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Why Stanley

The original town team, Accrington FC were amongst the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888, before resigning from the league after just five years. An existing team already existed at that time called Stanley Villa, named as such because they were based at the Stanley Arms on Stanley Street in the town. With the demise of Accrington FC, Stanley Villa took the town name to become Accrington Stanley, and existed in the lower divisions of the Football League until 1962, when the club famously resigned from the League midway through the season due to financial difficulties. Their last game was played on 2nd March, 1962. The club reformed again in 1968, and has progressed through the local county leagues to the Football Conference, and after three seasons in the Nationwide Conference made a historic return to the Football League.

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