Posts

Luton Town 3 Stockport County 1 ( EFL Trophy Final ) Sunday 12 April 2026

Image
      There was no silverware for County to take back to Cheshire today, as they were well beaten by Luton Town in the Final of the EFL Trophy at Wembley. For 20 minutes County supporters allowed themselves to think all was well with their team, who had cruised into an early lead via another daring strike by Adama Sidibeh. But, games are contested over 90 plus minutes, and in the minutes that followed the first 20 , County were found out big time by a Luton side much too savvy to allow a run of loose passes and nervous defending go unpunished – Emilio Lawrence and Nahki Wells pouncing on 2 calamitous defensive errors to give Town a 2-1 half time lead which they never really looked like losing- Wells adding his second and his sides third as the game went into 10 minutes added time. It was a poor showing by the blues and an expensive one in terms of injuries, as Joseph Olowu had to go off just beyond the hour mark. This pointed a finger at the parlous state of Cou...