Stanley's on-loan full-back Joe Jacobson could be forgiven for thinking he’d upset a higher authority in the last 18 months.

The 24-year-old Welshman signed for Oldham Athletic in the summer of 2009 only to be injured and miss the start of last season.

Then, having recovered and forced his way into Dave Penney's team, he was one of their more consistent players before breaking down again and missing the end of the campaign.

Having recovered again, he was then one of six players told in pre-season by new boss Paul Dickov that they were free to find new clubs.

One substitute appearance later for the Latics and it was time for a one-month move back to the Crown Ground, where he spent time in 2006 then on-loan from first club Cardiff City.

However, his debut brought FA Cup defeat at Port Vale, 72 hours before the Arctic chill which caused mass postponements last weekend.

"It’s frustrating for me because I came here to play games, get myself noticed and get my sharpness back," he admitted, with his loan spell until January 3.

"I need games. I was injured for a while last season and struggling to get into the first team at Oldham so I spoke to Jimmy Bell after the reserve game (between Stanley and Oldham) last month about coming here and it's taken a bit longer than we'd hoped but I'm happy now to be here and will hopefully play a few games and kick on.

"But the cold weather’s kicked in at the wrong time but you’ve got to get on with it; I've been enjoying my training which has been different to what I’d been doing at Oldham.

"I could do a lot of outdoor training at Oldham in that respect but since I came to Accrington I trained outdoors once, had a game and then the snow came.

"That’s a shame but these things happen; there’s so many players like myself who have gone out on loan because they want to play football and they get stuck."

The Crown Ground is hardly a trip into the unknown for Jacobson as he links up with manager John Coleman and assistant Jimmy Bell a second time.

Players who move out on loan have to become used to playing with new team-mates quickly but Jacobson has become reacquainted with some familiar faces.

"Playing here in 2006 was my first real stint of first team football and they were great to me.

"It’s the same manager, same staff around and a few of the players are still the same.

"The team spirit's still here. They make sure they get you involved and it's little things like that that make players want to play for them.

"After I left the first time I kept looking in the paper on a Sunday for what players played, and coming back they’ve all welcomed me back. There’s a great atmosphere and I was warmly welcomed back.

"When you go out on loan you have to get used to playing with new people but they’re a good bunch of lads. There’s a good atmosphere around the club and they've made me feel very welcome."

The aim now is to get regular games under his belt to help Stanley climb the League Two table and send a message out to manager Paul Dickov and the coaching staff at Boundary Park.

"It’s been horrible not being in the team," he admitted. "You speak to any footballer and all they want to do is play football. Being injured hasn’t helped me and with a new manager coming in the team’s been flying so I can’t complain that I’m not really in it.

"I want to bring competition to the team at Accrington," he said. "I’ve got to work hard and show people that I deserve to be involved, whether I play left back or left wing I’ll give 100 per cent."