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Lincoln City 3 Stockport County 1 ( Football League 1) Saturday 14 March 2026

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        County lost in the most depressing of fashions today at Sincel Bank where Lincoln City scored 2 late goals to win a game that they looked nailed on to lose minutes before. It was so…so disappointing to see County work their way back from being a goal down, equalise in the second half, and then see their almost total hegemony obliterated in less than 10 minutes at the death. ……………………………….   Several choruses of `Tanto`s on Fire` got the pre match off to a great start, but on the park things were a touch iffy early on-County`s play littered with errors – Dacres /Cogley spilling possession after Osborn had opened brightly with a probing run. More slack play followed from County as their opponents grew in confidence- winning a couple of corners- neither counting thankfully.   County seemed to be looking to up their game, but Sidibeh`s darting run, 5 minutes in, promised more than it produced in the end. But County kept plugging away- Bail...
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Doncaster Rovers 0 Stockport County 1 ( EFL Trophy Semi-Final ) Tuesday 3 March 2026

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        Tuesday 3 March 2026 saw Stockport County emerge from a brief period of doubt and disarray to establish another piece of County History   confounding the doubters in doing so with a   well-deserved 1-0 victory against Doncaster Rovers that takes them back to Wembley for the EFL Trophy Final   . It was an uplifting performance from County   who ,faced down the not inconsiderable task of an away Semi Final with a performance rich in the spirit of the buccaneering pirates of times past …..Adama Sidibeh seeing to the buccaneering whilst Ollie Norwood was IC ensuring the Blues   opponents walked the plank should any of their number earn rebuke.     The blues thoroughly outplayed their Yorkshire opponents, in the first half , going ahead after 11 minutes via   another immaculately executed Ollie Norwood free kick , after Jay Mc Grath had fouled Ben Osborn .   The problem was that , despite looking far and awa...
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