Historical Football Kits

 

Accrington Stanley

Formed 1968

Promoted to Coca Cola League Two 2006

Kit History

1970-1972 b

1972-1973 b

1974-1975 b

1975-1976 b

1977-1978 b

Bukta

1978-1980 b

1980-1982 b

Umbro

1985-1986 b

1986-1987 b

1987-1988 b

1988-1989 b

1989-1990 b e

Gibsons Sports

1990-1994 b

Premier Sports

1994-1995 b

En-s

1996-1998 b

1998-1999 b

Caprice Apparel

1999-2000 b

2001-2002 a

Prostar

2002-2003 a g

Nike

2003-2004 a f

Nike

2004-2005 a f

Nike

2005-2006 a f

Surridge

2006-2007 c f

Surridge

2007-2008 c d

Prostar
accrington stanley 2008-09

2008-2009 c

 

Background

Five years after the original Accrington Stanley folded in 1963, a new limited company known Accrington Stanley (1968) Ltd was formed at a meeting held in the Bold Street Working Men’s Club. Although the new club bears the name of its predecessor, it is a separate entity from the “Old Stanley.” Their first manager, Jimmy Hinksman, had the formidable task of building the club up from nothing. Two years later, in 1970, Stanley were admitted to the Lancashire Combination and 620 supporters watched their first competitive match, a 2-0 victory against Formby.

The club spent eight seasons in the Combination during which they were champions twice and won the Combination Cup three times. Problems with the pitch at Stanley’s Crown Ground led to one match being played at Peel Park, home of the previous Stanley club in 1975. Hopes were raised that this arrangement might become permanent but these came to nothing.

In 1982, Stanley became founder members of the North West Counties First Division after £40,000 was spent on improving their pitch. Three years later, the club was promoted to the Northern Premier League (NPL) First Division, a move that required the club to install floodlights. In 1991, Stanley were promoted to the NPL Premier Division following the resignation of South Liverpool.

In 1995, manager Eric Whalley took a controlling interest in the club and as chairman he set about a programme of improvements to the ground that continued over the next few seasons, eventually bringing the Crown Ground (now renamed the Interlink Express Stadium) up to Football League standards.

In 2003 Stanley won the Unibond Premier League (the new name for the NPL) by 16 clear points to take their place in the Nationwide Conference. After two creditable mid-table finishes, Stanley became the third club to have represented the town of Accrington in the Football League after they stormed to the Conference title in 2006 to earn promotion to Coca Cola League Two. By a cruel twist of fate, one of the clubs demoted that season was Oxford United who had replaced the original Accrington Stanley back in 1962.

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