Stockport County 1 Lincoln City 2 ( Football League 1) Saturday 26 December 2025
There was no Xmas cheer to speak of , for County supporters at Edgeley Park today, where the under-par blues gave one of their poorer performances , losing 2-1 to high flying Lincoln City. The Imps looked every bit a side perched up there in second spot in League 1 whilst , at times County gave a passable impression of a side struggling at the wrong end of the table. For County , the rot set in early and they could have been 2 or 3 goals down by half time, instead of 1- a goal put away with aplomb by Reece Hackett , but set up by poor defending , most notably a terrible attempted clearance by Brad Hills that left Hinchliffe stranded and easy meat for City`s eager forwards. County shaped better for a time after the break – equalising via Jayden Fevrier who spared Ollie Norwood`s blushes by forcing his follow up effort home after the County captain had seen his penalty saved by George Wickens the Imps keeper. But , despite DC ringing the...