Accrington Stanley

Accrington Stanley FC is an English football club from Accrington, Lancashire. The club was founded in 1891 and should not be confused with Accrington FC, one of the 12 founding members of the Football League.



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == ===First club[ Edit] === Founded In 1891 was Stanley Villa that took the name Accrington Stanley two years later. After a time to have played in regional leagues was Stanley one of the founders of the Football League Third Division North in 1921 and played there for the next 40 years. The best place was 2nd in 1955 and 1958, but only the champion was awarded a PhD. In 1960 the club faced financial difficulties and relegated to the newly created Fourth Division.
 * 1.1 first club
 * 1.2 Reestablishment
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After the first season in the Fourth Division were the problems getting bigger and the 1961/62 season was not even finished and the club disappeared. ===Reestablishment[ Edit] === Six years later the club was re-established and is seen as a successor of both Accrington FC as the old Stanley. Eric Whalley In 1995 took over the President and businessman slowly got better with the club that in 2003 reached the Conference National, the highest class among the Football League system. In the 2005/06 season they were promoted to League Two, League football was played again after 44 years in Accrington. Ironic was that Stanley replaced relegated Oxford United, while Oxford Stanley replaced in 1962 when the club disappeared.