The72 Football League Weekend Awards: Week Five

UPSET OF THE WEEKEND: Accrington Stanley 3-2 Tranmere Rovers

This local derby was pretty feisty but Accrington will be delighted to pick up their first win of the season against a decent Tranmere side. Despite going in front early on from a penalty, Stanley were pegged back before finding themselves behind on 70 minutes thanks to a double from Rovers winger Abdulai Bell-Baggie.

However, the famous milk advert side never gave in hope and deserved their equaliser 8 minutes later before a mistake allowed Kai Naismith to pop up with the winner. A team many picked to be relegated managing to beat a team that was almost in the Championship two years ago is a big upset in my book, but there’s more to the story than that…

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