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Stockport County 3 AFC Wimbledon 0 ( Football League 1 ) Saturday 28 March 2026

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      County secured all 3 points via a resounding 3-0 victory at the expense of AFC Wimbledon at Edgeley Park today. It was quite a game…..starting in a blaze of excitement as County`s newly minted strike partnership of Tanto Olaofe and Adama Sidibeh combined gloriously with Ben Osborn to put the blues into the lead before many had settled in their seats. Sadly, the aforementioned partnership lasted less than half an hour before being ( temporarily hopefully) parted when Sidibeh was forced off with an injury. The Dons though had come to make a game of it , looking lively and well   organised – getting the ball in the County net twice albeit that both were clearly offside and ruled as such by the officials. It took County until 5 minutes before the break to add a second goal, and this again had Tanto`s imprint on it being put away with practised ease by Kyle Wootton who had been on the pitch barely 10 minutes. 2-0 at half time was good, and County opened ...

Luton Town 1 Stockport County 1 ( Football League 1) Saturday 21 March 2026

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      County showed real mettle today, coming back from a goal down to share the spoils with Luton Town at their Kenilworth Road home. To be accurate however ` coming back from ` hardly covers it, as County, 1-0 down at the break, totally dominated their upcoming Wembley opponents in front of a partisan home crowd of over 10000 in a one sided second half. Key to County`s recovery was Ollie Norwood who scored the blue`s equaliser via a typically audacious free kick. That County could, maybe should have got themselves more than one goal was evident to everyone there, but they again could not quite muster the quality finish on the end of numerous studiously put together moves that would have ended their opponent`s chances. Still, we`ll take the point, and the team the plaudits for giving their travelling supporters a vouchsafe that their trip to Wembley to face the same opponents can be faced with confidence! ……………………………..   Play was fairly even early on...