Barnsley v Accrington Stanley
Oakwell Review | Official Matchday of Barnsley | Barnsley v Accrington Stanley | Sky Bet League One Saturday 21st January, 2023 | KO 3pm | LNER Stadium
Oakwell Review | Official Matchday of Barnsley |
Barnsley v Accrington Stanley | Sky Bet League One
Saturday 21st January, 2023 | KO 3pm | LNER Stadium
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ACCRINGTON STANLEY<br />
1954/55<br />
ACCRINGTON STAN LEY<br />
Football historian LEIGH EDWARDS selects ten post-war <strong>Accrington</strong> <strong>Stanley</strong> ‘Classic Campaigns’<br />
Walter Galbraith guided <strong>Accrington</strong><br />
<strong>Stanley</strong> to Third Division (North)<br />
runners-up in 1954/55. After gaining<br />
just one point from their opening two<br />
matches, <strong>Accrington</strong> soared up the<br />
table with eight wins in their next<br />
nine games. Centre-forward George<br />
Stewart arrived from St Mirren in<br />
October and <strong>Accrington</strong> held a five<br />
point lead by the end of March. A<br />
crowd of 19,843 saw <strong>Stanley</strong>’s 1-1<br />
draw at FA Cup giantkillers York<br />
on Good Friday but they suffered<br />
heavy defeats by Hartlepools and<br />
Chesterfield during the closing weeks<br />
and finished four points behind<br />
<strong>Barnsley</strong>. The reserve team achieved<br />
the Lancashire Combination ‘double’.<br />
classic<br />
cam paigns<br />
1955/56<br />
George Stewart was leading<br />
marksman with 35 goals as<br />
<strong>Accrington</strong> <strong>Stanley</strong> finished third in<br />
the Third Division (North) in 1955/56.<br />
‘Mc<strong>Stanley</strong>’ fielded 11 Scottish<br />
players in the 1-1 draw at Rochdale<br />
in August and Archie Wright grabbed<br />
a hat-trick in <strong>Accrington</strong>’s 7-0<br />
demolition of Bradford PA. John<br />
Ryden moved to Spurs but <strong>Stanley</strong><br />
maintained their title challenge and<br />
48,385 saw their FA Cup third round<br />
defeat at Liverpool. George Stewart<br />
scored hat-tricks against Wrexham,<br />
Workington and Scunthorpe. Other<br />
stars were Armour Ashe, Wattie<br />
Dick, Jimmy Harrower, Eddie Hunter,<br />
Norman McCredie and Charlie<br />
Sneddon.<br />
1957/58<br />
OAKWELL REVIEW 52 BARNSLEY VS ACCRINGTON STANLEY<br />
George Stewart was top scorer<br />
with 27 goals as <strong>Accrington</strong> <strong>Stanley</strong><br />
finished Third Division (North)<br />
runners-up in 1957-58. Walter<br />
Galbraith’s side won only four of<br />
their opening 12 matches, including<br />
three straight wins, but soared up<br />
the table with just two defeats<br />
in 23 games. They hammered<br />
Bradford PA 5-2 at Peel Park in<br />
December and scored 17 goals<br />
during a run of six successive wins.<br />
Overcoming consecutive defeats at<br />
title rivals Scunthorpe and Hull City<br />
in March, they dropped only one<br />
point in eight matches during the<br />
closing weeks. Full-back partners<br />
Bob McNicol and Jimmy Harrower<br />
were both ever-present.
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