IF the moment arrives for Seamus Conneely to lift the League Two trophy as Stanley skipper then he has already pictured what it will look like.

A point at Newport County tonight will land the Reds the title with two games to spare and Conneely could get his hands on the silverware on Saturday at the Wham Stadium when Lincoln are the visitors.

The 29-year-old has been visualising that moment in recent weeks as Stanley closed in on the title and now he's hoping it will be as good in real life as it has been in his dreams.

"When you have a goal it’s good to picture things, to see yourself doing different things," Conneely said.

"It’s something I like to do before a game, picturing myself the night before playing the game and doing things well, then you often find those things will happen the next day in the game.

"When you have a goal, the goal was promotion and then the next goal was to win the league, it’s not a bad thing to see yourselves winning things and doing well as long as you don’t get carried away.

"It’s great to see. Hopefully it will be just as good as I imagine."

Conneely has won titles and cups before in Ireland, claiming the League of Ireland in 2012 and the FAI Cup in 2013 with Sligo Rovers, although neither as captain, and he believes the League Two title with the Reds would eclipse those triumphs and write the names of the class of 2017/18 into Stanley folklore.

"I haven’t been a captain, but I’ve won the League of Ireland the FAI Cup, but if we do it this will override those," he said.

"They’re fantastic moments, there is nothing that brings you together as a group more than being successful. It’s something we’ll have for the rest of our lives, once our careers are over we’ll always be the Accrington team that got promoted to League One."

Conneely has been Reds captain for just over two years now and he believes he's growing into the leadership role.

The former Sheffield United youngster admits he wasn't the most vocal player on the pitch, but revealed the honour of being captain has seen him lift his game over the past couple of seasons.

"I’ve grown into the role, I’ve been captain for two-and-a-half seasons now. I know the gaffer gives the armband to not necessarily the loudest or most experienced player on the pitch, but to someone who he thinks it will enhance their game and they’ll feel a little taller on the pitch and that’s certainly how I’ve felt," he said.

"I’ve learnt to enjoy it now, I know what’s expected of me as the captain of this club and to be captain of a successful team makes it better.

"Football fans probably think you give the armband to the loudest or most experienced player, but the gaffer has found a way to use the armband to get a little bit extra out of one of his players and if that helps a team out that’s an example of his man management.

"He’s a very good man manager and Jimmy (Bell) and John (Doolan) are very good coaches, they dovetail nicely."

Conneely was part of the Reds side who suffered last-day heartbreak in the promotion race two years ago, seeing a top-three spot slip out of their grasp when they drew with Stevenage before being knocked out of the play-offs by AFC Wimbledon.

But he insists the success of this season has erased that disappointment.

"I think it makes it all the better for me, having experienced that day against Stevenage and then the disappointing against Wimbledon in the play-offs," he said.

"For me it’s wiped all out that, I know the gaffer says it hasn’t, but for me to experience that and then come back two years later and go up with four games to go is a massive accomplishment and a sense of relief.

"It’s very satisfying."