accrington_stanley_fc | ground | accrington <sep> accrington stanley football club is a professional association football club based in accrington, lancashire, england the club competes in league one, the third tier of the english football league system they have spent their complete history playing at the crown ground the club came to national prominence in 1989 due to the milk marketing board's popular television advert that featured the slogan accrington stanley, who are they? the current club was formed in 1968, two years after the collapse of the original accrington stanley, which played in the football league from 1921 to 1962 after initially competing in the lancashire combination the town's original club, named simply accrington, were founder members of the football league in 1888, though folded just six years later 
accrington stanley f.c. played in accrington.accrington stanley football club is a professional association football club based in accrington, lancashire