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

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          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...

Mansfield Town 1 Stockport County 2 ( Football League 1 ) Saturday 20 December 2025

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      County   confounded the experts and pundits with a gutsy performance at Field Mill today and a well-earned 2-1 win , coming back from 1-0 down to beat Nigel Clough`s Mansfield Town and claim all the points to come within 3 of the L1 automatic promotion positions. The goals , for County, came from a storming run by Jayden Fevrier whose shot went in off Town`s Ryan Sweeney not long before half time- the winner headed home by Jack Diamond ,twenty minutes from the end of normal time, laid on by an inch perfect cross by Osborn. County defended with real determination and resolve at times especially in the second half when Joseph Olowu was brought on belatedly, and in Diamond had the best player on the park, but it was the return of Ollie Norwood that lit the torch of recovery in the blues approach- their play more ordered and inventive at times with    midfield back in good hands. A word on Referee Alan Young- he was dire- constantly breaking Count...