All Things Stockport County

          County took 3 vitally important points today at Edgeley Park, with a 2-1 win , but they were made to battle for their spoils all the way to the final whistle by a Burton Albion side that looked anything but relegation candidates. Indeed, for large stretches of the match County were made to look distinctly second best by Gary Bowyers side- goals by Kyle Wootton in the first half, and Tanto Olaofe after the break, seeing them home . Saves by Corey Addai and a superb block by Ethan Pye contributed hugely too as Albion piled on the pressure late on ….pressure that increased exponentially when Jack Stretton`s headed pass set Julian Larsson up to score a well taken goal for the visitors bang on 90 minutes. But, Burton just could not add to that decent strike, as…..down to 10 men again , when Pye was second yellowed , County battled on ,through 7 minutes plus of added time for a crucial win . Not pretty, but we take it and look to Tuesday evening ...

          County fell to a fairly predictable defeat at the Racecourse Ground today, predictable in as much as everyone in the land knows the score as far as games against Wrexham are concerned- you   play as well as you can …overrun yours hosts even….but no matter how dominant your team is, you know that inevitable controversy beckons, at some point as someone in a red shirt influences   the officials to favour the home side with a game changing decision! Today it was James Mc Clean doing the influencing by barging into Ibby Touray like a raging bull , resulting in a ball to hand moment by the County wing back. Referee Mr Simon Mather had in fact dismissed the thought of anything other than a Wrexham corner- the liner on the main stand side calling him over convincing him to award a penalty in defiance of all the facts. Addai saved the penalty with a supreme effort, but the ball ran loose   to Rodriguez who made no mistake from the follow...