Cambridge United v Accrington Stanley

THE OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME OF CAMBRIDGE UNITED FC 2021/22 | ISSUE 3 | £3.50 

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ACCRINGTON STANLEY 

SATURDAY 19TH FEBRUARY 2022 

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Cambridge United 

Abbey Stadium, Newmarket Rd, 

Cambridge CB5 8LN 

Founded: 1912 

HONOURS 

Football League Third Division/ 

League One (third tier) 

· Champions: 1990–91 

· Runners-up: 1977–78 

Football League Fourth Division/ 

League Two (fourth tier) 

· Champions: 1976–77 

· Runners-up: 1998–99, 2020–21 

· Promotion: 1972–73 

· Play-off winners: 1989–90 

National League (fifth tier) 

· Runners-up: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2013–14 

· Play-off winners: 2013–14 

· Play-off finalists: 2007–08, 2008–09 

Southern League Premier 

Division (old fifth tier) 

· Winners: 1968–69, 1969–70 

FA Trophy 

· Winners: 2013–14 

Football League Trophy 

· Runners-up: 2001–02 

· Southern Area finalists: 2002–03 

Southern League Cup 

· Winners: 1968–69 

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MARK BONNER 

Head Coach 

IAN MATHER 

From the CEO 

OPPOSITION PROFILE 

A look at Accy 

DOWN CUT THROAT LANE 

A blast from the past 

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Head Coach 

Mark Bonner 

Firstly, I’d like to welcome John Coleman, his staff and players to 

The Abbey for today’s Sky Bet League One tie against Accrington Stanley. 

Last weekend’s hard earnt point at Burton 

was an important one, albeit both teams 

probably felt frustrated not to have taken 

all three, whilst relieved to have at least 

taken something at the same time. 

After a difficult start we found our way 

into the game and came back from behind 

twice against a notoriously tough team to 

do so against. 

We might have won the game late on. With 

good attacking periods of play and some 

wonderful counter attacks, had we found the 

final action with more joy, we may have been 

celebrating the win. 

The challenge of recent away games 

has been obvious and taking a point at 

Fleetwood and Burton shouldn’t be sniffed 

at. We take it, knowing there is more in us 

and on another day may have returned home 

better off. The late defeat at Gillingham 

angers us as a point would have been ok. 

Having played seven away games in six 

weeks and 12 matches in 40 days, our 

schedule has been brutal. We are currently 

on 19 Tuesday fixtures for the season and 

heading towards 60 competitive games come 

the end of the season. The players are doing 

great and are always wanting to do better. 

We hope that our first midweek break of 

2022 has helped us to refresh ourselves 

going into a busy fortnight starting today 

against an Accrington Stanley side, who are 

again having a good season and had an 

excellent result against Crewe last weekend. 

At the time of writing, I am preparing 

to head up to Sheffield to watch them face 

Sheffield Wednesday. This gives us a 

chance to see them live which I always prefer 

if the schedule allows. We will then prepare 

the players on Thursday the best we can 

for the game. 

We won’t be alone in struggling for 

space on the grass to train this week. 

Tuesday was waterlogged and the forecast 

for the remainder of the week looks crazy. 

Perhaps today could be the first weekend 

where we see games fall foul to the storms 

and conditions. Either way, we expect 

some challenging conditions today and as 

pitches keep deteriorating, it is no surprise 

to have seen a number of recent games 

looking as they have. It’s that time of year. 

A simple question always challenges us, ‘do 

we fancy it?’. 

The support we have had over the past six 

weeks has been outstanding. For all who 

have travelled with us and supported us 

through a tough period, thank you. We have 

always said that our progress as a team and 

club will be determined by the support, 

atmosphere and togetherness across the 

whole club. We are building something 

and that will have huge highs, dips and 

challenges throughout, but as we do it, 

there will be many good moments we can 

share together. 

Enjoy the game. 

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Chief Executive Officer 

ian mather 

Welcome to all who have made the trip down from Lancashire. 

I hope we can provide as warm a welcome as you gave us 

when we visited the Wham Stadium in August. 

Today is dedicated to families and the Mead 

Plant & Grab stand will be host to many young 

people. It is a great opportunity for the next 

generation of football fans to experience the 

thrill of a live game. At the Abbey we take pride 

in how we welcome all to enjoy a match in a safe 

and fun environment. It is with some sadness 

however that we can detect an element of those 

attending games, both here and across the 

country, that are causing damage to the game. 

My early football life was in Manchester in the late 

60’s/early 70’s. Old Trafford one week, Maine Road 

the next. As well as great football I saw a really dark 

side of the game. Aggression and violence beyond 

the scale of anything being seen now. We do not 

want to go back there. 

Since Covid lockdowns have ended and fans 

have returned there has been a steep rise in bad 

behaviour around football. Bolton have issued bans 

to several people (they are not fans or supporters). 

At the Rotherham v Accrington game on 5 February 

someone ran onto the pitch and disrupted an 

Accrington penalty kick on the 89th minute. 

The retaken kick was missed – possibly costing 

them a point. 

There have been incidents involving Leicester, 

Nottingham, Grimsby and in many other places. 

The police have issued statistics which support the 

anecdotes: Incidents up 36% on the first half of 

the season (compared with when fans were last in 

stadiums). Arrests are up 38%. 

Over 99% of our fans behave impeccably however, 

we have had incidents of racist and sexist abuse. 

We have issued bans for bottle throwing and 

possession of flares. 

This behaviour has consequences: As a club 

we have one of the lowest policing costs in the 

country. Other clubs are spending over six figure 

sums. Would you rather we spend money on police 

or players? More importantly, abusive behaviour 

corrodes the fun. 

As I have said here before there is a line between 

banter and abuse. We don’t want this to be a library 

but the line is being crossed. 

What’s causing this and what can we do about it? 

There seems to be a couple of main causes: 

• Some young fans who are attending games for 

the first time post pandemic who have not picked 

up on how to behave reasonably in a crowd. 

• Drug misuse. 

What can be done? This is a whole Club problem. 

It is a small minority who cause the difficulty. 

Bad behaviour needs to be called out by those 

around the trouble makers. Fans are encouraged to 

report incidents to stewards. These reports will be 

taken seriously. We are also taking steps to monitor 

the situation. 

We have a zero tolerance towards drug misuse, 

racist, sexist and homophobic behaviour. We 

really don’t want to ban people – we want them to 

change their behaviour but in the final analysis we 

will eject and ban those who cause trouble. 

Enjoy the game. 

Ian 


Today’s Opposition 

accrington stanley 

FOUNDED: 1968 | NICKNAME: STANLEY/ACCY | STADIUM: WHAM STADIUM | LAST SEASON: 11TH 

Stanley arrive at the 

Abbey Stadium this 

afternoon having made 

the 200-mile trip down 

the country in hope of 

maintaining their two 

game winning run – after 

previously going six 

games without one prior 

to their 2-0 win over 

Oxford United a week and 

a half ago. 

Having seen off Oxford United 

before comfortably beating 

relegation threatened Crewe 

Alexandra at the Wham Stadium 

last weekend, John Coleman’s 

men will be aiming to replicate 

the same early season form that 

saw Accy sit in the League One 

play-offs after four games – after 

winning three in three following 

an opening day defeat at 

Wycombe. 

John O’Sullivan was on hand to 

score his first of the season and 

the opener in Accrington’s win 

over Oxford a week and a half 

ago – firing in from the edge of 

the area – before Ethan Hamilton 

wrapped up the three points 

and Accy’s first win of 2022 in 

additional time, while in turn 

condemning Karl Robinson’s 

side to their first defeat in four 

matches. 

John Coleman’s men stand in 

good stead to improve on their 

11th placed finish last season after 

comfortably seeing off Crewe 

Alex in their last outing. Ross 

Sykes’ brace either side of the 

half-time whistle, coupled with 

goals from Tommy Leigh and Sean 

McConville saw Accy move up to 

12th; sitting just five points shy of 

9th placed Ipswich Town. 

August’s reverse clash at the 

Wham Stadium, the clubs’ first 

meeting in three years, saw Accy 

pick up their first League One win 

of the campaign after racing in to 

a 2-0 goal lead after half an hour. 

Despite a much improved second 

half from Mark Bonner’s men, 

which saw striker Joe Ironside half 

the deficit with ten minutes to 

play, United were unable to muster 

up a comeback. 

Fans may remember Mark Angel, 

Darren Quinton and Darren 

Bridges all scoring in a dominant 

Cambridge United opening 45 

back in 2005, when United ran out 

3-1 winners over an Accrington 

side that would go onto the be 

crowned Conference National 

champions later that season. 

That win in August 2005 proved to 

be one of only two wins for the U’s 

over Saturday’s visitors since the 

turn of the century, with United’s 

only other win coming in an 

action packed clash at the Abbey 

Stadium in 2016, whereby two red 

cards and two Will Norris penalty 

saves in additional time saw Shaun 

Derry’s U’s hold on for a 2-1 win in 

League Two. 


The Gaffer 

John Coleman 

D.O.B: 12.10.1962 

Place of Birth: Kirkby, 

England 

Despite admitting he’s 

“rapidly falling out of love 

with football” following 

Accy’s FA Cup exit to Derby 

County in 2019, which we 

suspect was somewhat said 

in the heat of the moment, 

the Merseyside born 

manager continues to defy 

all odds with his Accrington 

Stanley team. Now incredibly 

in his 21st season in charge 

at the Wham Stadium across 

two spells, the former 

Rochdale manager looks to 

be leading the Lancashire 

club to their fourth 

successive mid table finish in 

the third tier following their 

promotion from League Two 

in 2018 – despite having 

one of League One’s lowest 

wage bills. 

To view the 

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Safe Hands 

Toby Savin 

Age: 20 

Nationality: English 

Having failed to find a home within 

the academies of Southport, Wigan, 

Everton and Crewe, Toby Savin finally 

settled in Accrington before breaking 

through into John Coleman’s side, 

aged just 19, last season – making 

35 appearances in all competitions 

before displacing Manchester City 

loanee James Trafford in the net at the 

Wham Stadium in September. Despite 

being at the tender age of just 20, the 

stopper has become a key man within 

Coleman’s side, establishing himself 

as Accy’s number one; only conceding 

31 goals in 27 games this campaign, 

keeping 9 clean sheets in the process. 

The keeper’s performances this season 

has seen the Southport born man 

linked with a move to Tottenham 

Hotspur as recently as last month. 

The Rock 

Michael Nottingham 

Age: 20 

Nationality: St Kitts and Nevis 

The 32-year-old has established 

himself at the heart of Stanley’s 

defence since arriving from 

Blackpool last season, featuring 

in every minute of Accrington’s 

League One games this season. 

The defender not only boasts 

a wealth of playing experience 

having spent much of his career in 

the third and fourth divisions – but 

also international experience, after 

representing St. Kitts and Nevis on 

two occasions in 2017. Not only 

has the former Salford man been 

an unmoveable presence at the 

heart of Accy’s defence, but the 

6’3” centre half has also been a 

threat from set plays this campaign, 

scoring four goals in League One 

– and most recently in Stanley’s 2-2 

draw with Morecambe in January. 


The Creator 

Sean McConville 

Age: 32 


The left winger has once been 

the star of the show in John 

Coleman’s side, with the former 

Chester man currently leading 

the current League One assists 

charts with 12 assists and most 

recently assisting three of the 

four goals that Accrington 

Stanley scored in their win over 

Crewe Alexandra on Saturday. 

The creator was at the heart of 

everything Stnley did right in 

August when the two sides met 

at the Wham Stadium, assisting 

both Matt Butcher and Harry 

Pell’s goal as John Coleman’s 

side ran out 2-1 winners over 

the U’s – picking up their 

first win of the season in the 

process. 

The Hitman 

Colby Bishop 

Age: 25 


A considerable amount of 

pressure has been placed 

on the shoulders of Bishop 

following the departure of 

Dion Charles, who made 

the 26 mile switch down 

the M66 to Bolton at the 

start of the January transfer 

window. With eight goals 

and three assists so far this 

season, early signs suggest 

that the former Boston 

United forward can handle 

the workload up front on 

his own. The 25-year-old 

most recently scored in 

Stanley’s 2-2 draw with 

Morecambe at the end of 

January. 


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FROM THE SLO 

with Dave Matthew-Jones 

THIS AFTERNOON WE WELCOME THE SUPPORTERS, 

OFFICIALS AND PLAYING STAFF OF ACCRINGTON STANLEY 

TO THE ABBEY STADIUM. 

In the late 1960’s I was 

given a book which 

showed a turnstile that 

had been left derelict. It 

was from Accrington’s 

original ground. The 

photograph has always 

remained in my mind and 

is a constant reminder to 

me of how important it 

is that everyone works 

together to ensure their 

clubs not only survive, 

but also flourish. 

The work and dedication 

of those involved ensured 

Accrington were able to reform 

and then rise back through the 

leagues. It can only be admired. 

Accrington are proof of what 

can be achieved when everyone 

works together as one. 

In addition to Accrington 

supporters, we also welcome 

Pippa Luo Sawyer. She is 6 years 

old and today will be her first visit 

to the Abbey Stadium. Families 

and children are a really important 

part of Matchday experience at 

the Abbey Stadium. They are the 

future of the club. All supporters 

need to ensure that when visiting 

the ground, the atmosphere 

remains positive and at the end 

of the day, those families and 

individuals coming for the first time 

will leave wanting to come back 

again. We need them to tell their 

friends and family that Cambridge 

United is a football club that they 

can be proud to visit and one that 

welcomes everyone to it. 

Following on from that, Cambridge 

United has a zero tolerance of 

discrimination. Recently, there have 

been several incidents reported 

and it really important we eliminate 

them together. It is everyone’s 

responsibility to do whatever they 

can to achieve that. If you witness 

an incident, please report it to a 

steward or by calling/texting our 

Matchday Hotline on 075224 

73291. 

Away travel for upcoming games 

at Oxford, Wycombe, Sheffield 

Wednesday, AFC Wimbledon, 

Ipswich Town and Wigan Athletic 

can now be booked by calling 

07591 111251 or by emailing 

cfuawaytravel@yahoo.com. 

We are also pleased to be offering 

sanitary products in selected toilets 

around the ground for the rest 

of the season. Tesco Newmarket 

Road and Cambridge Charity 

Fund Raisers have kindly agreed 

to sponsor female toiletries for 

the next seven matches at the 

Abbey Stadium. Photograph is Ian 

Darler, Ian Westwood Manager 

Tesco Newmarket Rd, Julie Izzard 

Community. We would like to thank 

Tesco’s for their support 

There is still a need for more Abbey 

Helpers and Programme Sellers on 

Matchdays. If you are interested 

in helping or know someone who 

might be, please contact me 

by calling 07703274034 or by 

emailing dave.matthew-jones@ 

cambridge-united.co.uk. 

These roles are important and 

really improve the experience for 

our supporters. They are often the 

first people that supporters meet 

and it is really important that this 

contact is a friendly, warm and 

informative one. 

Enjoy the game! 


JUNIOR U’s 

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE WITH QUESTIONS 

FROM OUR VERY OWN MARVIN THE MOOSE 

QUICK FEET! 

Can you name this Cambridge 

player from his boots below? 

GUESS THE GROUND! 

Can you name the ground above which belongs to a 

fellow English Football League team? 

B G D S A C L V Z N E C R S K 

B P Y T A C T A B S A O E O L 

R K M A M I C J O M A Q N V D 

I K R N L J Z R B G F C R F H 

Y F Q L Q M L R I X V E O F A 

W G W E K U I G D N F M C V H 

Y G S Y O D R D E D G U F V B 

D B I F G K Z A F M R T A B A 

Q Q D E T I N U E I V S O Y R 

S T R I K E R Q N N E T B N F 

R A K Z A B A H D U M L N U T 

V N F R I D Y P E K Z G D R C 

V D D M F E D P R Z O B M E Y 

E T U T I T S B U S I C N Z R 

W E P L C T N E S Z C L D M T 

MARVIN’S 

WORDSEARCH 

Can you find the ten words in 

Marvin’s wordsearch to the left? 

Accrington 

Stanley 

Cambridge 

United 

Goal 

Corner 

Foul 

Striker 

Midfielder 

Defender 

Substitute 


Answers: Spot the Ball: B, Quick Feet: Jack 

Iredale, Guess the Ground: Valley Parade 

TODAY’S MASCOTS 

BUDDY ALLARD 

11 years old 

Favourite Player: Dimitar Mitov 

CONNOR WHITE 

9 years old 

Favourite Player: Wes Hoolahan 

JAMES NIX 

6 years old 

Favourite Player: James Brophy 

JOSHUA MAPPLEDORAM 

9 years old 

Favourite Player: Wes Hoolahan 

SPOT THE BALL! 

Can you spot the real ball in the picture above from our last match in the 

Emirates FA Cup against Newcastle United? 

RONNIE SMITH 

8 years old 

Favourite Player: George Williams 


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Memories Down 

Afternoon everybody 

and a warm 

welcome to our 

visitors from the 

Hyndburn borough of 

Lancashire. A friendly 

club and a great pub 

at the ground - what 

more could an old 

Coconutter want? 

Ware going back to 19th 

February 1983 in the Fifth 

Round of the FA Cup for a 

home tie against the might 

of Sheffield Wednesday. I 

was in my teens at the time 

and I still remember the 

build up to this one with 

some fondness. 

Whether it was the relative 

mediocrity of the League 

campaign, the 0-6 tonking 

at Stamford Bridge a month 

before still ringing in the 

ears, or just a vague notion 

that after two relatively 

straightforward home ties 

against Weymouth and 

Barnsley, this could just be our 

season. Teenage dreams, eh? 

I can even remember the 

night before as the weekend’s 

proceedings kicked off with a 

disco at my town ‘local’ back 

in the day - the good old 

Anchor in Silver Street – with 

the DJ extraordinaire being 

a former CUFC commercial 

manager. Oh we boogied 

away to the early 1983 hits of 

the day. That year was a bit of 

a vintage actually when you 

consider the likes of Down 

Under, Red Red Wine, Billie 

Jean and Let’s Dance to name 

but a few. 

Anyway, a crowd of 10,834 

was relatively shoe-horned 

in to the Abbey for a tight 

encounter. 

To my mind, I don’t think 

I’d have liked Gary Megson 

after some of his latter day 

antics in the world of football 

management but boy he 

destroyed my dreams that 

day with a brace in the 37th 

and 73rd minutes, which 

even the mighty Chris Turner 

pulling one back a couple of 

minutes later couldn’t rescue 

for the U’s. 

Like a fortnight ago, it wasn’t 

meant to be. Funnily enough 

a week later we met the 

Owls again at Hillsborough in 

the League and were beaten 

comfortably 3-1. Wednesday 

made the semi-finals that 

year but just missed out on 

promotion which came the 

following season. 

They remained in the top tier 

until 1989-90, one season out, 

and then they were around 

for the Premier League party 

in 1992, along with their town 

centre neighbours. 

On this day in 2016 the US 

author Harper Lee passed 

away at the ripe old age of 

89. I am sure we have all read 

at least one of her novels. 

Enjoy yourselves. 

Harry 



Habbin 

WE HAD ALL HEARD OF ACCRINGTON 

STANLEY LONG BEFORE THE FAMOUS 

MILK ADVERT AND BEFORE BUMBLE 

DESCRIBED THE PLACE ON TEST MATCH 

SPECIAL AS GOD’S CHOSEN ACRE. 

They were always associated with disaster, collapse 

and the kind of fall from grace since experienced 

by many other football clubs, such as Bury, 

Macclesfield and Stockport County. There was no 

Fans’ Led Review at that time, no talk of spreading 

the money more evenly and fairly throughout the 

game, or regulating football externally to protect 

the interest of devoted fans. 

When Stanley went bust and failed to complete 

their season, no one realised that it was actually 

possible for a Football League club to simply cease 

to be because of financial mismanagement or 

incompetence, but it happened abruptly and without 

mercy and has continued to happen to an increasing 

number of clubs until now. At last people have 

realised that the big clubs have become very rich 

at the expense of the minnows who have become 

increasingly unable to compete with those who use 

their money to increase their power and dominate 

the game. Without change, the grass roots will wither 

and die and the sport itself will kill the golden goose. 

But we know all this. 

We played Accrington in our first season in the 

Conference. I had no idea that they still existed. Fola 

Onibuje, our very own Bambi on ice, tormented them 

at the Abbey. We didn’t do so well at their place but 

J.K.Rowling 

We are only as strong as we are 

united, as weak as we are divided. 

what a welcome our fans got. Several of us enjoyed 

a pint of shandy in the Crown Inn where we found 

the softly spoken locals friendly, knowledgeable and 

interested in the views of people from other places 

who love the game as much as they do. It was a bit 

like going to Newcastle in that respect. 

Stanley don’t have that many fans or season ticket 

holders, which means that the club has been run 

superbly well. It should be held up as a fine example 

to us all as proof of what can be done without 

wealthy foreign owners with a dodgy human rights 

record. A lot of credit must go to John Coleman who 

knows a good player when he sees one and is, to my 

mind, one of the great managers. He inspires loyalty 

and total commitment to the team in his players, in 

much the same way that Mark Bonner does here at 

Cambridge. The locals at Burton last week were full 

of praise for the way our players never give up. It is 

a spreading reputation which is well deserved. We 

have been missing some key players through injury 

but others have really stepped up to the plate. Ours 

is a squad in the true sense of the word, albeit a small 

one. The romantics among us, and there are some on 

the Habbin, are delighted to see Accrington doing so 

well. Long may it continue, providing they don’t do 

too well today! 

Up the U’s! 

Andrew Stephen 


with Lorent Tolaj... 

Footballing Idol: 

Lionel Messi 

Best ever teammate: 

Wes Hoolahan 

Boyhood Club: 

FC Sion 

Toughest Opponent: 

Lewis Dunk 

U’s Roommate: 

Dimitar Mitov 

Most memorable game: 

Winning 16-1 against Gibraltar 

with my National Team 

Favourite musical artist: 

Pop Smoke 

Favourite book: 

Harry Potter 

Favourite TV show: 

Prison Break 

Favourite meal: 

Pizza 

Proudest accomplishment: 

Scoring eight goals in one 

game for Switzerland 

Dream Holiday: 

USA 

Best U’s Buddy: 

Dimitar 

Go-to Petrol Station Snack: 

M&Ms 

Netflix or YouTube: 

Netflix 

Home, Away or Third Kit: 

Away 

Premier League or 

Champions League: 

Champions league 

Dogs or Cats: 

Cats 

Messi or Ronaldo: 

Messi 

Tea or Coffee: 

neither. Tea 

Early start or Lie-In: 

Early start 


Top 3 

players of all time: 

Messi, Ronaldo, R9 

sports: 

Table Tennis, Basketball, Tennis 

films: 

Spiderman, Creed, Never Back Down 

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Match Replay 

gillingham 

cambridge united 

1 

Oliver 

0 

Tuesday 8th February, 2022 | Sky Bet League One | Priestfield Stadium | Attendance: 3,824 

A late goal from Vadaine Oliver 

saw the U’s leave Gillingham with 

nothing to show for their journey. 

Cambridge United fell to their 

second defeat of the season 

against Gillingham in a match that 

won’t live very long in the memory 

for those associated with the U’s. 

Neither goalkeeper was very 

active throughout the game as 

both sides struggled to create 

clear-cut chances, but the crucial 

one came with five minutes 

remaining as Oliver turned the ball 

home from just a few yards out 

following a Gills corner. 

Whilst Mark Bonner’s team had the 

majority of the ball and at times 

looked the more likely scorers, 

they didn’t do enough in the final 

third to punish their opposition. 


Match Stats 

41/59 

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with 

Owen Mizon 

AFTER FOUR CONSECUTIVE TREKS IN THE BREAD AND 

BUTTER THAT IS LEAGUE ONE, IT’S INVIGORATING TO 

BE BACK HERE AT THE ABBEY STADIUM TODAY. 

The U’s will no doubt be 

recuperated for this one after 

enjoying a full week of rest for 

the first time in 2022. Here, 

we will assess three makeor-break 

midweek fixtures 

- which ultimately could have 

determined the final rankings 

for some teams – as well as 

dissecting the league table and 

handing praise to those who 

impressed in last weekend’s 

enthralling clashes. 

Wigan Athletic strengthened 

their hold on their promotion 

rivals following a professional 2-0 

victory over Crewe Alexandra at 

the DW Stadium. After a strenuous 

opening hour where neither side 

could gain the ascendancy, Callum 

Lang latched home for the Latics 

with a cushioned header to break 

deadlock. Although it didn’t 

quite open the floodgates, their 

pressure did pay its dividends 

with eight minutes remaining on 

the clock after James McClean 

added the elusive second via a 

deflected strike. A gallant effort 

with a particularly compact first half 

performance, the Railwaymen must 

now convert that into valuable 

points as the clock ticks away 

rapidly. 

A barnstorming seven-minute spell 

proved damaging as Burton Albion 

dispatched Bolton Wanderers 

with an assuring 3-1 success at 

the Pirelli Stadium. Ripping up the 

form book, an early flurry brewed 

as the Brewers ruthlessly exposed 

defensive frailties. Joe Powell 

kickstarted the carnage after firing 

in at the back post, before a brace 

of headers from captain John 

Brayford stunned the Trotters, who 

could only muster up a consolation 

at the death through Dion Charles’ 

lobbed effort. 

After being consigned to twelve 

losses in their first thirteen away 

from home, you could forgive 

Doncaster Rovers for dreading their 

travels up and down the country. 

Four games and three wins later, 

it’s quite the contrary as Gary 

McSheffrey’s side picked up a 0-1 

win over ten-man Lincoln City. The 

drama arrived with ten minutes to 

go after Dan Gardner hammered 

home the decider from the penalty 

spot – frustrating the Imps who saw 

Joe Walsh receive his marching 

orders in the dying embers. 

The table will make for intriguing 

dissection by the time you read this, 

with the frontrunners Rotherham 

United and Wigan Athletic doing 

battle with some Friday night 

football. The Millers, who had won 

six on the bounce, looked to extend 

their gap at the top to nine points 

and continue their inevitable surge 

to promotion. With a mirroring 

objective, the Tics obtained a fivepoint 

and three-game advantage 

over 3rd position. Rampant. 


The best of the rest are MK Dons, 

who have lost once in twelve and 

have found their identity under 

the promising Liam Manning – the 

36-year-old has won the manager 

of the month award twice already 

this campaign. Two points below 

them are Sunderland, winless 

in four but bolstered by the 

appointment of no-nonsense 

Alex Neil and the homecoming 

of Jermain Defoe. Wycombe 

Wanderers are lodged beneath 

with an identical record to the 

Black Cats, flip the form script and 

you’ll find Plymouth Argyle lurking 

in the shadows –a well-drilled and 

energetic side boasting some of 

the Football League’s brightest 

prospects, the Pilgrims make up 

the congested play-off pack. 

Putting the pressure on are Oxford 

United and Sheffield Wednesday, 

SKY BET LEAGUE 1 TEAM OF THE week: 

MF 

MF 

Reeco 

Hackett- 

Fairchild 

DF 

DF 

Conor 

Grant 

DF 

DF 

MF 

MF 

Chris 

Forino-Joseph 

ST 

ST 

Sean 

McConville 

DF 

DF 

Alfie 

May 

Sean 

Raggett 

GK 

GK 

Christian 

Walton 

although the latter could have 

rose to nosebleed territory that is 

4th if they ran riot on their fittingly 

Wednesday fixture. Backed by a 

staggering 6850 Tractor Boys last 

week, the biggest away following 

in the EFL this season, Kieran 

McKenna has brought the feelgood 

factor back to Ipswich Town 

of late. Occupying 9th, why can’t 

they dream? Feeling a sense of 

déjà vu, Bolton Wanderers have 

once again started a calendar year 

in devastating fashion – six wins in 

eight puts them eight points shy of 

the promised land. 

Portsmouth will be hoping back-toback 

wins has put their dreary start 

to the year to bed – the third most 

stubborn defence in the league is 

a strong foundation to build on. 

Consistently sound Burton Albion 

are below in 12th, level on 43 

MF 

MF 

Max 

Power 

DF 

DF 

Ross 

Sykes 

MF 

MF 

DF 

DF 

Harvey 

Knibbs 

Marlon 

Fossey 

points with Accrington Stanley who 

are spearheaded by visionary Sean 

McConville – the ever-present has 

12 assists to his name already. 

In a block of three sides who 

currently acquire a healthy lead 

over the relegation pack are 

Charlton Athletic, Cheltenham 

Town and Cambridge United. 

The two former have the solitary 

point more than the U’s, but all 

have remained hard to beat and 

mustered promising unbeaten runs 

at some point that has put them in 

good stead. 

Perhaps the real underachievers 

of the season thus far are Lincoln 

City – they’re in 17th and have only 

recorded consecutive triumphs 

once. Fortunately for them, 

Shrewsbury Town are winless in 

seven, Fleetwood Town’s record 

stands at six and AFC Wimbledon’s 

is increasingly concerning and 

stands at twelve – they last won in 

early December. As you’d expect, 

this has created a dogfight – the 

aforementioned teams are afloat, 

but for how long? 

Morecambe are in 21st on 30 

points, two losses from six has 

helped nonetheless as they gear 

up for a paramount afternoon. 

Gillingham need to make up five 

points, but the signs are promising 

for Neil Harris – they’ve conceded 

just twice in their first four games 

under his tutelage. Doncaster 

Rovers, the only side in the bottom 

nine to taste victory in their last 

outing, will breed confidence at 

the right time. Situated at the 

basement are Crewe Alexandra 

– six successive defeats with 14 

conceded in the process is tricky 

reading. Suffering with second 

season syndrome – can David Artell 

eradicate the disease? 



As always, on behalf 

of everyone connected 

with the Women’s team I 

would like to wish Mark, 

the players and staff all 

the very best of luck for 

today’s game. 

I am sure after so many weeks 

with midweek games the extra 

preparation time has been very 

welcome! 

Since my last programme notes, 

the Women’s team have played two 

games. First up was a trip to Kent 

Football United on a very blustery 

afternoon with the wind blowing 

straight down the pitch. In the 

first half we could not find the net 

despite having lots of possession 

and opportunities. Kent then took 

advantage of the wind to take the 

lead as a shot was saved by Lauren 

Webb but followed up and tapped 

home at the far post. In the first 

half we hit the crossbar twice and 

saw one effort cleared off the line 

but given the chances created, 

there was no panic from our point 

of view. 

In the second half the players 

started quickly and were rewarded 

when Ruth Fox placed a perfect 

header into the far corner from an 

Emma Jenkins cross. Soon after, 

Alysha Stojko-Down scored our 

second from a fantastic strike from 

just outside the box, and new 

signing Nicole Emmings scored the 

third just 10 seconds after coming 

off the bench to secure the three 

points. 

Then, last weekend we faced a trip 

to league leaders Hashtag United 

and yet again faced a strong wind 

blowing from the coastline at 

Canvey Island. The first half started 

very evenly but Hashtag took the 

lead from a set piece headed 

home at the far post. They then 

doubled their lead just before 

half time which made the second 

half a real uphill battle, which only 

got steeper as Hashtag scored 

directly from a corner immediately 

after coming out from the break. 

A further two goals from the 

opposition in the second half made 

for a really tough afternoon. With 

several key players missing against 

the league leaders, it was always 

going to be a difficult match, but 

there are lessons to be learned 

from a team likely to win promotion 

this season. 

Finally, I just want to remind 

everyone that next Sunday we face 

Norwich City at the Abbey Stadium 

in a 2pm kick off. Season Ticket 

Holders can get in free and pay on 

the day is just £3 for Adults and £1 

for Kids. It would be great to see as 

many people there as possible to 

show their support for the Women’s 

team. 

Let’s get behind the lads today and 

hopefully we will all be celebrating 

another three points by this 

evening. Come on you U’s! 

Darren Marjoram 

Next Game: 

Cambridge United 

Women vs Norwich City 

Women 

Sunday 27th February 2022, 

Kick-Off 2pm, Abbey Stadium 


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1. One of Accrington’s claims 

to fame is an old TV advert for 

which product? 

A. Sugar 

B. Lager 

C. Brown Sugar 

D. Milk 

2. Where did Accrington Stanley 

reside until 1962? 

A. Peel Park 

B. Stanley Park 

C. Crown Ground 

D. Bolton 

5. Which city would I be in if was 

attending a game at the Lotto 

Park stadium? 

A. Brussels 

B. Hamburg 

C. Cologne 

D. Amsterdam 

6. Which two sides contest the 

‘Eternal Derby’ twice a season? 

A. Panathanaikos & 

Olympiakos 

B. Roma & Lazio 

C. Partizan Belgrade & 

Red Star Belgrade 

D. Sevilla & Real Betis 

7. Wandering down Millennium 

Way, which large League One 

venue looms large? 

A. Stadium of Light 

B. Hillsborough 

C. University of 

Bolton Stadium 

D. Portman Road 

9. Where was up and coming U’s 

right back Liam Bennett on loan 

earlier this season? 

A. Sudbury Town 

B. Hemel Hempstead Town 

C. Weymouth 

D. Dover Athletic 

3. Fulham striker Aleksandar 

Mitrović equalled whose 

Championship goal-scoring record 

last weekend, with 16 games still 

to go in the season? 

A. Alan Shearer 

B. Billy Sharp 

C. Ivan Toney 

D. Teemu Pukki 

4. Where did the Newcastle 

United squad spend their recent 

mid-season break? 

A. Scotland 

B. Jamaica 

C. Greece 

D. Saudi Arabia 

8. Which country was our Brighton 

loanee, Lorent Tolaj born in? 

A. Bulgaria 

B. France 

C. England 

D. Switzerland 

10. A National League encounter 

involving the Lilywhites and the 

Terras would be played between 

which two teams? 

A. Dover & Weymouth 

B. Maidenhead & Halifax 

C. King’s Lynn & Wrexham 

D. Stockport & Bromley 

Answers: 1. Milk, 2. Peel Park, 3. Ivan Toney, 4. Saudi Arabia, 5. Brussels, 6. Partiizan Belgrade & Red Star Belgrade, 7. Stadium Of Light, 8. Switzerland, 9. Hemel Hempstead Town, 10. Dover & Weymouth 


Match Replay 

burton albion 

cambridge united 

2 

Ahadme, Kokolo 

2 

Knibbs, Smith 

Saturday 12th February, 2022 | Sky Bet League One | Pirelli Stadium Princess Way | Attendance: 2,578 

United twice came back from 

behind at Burton Albion to claim 

a share of the points. 

After getting off to the worst 

possible start, which saw the 

U’s fall behind after less than 

a minute, Harvey Knibbs’ 

spectacular strike levelled things 

up before the half. 

William Kokolo put the home side 

in-front again at the midway point 

in the second half, but United 

fought right back and equalised 

through Sam Smith’s close range 

bundle over the line. 

The home side’s best chances 

came through their aerial assault 

from set-pieces whilst United could 

have made more of a number of 

counter attacks, but in the end 

both sides had to settle for a point. 


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AFTER FOUR CONSECUTIVE LEAGUE GAMES AWAY 

FROM THE ABBEY AT FLEETWOOD, BOLTON, 

GILLINGHAM AND BURTON, IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK 

ON HOME SOIL FOR TODAY’S VISIT OF ACCRINGTON. 

In fact, the U’s have already 

been on their travels seven times 

in the calendar year to date, 

which is more than some teams 

have played in total for 2022! 

The U’s have also played an 

amazing 19 Tuesday night fixtures 

this season and, if you include 

the midweek EFL Trophy game 

with Portsmouth last month, that 

number is increased to 20. This 

hectic schedule, together with an 

already thin squad having been 

somewhat depleted by injury, has 

tested the side to its limit. Given 

all these factors, to see Mark 

Bonner’s men sitting comfortably 

in mid-table is testament to their 

character and sheer will to put 

points on the board. 

Talking of resilience, today’s 

visitors have, for many years, 

been the perfect example of 

successfully battling the odds. 

Promoted to the Football League 

in 2006, they were regularly 

tipped by so-called experts to 

drop back into the Conference, 

based I assume purely on their size 

and modest playing budget. Even 

in 2018, they were the bet of many 

to be relegated, but defied those 

predictions to win the League Two 

title by a clear five points, ahead 

of Luton & Wycombe. 

The story has been similar with 

them playing at a higher level, 

with Stanley continuing to buck 

the trend to finish 14th, 17th 

and 11th last season since their 

promotion, with a playing budget 

likely to be amongst the lowest in 

League One – if not the lowest. 

Their on-pitch success is down 

to the astute tutelage of John 

Coleman, who has mastered the 

art of building mentally strong, 

hard-working sides capable 

of challenging any side in the 

division, some of whom have richer 

histories, larger stadiums and 

access to much bigger recruitment 

funds. Aside of a couple of years 

away, he has been at the Stanley 

helm since 1999, which is almost 

unheard of in today’s game, with 

the revolving door of management 

ever active elsewhere. 

A remarkable 33 Managers or Head 

Coaches have left their positions 

during the 2021/22 campaign, 

with only Ryan Lowe and Russell 

Martin at Plymouth and MK Dons 

respectively, resigning to take 

over at another league club. 

Everyone else has been shown 

the door through a perceived lack 

of performance. Six League One 

bosses contribute to that number, 

with Lee Johnson the latest to pick 

up his P45, despite Sunderland 

sitting third in the table, just two 

points off the top spot. 

There are many clubs who could 

probably learn lessons from 

Accrington and one or two other 

shrewdly run outfits, in long-term 

planning, patience and a little less 

jerking of the knee perhaps? 

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Fixtures & Results 

DATE K/O COMP H/A OPPOSITION ATT. REF RES STARTING XI 

AUGUST 2021 

SAT 7th 15:00 SBL1 H Oxford United 6,444 D Rock D 1-1 Mitov Williams Jones Taylor Iredale 

TUE 10th 19:45 CCup H Swindon Town 1,825 T Kettle W 0-0* Mitov Williams Okedina Jones Iredale ■ 

SAT 14th 15:00 SBL1 A Accrington Stanley 2,077 B Speedie L 1-2 Mitov Williams Digby Taylor Iredale 

TUE 17th 19:45 SBL1 A Plymouth Argyle 10,532 C Sarginson D 1-1 Mitov Williams ■ Jones Taylor Iredale 

SAT 21st 15:00 SBL1 H Burton Albion 4,468 B Toner W 3-0 Mitov Willaims Jones ■ Masterson Iredale 

TUE 24th 19:45 CCup A Millwall 4,005 N Hair L 1-3 Mitov Williams Jones Masterson Iredale 

SAT 28th 15:00 SBL1 H Bolton Wanderers 6,124 T Neild W 1-0 Mitov Williams Jones Masterson Iredale ■ 

TUE 31st 19:00 EFLT H Oxford United 1,390 W 4-1 McKenzie-Lyle Bennett Dunk Digby Jobe 

SEPTEMBER 2021 

SAT 11th 15:00 SBL1 H Lincoln City 5,833 S Purkiss L 1-5 Mitov Williams ■ Jones Masterson Iredale 

SAT 18th 15:00 SBL1 A Portsmouth 15,330 G Ward W 2-1 Mitov Williams ■ Jones Masterson Iredale 

TUE 21st 19:45 EFLT H Tottenham Hotspur U21 2,025 W 1-0 McKenzie-Lyle Williams Dunk Okedina Jones 

SAT 25th 15:00 SBL1 H Fleetwood Town 4,429 P Howard D 2-2 Mitov Williams Okedina Masterson Iredale 

TUE 28th 19:45 SBL1 H Gillingham 4,019 J Bell L 0-2 Mitov Willams Jones ■ Masterson Iredale 

OCTOBER 2021 

SAT 2nd 15:00 SBL1 A Crewe Alexandra 4,237 T Reeves D 2-2 Mitov Williams ■ Jones Masterson Iredale 

SAT 16th 15:00 SBL1 H Ipswich Town 7,944 L Doughty D 2-2 Mitov Williams Jones Masterson Iredale 

TUE 19th 19:45 SBL1 H Sheffield Wednesday 7,342 S Oldham D 1-1 Mitov Williams Jones Masterson Iredale ■ 

SAT 23rd 15:00 SBL1 A Shrewsbury Town 5,711 S Mather L 1-4 Mitov Williams Jones ■ Masterson Iredale 

TUE 26th 19:45 SBL1 A Doncaster Rovers 6,146 A Haines D 1-1 Holy Williams Okedina Jones Dunk ■ 

SAT 30th 15:00 SBL1 H AFC Wimbledon 5,609 T Reeves W 1-0 Holy Williams ■ Okedina Jones ■ Iredale ■ 

NOVEMBER 2021 

TUE 2nd 19:45 SBL1 A Morecambe 3,414 R Madley W 2-0 Mitov Okedina Masterson Iredale Dunk 

SAT 6th 15:00 FA Cup A Northampton Town 3,792 M Coy D 2-2 Mitov Williams Okedina Masterson Iredale 

TUE 9th 19:00 EFLT A Stevenage 967 L 0-1 McKenzie-Lyle Davies Dunk Okedina Masterson ■ 

SAT 13th 15:00 SBL1 A MK Dons 9,904 S Stockbridge L 1-4 Mitov Williams ■ Okedina ■ Masterson Iredale 

TUE 16th 19:45 FA Cup H Northampton Town 3,068 D Drysdale W 3-1 Mitov Williams Iredale Okedina Dunk 

SAT 20th 15:00 SBL1 A Rotherham United 9,534 A Davies L 1-3 Mitov Williams Masterson Iredale Dunk 

TUE 23th 19:45 SBL1 H Wigan Athletic 4,101 D Bourne D 2-2 Mitov Williams Masterson Iredale Dunk 

SAT 27th 15:00 SBL1 H Sunderland 7,174 R Lewis L 1-2 Mitov Williams Masterson Iredale Dunk 

TUE 30th 19:00 EFLT H Walsall 718 W 2-0 McKenzie-Lyle Bennett Iredale ■ Okedina Masterson 

DECEMBER 2022 

SAT 4th 15:00 FA Cup H Exeter City 2,834 D Rock W 2-1 Mitov Williams Okedina ■ Iredale Dunk 

TUE 7th 19:45 SBL1 A Cheltenham Town 2,762 C Pollard W 5-0 Mitov Williams Okedina Iredale Dunk 

SAT 11th 15:00 SBL1 A Charlton Athletic 24,886 B Speedie L 0-2 Mitov Williams Okedina Iredale Dunk ■ 

SAT 18th 15:00 SBL1 H Rotherham United 5,323 T Kettle L 0-1 Mitov Williams Okedina Iredale Dunk 

JANUARY 2022 

MON 3rd 15:00 SBL1 H Portsmouth 6,832 J Smith D 0-0 Mitov Williams Okedina Iredale ■ Dunk 

SAT 8th 15:00 FA Cup A Newcastle United 51,395 M Salisbury W 1-0 Mitov Williams Okedina Iredale Dunk 

TUE 11th 19:00 EFLT H Portsmouth 1,803 D Drysdale W 2-1 Mitov Bennett Dunk Okedina Iredale ■ 

SAT 15th 15:00 SBL1 A Lincoln City 8,507 A Kitchen W 1-0 Mitov Okedina Sherring Iredale Dunk 

TUE 18th 19:45 SBL1 H Doncaster Rovers 4,575 C Sarginson W 3-1 Mitov Okedina Sherring Iredale ■ Dunk 

SAT 22nd 15:00 SBL1 H Crewe Alexandra 5,428 S Allison W 1-0 Mitov Williams Sherring ■ Iredale ■ Dunk 

TUE 25th 19:00 EFLT A Rotherham United 2,239 M Coy L 1-1** Mitov Bennett Williams Okedina Dunk 

SAT 29th 15:00 SBL1 A Fleetwood Town 2,515 R Welch D 1-1 Mitov Williams Okedina ■ Iredale Dunk 

FEBRUARY 2022 

TUE 1st 19:45 SBL1 A Bolton Wanderers 13,334 A Haines L 0-2 Mitov ■ Williams Okedina Iredale Dunk 

SAT 5th 17:30 FA Cup H Luton Town 7,937 J Smith L 0-3 Mitov Williams Okedina Sherring Dunk 

TUE 8th 19:45 SBL1 A Gillingham 3,824 J Bell L 0-1 Mitov Williams Okedina Sherring Dunk 

SAT 12th 15:00 SBL1 A Burton Albion 2,578 M Edwards D 2-2 Mitov Williams Okedina Sherring ■ Dunk 

SAT 19th 15:00 SBL1 H Accrington Stanley 

TUE 22nd 19:45 SBL1 H Plymouth Argyle 

SAT 26th 15:00 SBL1 A Oxford United 

MARCH 2022 

TUE 1st 19:45 SBL1 A Wycombe Wanderers 

SAT 5th 15:00 SBL1 H Shrewsbury Town 

SAT 12th 15:00 SBL1 A Sheffield Wednesday 

SAT 19th 15:00 SBL1 H MK Dons 

SAT 26th 15:00 SBL1 A AFC Wimbledon 

APRIL 2022 

SAT 2nd 15:00 SBL1 A Ipswich Town 

SAT 9th 15:00 SBL1 H Morecambe 

FRI 15th 15:00 SBL1 A Wigan Athletic 

MON 18th 15:00 SBL1 H Charlton Athletic 

SAT 23rd 15:00 SBL1 A Sunderland 

SAT 30th 15:00 SBL1 H Cheltenham Town 

* Cambridge won on penalties 3-1 | ** Cambridge lost on penalties 7-6 


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Digby O’Neil Tracey ■ Hoolaham Brophy Ironside May 71’, Smith 76’, Dunk, Okedina, Mannion, Knibbs, Worman 

Weir ■ May ■ Knibbs Worman Dunk Smith Taylor 58’, Ironside 72’, Digby 73’, Brophy, O’Neil, Mannion, Bennett 

Brophy O’Neil Weir Dunk Hoolahan Ironside May 60’, May 61’, Tracey 90’, Mannion, Knibbs, Worman, Bennett 

Tracey May ■ Digby ■ O’Neil ■ Brophy ■ Ironside Dunk 31’, Smith 78’, Weir 90’, Mannion, Knibbs, Worman, Jobe 

Brophy Digby O’Neil Hoolahan Smith Ironside Tracey 70’, Knibbs 84’, Dunk, Weir, May, Lankester, Mannion 

Weir Worman May Tracey Knibbs Smith Lankester 70’, Digby 75’, Ironside 75’, Brophy, O’Neil, Mannion, Bennett 

Digby ■ O’Neil ■ Tracey Hoolahan ■ Brophy Ironside Smith 70’, Knibbs 78’, Dunk 90+1’, Weir, May, Lankester, Mannion 

May ■ Lankester Weir Worman Smith Knibbs Yearn 69’, Brophy 77’, Mannion, Masterson, Williams, Beckett, O’Neil 

Tracey Digby ■ O’Neil Hoolahan Smith Ironside Lankester 75’, Weir 75’, Knibbs ■ 80’, Brophy, Dunk, McKenzie-Lyle, Okedina 

Tracey ■ May Digby ■ O’Neil Brophy Ironside Smith 74’, Dunk 87’, McKenzie-Lyle, Okedina, Weir, Lankester, Knibbs 

Weir Worman May Lankester ■ Smith Knibbs Davies 63’, Yearn 63’, Iredale 77’, Mannion, Brophy, O’Neil, Ironside 

Tracey O’Neil May Digby ■ Brophy Ironside Smith 83’, Dunk, McKenzie-Lyle, Weir, Lankester, Knibbs, Worman 

Tracey Digby O’Neil Brophy Ironside Smith Lankester 66’, May 76’, Weir 76’, Dunk, McKenzie-Lyle, Okedina, Knibbs 

Lankester O’Neil May Digby Brophy Ironside Hoolahan 64’, Tracey 64’, Smith 73’, Dunk, McKenzie-Lyle, Okedina, Weir 

May Digby Tracey Hoolahan Brophy Ironside Smith 78’, Knibbs 85’, Dunk 90+5’, McKenzie-Lyle, Okedina, Weir, Worman 

Smith Weir Digby May Brophy Ironside Tracey 84’, Dunk 84’, McKenzie-Lyle, Okedina, Davies, Knibbs, Worman 

May ■ Digby ■ Tracey Hoolahan ■ Brophy ■ Ironside McKEnzie-Lyle 37’, Weir 71’, Smith ■ 78’, Knibbs 89’, Dunk, Okedina, Worman 

Tracey Worman Iredale Weir Brophy Smith Knibbs 72’, Ironside 72’, McKenzie-Lyle, Davies, Simper, Lankester, Masterson 

Digby Weir Smith Hoolahan Tracey Ironside Masterson 74’, Brophy 79’, Dunk, McKenzie-Lyle, Lankester, Knibbs, Worman 

Digby Knibbs Weir Worman Brophy Ironside Tracey 69’, Smith ■ 75’, McKenzie-Lyle, Davies, Simper, Lankester, Bennett 

May Digby Tracey Worman Smith ■ Ironside Brophy 45’, Weir 63’, Knibbs 63’, Dunk, McKenzie-Lyle, Davies, Bennett 

May Bennett Simper Yearn Worman Knibbs Brophy 64’, Weir ■ 64’, Ironside 80’, Williams, Beckett, Digby, McConnell 

Weir Digby Smith Hoolahan Brophy Ironside Dunk 45’, May 83, Knibbs 83’, McKenzie-Lyle, Davies, Simper, Worman 

Digby Worman May Knibbs Ironside Smith Weir 73’, Brophy 73’, Lankester 88’, McKenzie-Lyle, Davies, Masterson, Bennett 

May Digby Smith Hoolahan Brophy Ironside Knibbs 83’, Weir 87’, McKenzie-Lyle, Okedina, Tracey, Lankester, Worman 

Weir ■ Digby Smith May Brophy Ironside Knibbs ■ 74’, Worman 85’, McKenzie-Lyle, Okedina, Davies, Tracey, Lankester 

May Digby Smith Hoolahan Brophy Ironside Tracey 77’, Knibbs 77’, McKenzie-Lyle, Okedina, Weir, Lankester, Worman 

Weir Lankester Simper ■ Worman Knibbs Smith Dunk 62’, Tracey 62’, Digby 73’, Brophy 74’, Yearn 90’, Mitov, May 

Digby May Tracey Hoolahan Brophy Ironside Smith 62’, Masterson 80’, Weir 80’, Knibbs 80’, McKenzie-Lyle, Lankester, Worman 

Weir Digby Smith ■ May Tracey Ironside Brophy 45’, Knibbs 77’, Lankester 82’, McKenzie-Lyle, Masterson. Worman 

Weir Digby ■ Smith May ■ Brophy Ironside ■ Knibbs 77’, Lankester 88’, Worman 90+3’, McKenzie-Lyle, Masterson, Yearn, McConnell 

Digby Weir Smith ■ May Brophy Ironside ■ Knibbs 82’, Lankester 82’, McKenzie-Lyle, Worman, Dickens, Yearn, McConnell 

Digby Worman Smith ■ ■ May Brophy ■ Ironside Knibbs 77’, Hoolahan 90+19’, O’Neil, McKenzie-Lyle, Weir, Lankester, Masterson 

Digby Worman Knibbs ■ May Brophy Ironside Hoolahan 62’, Lankester ■ 76’, O’Neil 90+5’, Bennett, Gill, Yearn, McConnell 

May Lankester ■ O’Neil Hoolahan Knibbs Smith Worman 45’, Brophy 71’, Digby 71’, Ironside 83’, Dickens 90+1’, Mannion 

Worman Digby Smith May Brophy ■ Ironside Hoolahan 61’, Knibbs 82’, Lankester 90+4’, O’Neil, Mannion, Bennett, Dickens 

May Digby Knibbs Lankester Brophy ■ Ironside Smith 64’, O’Neil 71’, Worman 84’, Mannion, Bennett, Dickens 

Digby May Knibbs Hoolahan ■ Brophy Smith Lankester 75’, Worman 87’, Okedina 87’, Mannion, Bennett, Dickens, Yearn 

Digby May Knibbs Worman Brophy Smith Mannion, Gill, Dickens, Bennett, Yearn, McConnell, Akanbi 

Lankester Digby May ■ Brophy Hoolahan Smith Knibbs 76’, Mannion, Sherring, Worman, Bennett, Yearn, McConnell 

Digby Worman Knibbs May Brophy Smith Sherring 45’, Tolaj 65’, Lankester 74’, Mannion, O’Neil, Bennett, Akanbi 

Digby ■ May ■ Knibbs Hoolahan Brophy Smith Worman 75’, Tolaj 75’, Lankester 75’, Taylor, O’Neil, Bennett, Gill, Yearn, McConnell 

Digby O’Neil Knibbs May Brophy Smith Lankester 63’, Tolaj 72’, Mannion, Worman, Bennett 

Digby May Knibbs Hoolahan Brophy Smith Taylor, O’Neil, Tolaj, Lankester, Mannion, Worman, Bennett 


Members 


LEAGUE 1 STAT PACK 

LEAGUE TABLE 

2o21 /22 

# CLUB P W D L F A +/- PTS 

1 ROTHERHAM UNITED 31 21 5 5 57 18 39 68 

2 WIGAN ATHLETIC 29 19 5 5 52 27 25 62 

3 MILTON KEYNES DONS 32 16 9 7 51 34 17 57 

4 SUNDERLAND 32 16 7 9 56 44 12 55 

5 WYCOMBE WANDERERS 31 15 9 7 47 35 12 54 

6 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 30 15 8 7 52 36 16 53 

7 OXFORD UNITED 32 15 8 9 56 41 15 53 

8 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 31 14 10 7 42 34 8 52 

9 IPSWICH TOWN 32 13 9 10 49 38 11 48 

10 BOLTON WANDERERS 32 13 6 13 48 44 4 45 

11 PORTSMOUTH 30 12 8 10 38 31 7 44 

12 BURTON ALBION 32 12 7 13 41 41 0 43 

13 ACCRINGTON STANLEY 31 12 7 12 41 47 -6 43 

14 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 31 11 6 14 41 39 2 39 

15 CHELTENHAM TOWN 31 9 12 10 38 49 -11 39 

16 CAMBRIDGE UNITED 31 9 11 11 40 45 -5 38 

17 LINCOLN CITY 31 9 8 14 36 41 -5 35 

18 SHREWSBURY TOWN 32 8 10 14 28 33 -5 34 

19 FLEETWOOD TOWN 31 7 11 12 44 53 -9 31 

20 AFC WIMBLEDON 31 6 13 12 37 47 -10 31 

21 MORECAMBE 32 7 9 16 43 61 -18 30 

22 GILLINGHAM 32 5 11 16 26 53 -27 26 

23 DONCASTER ROVERS 33 7 4 22 23 63 -40 25 

24 CREWE ALEXANDRA 32 5 7 20 26 58 -32 22 

LAST UPDATED: 15.02.2022 

THIS WEEKEND’S 

Fixtures 

KICK-OFF 3PM UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE 

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Top Five 

Goalscorers 

ROSS STEWART 

SUNDERLAND 18 

COLE STOCKTON 

MORECAMBE 18 

MICHAEL SMITH 

ROTHERHAM UNITED 17 

WILL KEANE 

WIGAN ATHLETIC 15 

MATTY TAYLOR 

OXFORD UNITED 14 

Top Five 

Assists 

SEAN MCCONVILLE 

ACCRINGTON STANLEY 12 

SCOTT TWINE 

MK DONS 9 

PADDY LANE 

FLEETWOOD TOWN 8 

MAX POWER 

WIGAN ATHLETIC 7 

ANTHONY SCULLY 

LINCOLN CITY 7 

Top Five 

Clean Sheets 

GAVIN BAZUNU 

PORTSMOUTH 12 

BAILEY PEACOCK-FARRELL 

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 11 

DAVID STOCKDALE 

WYCOMBE WANDERERS 10 

VIKTOR JOHANSSON 

ROTHERHAM UNITED 9 

CRAIG MACGILLIVRAY 

CHARLTON ATHLETIC 9 


Plymouth Argyle (H) 

Tuesday 22nd February 2022 | 19:45 

Sky Bet League One 

The U’s are back in action at the Abbey 

Stadium on Tuesday night as they play host to 

play-off chasing Plymouth, with tickets available 

now at the following prices: 

Main Stand: Adult, £22 | 64+, £17 

Full-time Student, £17 | 18-23, £17 | Armed 

Forces, £17 Under 18, £10 | Under 12: £5 

Newmarket Road End: Adult, £18 | 64+, £14 


Forces, £14 | Under 18, £18 | Under 12, £5 

North Habbin Terrace: Adult, £18 | 64+, £14 



Wycombe Wanderers (A) 

Tuesday 1st March 2022 | 19:45 


Adams Park 

Adult: £25 

65+: £22 

Under 26: £20 

Under 22: £18 

Under 19: £14 

Under 12: £5 

OXFORD UNITED (A) 

Saturday 26th February 2022 | 15:00 


Kassam Stadium 

Adult: £24 

65+: £17 

18-21: £16 

Under 18: £14 

Under 14: £10 

Under 7: £6 

Shrewsbury Town (H) 

Saturday 5th March 2022 | 15:00 


Abbey Stadium 

Main Stand: Adult, £22 | 64+, £17 | Full-time 

Student, £17 | 18-23, £17 | Armed Forces, £17 

Under 18, £10 | Under 12, £5 

Newmarket Road End: Adult, £18 | 64+, £14 



North Habbin Terrace: Adult, £18 | 64+, £14 





THE SQUADS 

CAMBRIDGE UNITED 

MANAGER: MARK BONNER 

ACCRINGTON STANLEY 

MANAGER: JOHN COLEMAN 

DIMITAR MITOV (GK) ● 1 

GEORGE WILLIAMS ● 2 

JACK IREDALE ● 3 

PAUL DIGBY ● 4 

GREG TAYLOR ● 5 

JAMES BROPHY ● 6 

LLOYD JONES ● 7 

LIAM O’NEIL ● 8 

JOE IRONSIDE ● 9 

SAM SMITH ● 10 

HARRISON DUNK ● 11 

KAI MCKENZIE-LYLE (GK) ● 13 

WES HOOLAHAN ● 14 

JUBRIL OKEDINA ● 15 

JENSEN WEIR ● 16 

LORENT TOLAJ ● 17 

SHILOW TRACEY ● 18 

ADAM MAY ● 19 

JACK LANKESTER ● 23 

SAM SHERRING ● 24 

WILL MANNION (GK) ● 25 

HARVEY KNIBBS ● 26 

BEN WORMAN ● 27 

TOM DICKENS ● 29 

HARVEY BECKETT ● 31 

KAI YEARN ● 33 

GLENN MCCONELL ● 35 

2 ● HARVEY RODGERS 

3 ● JAY RICH-BAGHUELOU 

4 ● ETHAN HAMILTON 

5 ● ROSS SYKES 

6 ● MATT BUTCHER 

7 ● JOHN O’SULLIVAN 

8 ● HARRY PELL 

9 ● COLBY BISHOP 

10 ● JOE PRITCHARD 

11 ● SEAN MCCONVILLE 

12 ● MICHAEL NOTTINGHAM 

14 ● JOEL MUMBONGO 

15 ● ARCHIE PROCTER 

16 ● LIAM COYLE 

17 ● DYLAN MOONAN 

18 ● TOMMY LEIGH 

21 ● HARRY PERRITT 

24 ● STEPHEN SAMA 

25 ● RHYS FENLON 

26 ● LEWIS MANSELL 

28 ● SEAMUS CONNEELY (CAPTAIN) 

30 ● LIAM ISHERWOOD (GK) 

32 ● ROSAIRE LONGELO 

33 ● OLIVER PATRICK 

34 ● KEVIN SPINELLI 

35 ● JACK NOLAN 

36 ● MITCH CLARK 

37 ● DAVID MORGAN 

38 ● YEBOAH AMANKWAH 

39 ● JOSH WOODS 

40 ● TOBY SAVIN (GK) 

41 ● MARCEL LEWIS 

44 ● KOREDE ADEDOYIN 

48 ● EMERICH POILLY 

Referee: 

Lee Swabey 

Assistant Referee: 

Adrian Tranter 

Assistant Referee: 

Garry Maskell 

Fourth official: 

Darren Blunden 

NEXT UP @ THE ABBEY 

Tuesday 22nd February 2022 | Sky Bet League One

Cambridge United v Accrington Stanley

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