Accrington Stanley Football Club is an English football club from Accrington in Lancashire, in the north-west of England.
The club was formed in 1968, with the town regaining a club with league status after 44 years when they were promoted as champions of the Football Conference on 15 April 2006.
The club is owned by chairman David O'Neill after taking over from Eric Whalley in 2009 (This is still hotly debated as money is still owed to Eric Whal...
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Accrington Stanley Football Club is an English football club from Accrington in Lancashire, in the north-west of England.
The club was formed in 1968, with the town regaining a club with league status after 44 years when they were promoted as champions of the Football Conference on 15 April 2006.
The club is owned by chairman David O'Neill after taking over from Eric Whalley in 2009 (This is still hotly debated as money is still owed to Eric Whalley). The club employs Robert Heys as Chief Executive.
In 2008, the club was the subject of a documentary series, titled Accrington Stanley... Exactly!, a reference to the famous advert.
Accrington had been without a football team following the collapse of the original Accrington Stanley in 1966. The original team had been formed in 1891, and played in The Football League from 1921 to 1961; it had spent its final four seasons in the Lancashire Combination. In a meeting in the town library in October 1968 the revival was started and in August...
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