Donald Love

Love's current-season form is level with last season (Season 24→24), while his Rating held around 16. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 35).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Accrington ST · 19th	2	0	0	6.75	16	24
2025/26	Accrington ST · 16th	35	1	2	6.71	16	24
2024/25	Accrington ST · 21st	41	1	5	6.87	23	35
2023/24	Morecambe · 15th	16	0	2	6.74	21	6
2022/23	Morecambe · 22nd	39	2	2	6.73	36	21

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 7 earlier seasons and 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

Scotland · international

Side	Apps	G
Scotland U21	4	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral midfielder

D. Love is a 31-year-old central midfielder at Accrington ST, enjoying a standout season — 1 goals and 2 assists in 35 appearances, a Season grade of 24. On long-term scout potential he's rated 16.1. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter (66% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.46 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Love.

On the season, Love graded 24 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal, 2 assists and 3.456 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 24 → 24). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 16. At 31 Love is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Trending upBreakout: 2024/25Stepped up 2022/234 clubs

16.1

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

66%

Minutes

a regular starter

3.46

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Accrington ST finished 16th of 24 · a mid-table side

Apps

3.46

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.46 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 8 clean sheets across 35 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 66% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 16.1 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.46 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %66%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900.033

Assists / 900.066

Goal contribution / 900.099

Defensive actions / 903.456

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900.428

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~3), then tapers with age. At 31, Love sits on 1.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Love's projected Rating — 16.1 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the League Two with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists2

Defending

Tackles64

Interceptions34

Blocks7

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards12

Red cards1

Transfer history

€3.2M total transfer fees · 6 moves

Accrington STJul 2024 – nowFree

MMorecambeJul 2022 – Jul 2024Free

Salford CityAug 2021 – Jul 2022Free

ShrewsburyJul 2019 – Aug 2021Free

SunderlandAug 2016 – Jul 2019€ 3.2M

Wigan(on loan)Oct 2015 – Aug 2016

Manchester Uniteduntil Oct 2015

About D. Love

Donald Alistair Love is a 31-year-old central midfielder who plays for Accrington ST, born on December 2, 1994 in Rochdale, standing 179 cm tall. He is from Scotland.

This season

In the current season, D. Love has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 180 minutes.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates D. Love at 16.1 with a Season form score of 24. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the FA Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 12 recorded seasons, D. Love has totalled 242 club appearances with 5 goals and 16 assists for 8 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2024/25, with 41 appearances for Accrington ST.

D. Love's career has also included time at MMorecambe, Salford City, Shrewsbury, Sunderland, Wigan and Manchester United.

On the international stage, D. Love has represented Scotland U21 — 4 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.