The 2024–25 season was the 56th season in the history of Accrington Stanley Football Club and their second consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2024–25 EFL Trophy.
Accrington secured their stay in League Two with a win at Walsall in the penultimate round of the season. This followed a fightback from being bottom of the league with no wins in the first eight games. The team also won more games on the road than at home, although more points were collected on home turf due to many drawn games. Notably, the season also featured Accrington playing Premier League leaders Liverpool at Anfield in front of 60,261 spectators in the FA Cup third round, with Liverpool winning 4–0.
Transfers In DatePosPlayerFromFeeRef 1 July 2024 GK Free 1 July 2024 CF Free 1 July 2024 CF Free 1 July 2024 RM Free 2 July 2024 CB Free 23 July 2024 RB Free 6 August 2024 LW Free 3 January 2025 CF Undisclosed 16 January 2025 CF Undisclosed 20 January 2025 CB Undisclosed 31 January 2025 CB Undisclosed 7 February 2025 CM Free
Out DatePos.PlayerToFeeRef. 14 June 2024 LW Undisclosed 18 June 2024 CM Undisclosed
Loaned in DatePos.PlayerFromDate untilRef. 4 July 2024 CB 3 February 2025 8 August 2024 LW 24 January 2025 16 August 2024 CM 16 January 2025 29 August 2024 LB End of Season 30 August 2024 CB End of Season 30 August 2024 GK End of Season 3 February 2025 CM End of Season
Loaned out DatePos.PlayerToDate untilRef. 23 August 2024 CB 21 September 2024 30 August 2024 CM 28 September 2024 15 November 2024 CB 14 December 2024 14 January 2025 CF End of Season 24 January 2025 CB 22 February 2025
Released / Out of Contract DatePos.PlayerSubsequent clubJoin dateRef. 30 June 2024 LB 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 CF 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 LM 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 CM 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 GK 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 LB 1 July 2024 30 June 2024 CF 9 July 2024 30 June 2024 RB 2 August 2024 30 June 2024 GK 6 September 2024 30 June 2024 GK 18 September 2024 30 June 2024 CF 2 October 2024 30 June 2024 RW 17 October 2024 30 June 2024 CB 1 October 2024 CM
Pre-season and friendlies On 16 May, Accrington confirmed their first two pre-season friendlies, against Blackburn Rovers and Wigan Athletic. A week later, another two opposition were confirmed for the Reds' pre-season preparations, against Barnsley and Clitheroe. In June a fifth friendly was added, against Lancaster City.
Competitions League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.
FA Cup
Accrington Stanley were drawn away to Rushall Olympic in the first round, at home to Swindon Town in the second round and away to Liverpool in the third round.
EFL Cup
On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Accrington being drawn away against Tranmere Rovers.
EFL Trophy
In the group stage, Accrington were drawn into Northern Group A alongside Stockport County, Tranmere Rovers and Everton U21.
Statistics Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:
|colspan="14"|Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
References