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 July 2018 RM Piero Mingoia Cambridge United Free transfer 1 July 2018 CB Will Wood Southampton Free transfer 2 August 2018 CF Offrande Zanzala Derby County Undisclosed 7 August 2018 MF Andrew Scott Maiden City Undisclosed 9 August 2018 CF Andy Mangan Bala Town Free transfer 19 January 2019 GK Dimitar Evtimov Burton Albion Free transfer 1 February 2019 RW Okera Simmonds Blackburn Rovers Free transfer
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2018 MF Josh Hmami The New Saints Free transfer 1 July 2018 GK Aaron Chapman Peterborough United Free Transfer 1 July 2018 CF Akeel Francis Guiseley Released 1 July 2018 RW Mekhi Leacock-McLeod FC Halifax Town Released 8 August 2018 MF Tom Reilly Eskilstuna City Free transfer 9 August 2018 CF Kayden Jackson Ipswich Town Undisclosed 3 January 2019 CB Janoi Donacien Ipswich Town £750,000
Loans in Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref. 3 August 2018 CB Matthew Platt Blackburn Rovers 31 May 2019 9 August 2018 GK Connor Ripley Middlesbrough 8 January 2019 17 August 2018 LB Nick Anderton Blackpool 1 January 2019 24 August 2018 CB Michael Ihiekwe Rotherham United 2 January 2019 31 August 2018 CM Daniel Barlaser Newcastle United 31 May 2019 31 August 2018 CF Luke Charman Newcastle United 1 January 2019 31 August 2018 CF Connor Hall Bolton Wanderers 1 January 2019 10 January 2019 LB Liam Gibson Newcastle United 31 May 2019 11 January 2019 CF Luke Armstrong Middlesbrough 31 May 2019 18 January 2019 CB Janoi Donacien Ipswich Town 31 May 2019 25 January 2019 CF Paul Smyth Queens Park Rangers 31 May 2019
Loans out Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref. 31 July 2018 RB Janoi Donacien Ipswich Town 2 January 2019 23 August 2018 RB Reagan Ogle Southport 31 May 2019 31 August 2018 CB Zehn Mohammed Clitheroe 30 September 2018 5 October 2018 LM Danny Williams AFC Fylde 2 January 2019 8 October 2018 LW Érico Sousa Barrow 10 November 2018 13 October 2018 CB Will Wood Havant & Waterlooville 12 January 2019 24 November 2018 DM Liam Nolan Salford City 23 January 2019 13 December 2018 CB Zehn Mohammed Southport 1 January 2019 14 December 2018 RB Harvey Rodgers Hartlepool United 14 January 2019 11 January 2019 CM Niall Watson Widnes 10 February 2019 15 January 2019 CB Zehn Mohammed FC United of Manchester 31 May 2019 31 January 2019 RM Piero Mingoia Morecambe 31 May 2019
Competitions
Friendlies Stanley announced pre-season fixtures against Huddersfield Town, Middlesbrough and Blackburn Rovers.
League One
League table
Result summary
Results by matchday
Matches
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
FA Cup
The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October. The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November. The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018. The fourth round draw was made live on BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton on 7 January 2019.
EFL Cup
On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.
EFL Trophy On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced. The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November. On 8 December, the third round draw was drawn by Alan McInally and Matt Le Tissier on Soccer Saturday.
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Disciplinary record
RankPositionNameLeague OneFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotal1MF Jordan Clark1000000001002MF Sean McConville9000000090DF Mark Hughes90000000904MF Sam Finley80000000805DF Scott Brown6000001070DF Ross Sykes50000020707MF Daniel Barlaser4011001061DF Ben Richards-Everton50000010609DF Michael Ihiekwe500000005010FW Billy Kee4000000040MF Seamus Conneely300010004012DF Callum Johnson300000003013GK Connor Ripley2100000021FW Offrande Zanzala1100001021DF Janoi Donacien2000000020MF Liam Gibson2000000020FW Paul Smyth200000002018GK Jonny Maxted0100000001GK Dimitar Evtimov1200000012MF Piero Mingoia0000100010DF Matthew Platt0000100010MF Nick Wilmer-Anderton1000000010DF Will Wood1000000010FW Luke Armstrong 1000000010Total845113060946
References