EFL Trust Futsal Trophy
This week has seen our BTEC scholars representing Accrington Stanley in the EFL Trust Futsal Trophy at Derby Velodrome. They were drawn in a group with Birmingham City, Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth Argyle and Rotherham. They started the day by playing Rotherham which ended in a 3 -1 defeat, they were incredibly unlucky hitting the post […]
Spring NCS programme
Our spring National Citizenship Service (NCS) programme is nearing the end for another year with just the social action and graduation to complete. The young people enjoyed a residential trip to the borders of Scotland to Rock UK where they took part in outdoor activities such as zip lining, abseiling, night walks and high ropes. […]
Football Education Scholarship
Work, Learn, Train & Play with Accrington Stanley Community Trust. At Accrington Stanley Community Trust we offer a unique opportunity for all 16-19 year old football players to pursue a two-year Football Education Scholarship. Starting September 2017, we will be going into our sixth year of the course and have grown a fantastic reputation for […]
Thirty Thousand Books To Be Given Away
Thirty thousand books to be given away to schools who sign up to the Premier League Primary Stars programme The Premier League will be giving away two thousand book boxes to primary school teachers who sign up to the new literacy offer available on the Premier League Primary Stars website. The book boxes, which contain […]
The Mascot Experience
Does your son or daughter dream of leading the Accrington Stanley team out on a match day? This could be their chance! With only a handful of home games left before the season is over, why not treat your child to our mascot package? Open to all aged between 3 to 12 years old the […]
Female Football Education Programme
Study with Accrington Stanley Community Trust in 2017/18! Accrington Stanley Community Trusts BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Sport is a two-year course suitable for post-16 females of all playing abilities who have a keen interest in developing an insight into the practicalities within the sport industry. Based at the Wham Stadium, students will study in a […]
Feasibility Study Set for £2m Sports Hub
Accrington Stanley Community Trust are starting a feasibility study in March for a brand new ‘Sports Hub’ at Higham Playing Fields in Accrington. A number of possible sites had been identified over the past few weeks and following the approval by the Council at a recent cabinet meeting the project can now take the next […]
Half term fun
Last week saw the first holiday courses of the year in full swing with over 60 children in attendance over the soccer school, elite soccer school and activity club. It was great to see so many new faces on the February half term holiday courses as well as many returning ones enjoying themselves throughout the […]
Football Development Centre Returns!
Monday 20th Feb sees the return of our popular Football Development Centre, usually held at Accrington Academy High School on a Monday evening. However the session on the 20th Feb will be held at St Christopher’s High School. Football Development Centres (FDC’s) are weekly coaching sessions for children who love to play football regularly. Children may […]
Give Stanley Kickers a go!
Have a 2 to 4 year old that loves playing with a football? Want them to take part in a football session that’s fun? Yes?! Then come along to our Stanley Kickers session held every Saturday (Term time) at Accrington Academy from 9.30am for an hour. The next course of sessions is available to book […]
Stanley Players Visit Accrington Academy
Accrington Stanley first team players Billy Kee and Elliott Parish attended a girl’s football session at Accrington Academy. Both players took part in a question and answer session with the students followed them joining in with the session. The students were delighted to be able to ask questions to two professional footballers in order to […]
Say Yes to NCS this Summer
What are you up to this summer? Fancy doing something that’s a once in a life time opportunity? If the answer is yes, then join our National Citizenship Service (NCS) programme that will see you kept busy over the summer break. The NCS programme is a national once in a lifetime programme for all 16-17 […]
