The original Accrington Stanley were formed in the late 1870s, only ascending to the Football League in 1921.
Accrington FC were one of twelve founders of the Football League in 1888.
Who are they?
Our biggest win came in December 2008 where, trailing 1-0 at half time, Peter Jackson brought on Adrian Patulea and switched formations as the Stacey West fans had demanded throughout a turgid first period. Stanley Villa we so named as some of their players lived in Stanley Street. Since the reformation, Stanley has climbed the non-League pyramid to reach The Football League. And he says if I don't drink lots of milk, when I grow up I'll only be good enough to play for Accrington Stanley."
That, ladies and gentlemen, is where the expression ‘to keep a clean sheet” comes from.In 1921 they joined the newly formed League Division Three North a division that also featured Lincoln City. In the FA Cup they beat Stockport before losing to Hartlepool and in the League Cup they played us. We knew things were poor, but they always used to get the wages together.”In total we’d beaten Accrington 22 times, they’d triumphed over us 13 times and we’d shared a draw on nine occasions. Bradford went on to win 1-0 and Foulke didn’t have to dive during the game, keeping the sheet clean. As you might have guessed, I have a brief overview for you.Accrington FC and Stanley Villa FC. He went on to win promotion, the FA Cup and the League Championship with the Clarets.Football after the First World War resumed in 1919 and there followed big changes for Stanley. Bob Lord, chairman of Burnley, came in to try to save the club, but on March 2nd 1962 they lost 4–0 away at Crewe and, at a creditors’ meeting shortly afterwards, further unsecured creditors were revealed. Our biggest win came on March 3rd, 1951 as we ran out 9-1 winners. He then revealed they owed a similar sum to the Inland Revenue, making the debts unmanageable. Name. The next season our 1947/48 title-winning side lost both home and away at Accrington.They didn’t fold immediately, they joined the Lancashire Combination Division Two for the next season.
As the decade that shaped modern culture dawned, there was no joy for Accrington nor Lincoln. So I had to go home and tell my wife, and we hadn’t been married so long either. They should not be confused with the earlier club of the same name, or with Accrington F.C., who were one of the original twelve founder members of the Football League. Lord couldn’t save Accrington Stanley and the club were forced to send a letter of resignation to the Football League. I’d just moved into a flat in Accrington and the next week I turn up for training and they tell us that’s it, the club’s folded. They were in turn preceded by Accrington FC, founded in 1876. In 1920 the club moved to Peel Park, with Haworth bringing his Burnley side to the new ground for one of the opening games.A year later the Reds were one of the clubs involved in the expansion of the Football League and accepted an invitation to take a place in the new Third Division North.