Southend's unbeaten run came to end with a shock 2-1 defeat to Accrington at Roots Hall. The Shrimpers went in to the game without a defeat in 10 outings, but Phil Brown's side rarely looked like scoring against Stanley, who took all three points thanks to second-half strikes from Piero Mingoia and Terry Gornell. Southend wasted a great chance to go in front midway through the first half as Jo...Full Story »

Accrington's Piero Mingoia netted 12 minutes from time to consign Portsmouth to a 3-2 defeat at Fratton Park. Pompey were punished for a lacklustre start after 11 minutes when Accrington's Rob Atkinson lashed home Luke Joyce's long ball into the box. Stanley doubled their lead five minutes later when John O'Sullivan gathered a loose ball on the edge of the Pompey area and drilled it into the b...Full Story »

Piero Mingoia scored his first league double as Accrington moved towards the play-off places with a 2-1 win over Cambridge. Winger Mingoia had fallen out of favour under new boss John Coleman but came back into the side for the midweek FA Cup win over Notts County. He retained his place and responded with a goal in each half to move Stanley into the top half of the table. Mingoia struck after...Full Story »

Accrington squandered a two-goal lead but still secured their first point of the new campaign in a 2-2 draw with Luton. The Reds, bottom of Sky Bet League Two the start of play, opened the scoring on nine minutes when Piero Mingoia raced down the left flank and played in a cross for James Gray to fire in. And it was two on 16 minutes when a Mingoia corner was only half cleared to Luke Joyce an...Full Story »