Former Arsenal striker Francis Jeffers is loving every minute of Accrington’s fight for League survival
"Accrington? It's as special as Valencia"
Evening Standard
Few footballers have had such a dramatic change in fortunes as Francis Jeffers. Tonight, he will turn out for Accrington Stanley against AFC Wimbledon exactly 10 years to the day since he played for Arsenal against Valencia in the Champions League.
The two stages could not be more different. Valencia’s Mestalla Stadium seats 55,000 and is the fifth largest in Spain. Accrington’s Crown Ground holds 5,000 and gates this season are averaging 1,500. The club, propping up the Football League, have no training base so players change at the ground and then practise at a nearby school or college. But, unlike that night at Valencia when he came on as a substitute, Jeffers will definitely start tonight’s match.
Evening Standard
Few footballers have had such a dramatic change in fortunes as Francis Jeffers. Tonight, he will turn out for Accrington Stanley against AFC Wimbledon exactly 10 years to the day since he played for Arsenal against Valencia in the Champions League.
The two stages could not be more different. Valencia’s Mestalla Stadium seats 55,000 and is the fifth largest in Spain. Accrington’s Crown Ground holds 5,000 and gates this season are averaging 1,500. The club, propping up the Football League, have no training base so players change at the ground and then practise at a nearby school or college. But, unlike that night at Valencia when he came on as a substitute, Jeffers will definitely start tonight’s match.
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