Accrington Stanley sign Costelloe on loan from Burnley

Stanley have completed the signing of Dara Costelloe on a season-long loan from Burnley . The 21-year-old attacker spent last season on loan in the Scottish Premiership, initially at St Johnstone before heading to Dundee. He also had a stint at Bradford in 2022/23 and now heads to the Wham Stadium ahead of the new … Read more

Accrington sign Burnley striker Costelloe on loan

Accrington Stanley have signed striker Dara Costelloe from Championship side Burnley on a season-long loan. The 21-year-old Republic of Ireland Under-21 international has previously had loan spells with Bradford City in League Two as well as St Johnstone and Dundee in Scotland.Read more

Muslim counter-protesters embraced by pub-goers

Haddi Malik, 25, joined a peaceful march in Accrington, Lancashire, walking between two mosques in the town to counter a potential right-wing march. Mr Malik told the BBC it was a "massive" moment when pubgoers came up to some of the people marching and …Read more

Accrington Stanley receive grant to from the EFL

Accrington Stanley has become the first EFL club to net a maximum £100,000 grant from the Sky Bet EFL Building Foundations Fund in the latest round of funding awards to boost football community projects across England and Wales.Read more

Accrington goalkeeper Isherwood signs new deal

Accrington Stanley goalkeeper Liam Isherwood has signed a new one-year deal. The 22-year-old came through the club's youth system and made his debut in March 2022. However, he missed the whole of last season after having surgery to correct a long-standing …Read more

Accrington Stanley sign ex-Salford City winger Ash Hunter

Stanley have announced the signing of winger Ash Hunter from AFC Fylde on a one-year deal. Hunter has plenty of EFL experience following spells with Fleetwood, Salford, Morecambe and MK Dons. He spent the second half of last season at Fylde, helping the Coasters avoid relegation from the National League.Read more

New details emerge over Jay Slater's cause of death

Debbie is currently organising her son's funeral service, which is set to take place next Saturday at Accrington Cemetery Chapel. She has requested that mourners honour Jay by wearing something blue. A heartfelt obituary released on behalf of Jay's family …Read more

Jay Slater's funeral will 'celebrate his life'

Well-wishers who attend his funeral on 10 August at Accrington Cemetery Chapel have been asked to wear something blue in his memory. Mr Slater had attended the NRG music festival with two friends before his disappearance and his last known location was the …Read more

Dominic Smithers

Dominic Smithers is LADbible's Editorial Lead. After graduating from the University of Leeds with a degree in French and History, he went on to write for the Manchester Evening News, the Accrington Observer and the Macclesfield Express.Read more