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Stockport County 0 Wycombe Wanderers 5 ( Football League 1) Tuesday 5 November 2024

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    County met their toughest challenge of the season and were just blown away in a blizzard of high-octane football as in form Wycombe Wanderers stormed to the top of League 1 with a 5-0 win   at Edgeley Park last night. This was a football lesson in every sense of the words as County struggled to put any coherent moves together against a Chairboys side that simply oozed confidence throughout a match that saw County fans streaming towards the exits some 20 minutes before the end. Despite County playing extremely poorly   to see so many leave so early   was       disappointing - we were never going to walk this league – most certainly though- if we were wise ,we would have anticipated some bad nights `at the office` and this was one of them – made so ,as much, I would claim, by Wycombe`s control and mastery of just what needed to be done, as from County`s inadequacies- although they had a few on view last night! Slack play and really poor defending laid an early foundation for

Stockport County 2 Forest Green Rovers 1 ( FA Cup Round 1) Saturday 2 November 2024

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          County were made to work much harder than they expected , in the First Round of the FA Cup, by a spirited Forest Green Rovers side at Edgeley Park today. The blues duly made it into Round 2, but only after battling through extra time as Steve Cotterill`s National League side made County`s life as uncomfortable as they could with a wholehearted performance that would have pleased their 183 travelling fans.  183 made the trip from Gloucetershire!         Fraser Horsfall`s stunning goal put County into the lead in the second half of normal time, but errors at the back by the blues   saw Rovers back in it as Christian Doidge equalised with style and relish. No one wanted extra time but that`s what we got – Wootton winning the game for us and booking DC`s team a place in Round 2 with a typical well-ordered finish from close in after Tanto had seen a shot blocked but parried in Woots direction. Both sides had chances thereafter- Forest Green still battling right until the