Diamond Mandroiu Sanders Poole		Pressley Coyle Whalley McConville

Accrington Stanley v Bolton Wanderers

22 February 2023 (2023-02-22) Semi-final	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Bolton Wanderers	Accrington
20:00 GMT	Pressley  21' McConville  22' Coyle  41'	Report	Trafford  52' Morley  64', 84' Kachunga 82'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 4,874 (2,625 from Bolton) Referee: Sam Barrott

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