ACCRINGTON STANLEY

Last season was great overall. We were in contention for the play- offs before a fixture pile- up cost us. Last season was our highest finish since our Football League return in 2006. The big talking point among the fans is our ground developments, with a new clubhouse being built behind the main stand.

Instead of going to the football last season I sorted through a load of old match programmes from our non- league days. Trips to Leigh RMI and Grays Athletic among many.

I won’t be happy unless I’m eating a pie with lashings of gravy at our first home match. Our most underrated player is

Seamus Conneely. Some supporters in the main stand don’t like him… Look out for defender Harry Perritt [ below], 20 – about to break through but broke his leg last pre- season. The pantomime villain will be

Steve Evans, now that Joey Barton is in the league below. The one change I’d make would be putting a roof on the away end. Save the date for Morecambe away on September 25. It’s good to be playing them again... especially as we have a good record. The best thing about matchday at

Stanley is the atmosphere created on the Clayton End terrace.

The ground I’m most looking

forward to visiting is Hillsborough. A new one for many Stanley fans.

The best Stanley social media account is our owner, @ andyhholt – he’s very open and honest.

Other clubs’ fans don’t know that we still haven’t played at Wembley. We’ve had a few good runs in the Football League Trophy, though, so maybe our time will come soon.

Our key player will be Dion Charles, who scored plenty of goals last term and has been called up for Northern Ireland. If we keep hold of him... The fans’ opinion of the gaffer is as high as always: John Coleman produces miracles year in, year out. When he first arrived back in 1999, we were down in the seventh tier, Unibond Division One!

We’ll finish 6th.