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Stockport County 3 Lincoln City 2 ( Football League 1 ) Saturday 26 April 2025

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          County took their supporters on a late season roller coaster ride at Edgeley Park today with an outstanding 3-2 win against Lincoln City. It really was an outstanding win, and not at all certain for long periods as a dire first half performance saw them in at the break 0-2 down. The blues usually excellent defence were a pale shadow of themselves, in the first 45 minutes , fortunate not to be more than 2 down , whilst at the other end of the park the County forwards struggled to convert a clutch of half chances that might have made some difference   to what looked a possibly losing position should they not shake themselves out of their malaise. Thankfully ,DC`s half-time substitutions changed the game completely and County swept City aside in a blizzard of attacking football that offered little in the way of respite for Michael Skubala`s team. Jayden Fevrier was simply sensational, scoring one and making the other two goals for Will Coll...

Stockport County 2 Huddersfield Town 1 ( Football League 1) Monday 21 April 2025

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        County came back from a goal down to secure their place in the play offs via goals by Fraser Horsfall and Ollie Norwood against Huddersfield Town today at Edgeley Park. The old stadium was packed to the rafters at 3 o`clock but County struggled   at times without Ethan Pye`s presence at the back , being reliant , particularly in the second half, on a series of crucial saves by the impressive Corey Addai twixt the sticks for the blues. The young County keeper could do nothing to stop Koroma`s goal on the hour and the lead did not flatter the Terriers- it had been brewing a while! But this County squad is not for accepting what seems to be their allotted   fate , instead they   re-doubled their attacking efforts -Horsfall rising to head Norwood`s corner home with just over15 minutes of normal time left to play. That seemed to galvanise the blues- Town were still showing a propensity for hitting us on the break and quite effectively too,...