Salford City 2 Stockport County 2 ( Football League 2 ) Thursday 14 March 2024
Yesterday was a day when County`s promotion push might have been severely challenged. Not by the quality of their opponents or their position and current form in the league but by the bald fact that Karl Robinson`s Salford City side were 2-0 up at half time and County were struggling for a coherent response at the Peninsular Stadium last night. Salford looked a fairly basic outfit wedded to lifting the ball long and high towards the County box and not much else. There was a solid reasoning behind this route one approach - that was where 23 goal Matt Smith lurked. County should have coped, didn’t, floundering instead as a series of free headers boosted the Ammies confidence. The home sides propensity for time wasting was game long but ridiculously started early doors along with some iffy `man to man ‘marking ( Bristow forced off with a shoulder injury after half an hour just one example). Sadly, Mr Yates the Referee proved incapable of identifying and controlling t