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Wigan Athletic 0 Stockport County 2 ( Football League 1) Saturday 15 February 2025

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          County gave all their promotion rivals clear warning at the Brick Community Stadium this afternoon ,with a rip-roaring performance against Wigan Athletic that saw them take all the points with a superb 2-0 win. All the goals came late in the second half of a game that   had tension and drama to spare but no goals until Bates and Collar nicked one apiece in the last 10 minutes or so. Both goals were absolute gems, brilliantly set up and expertly executed , and …….more than that, they were ample reply to previous criticism of the Manager`s use of substitutes( including in this blog)- both goals had considerable input from Dave Challinor`s late substitutes. This was a real statement, from County one that announces them as serious promotion contenders this season! ………………………………………….   County went on the attack straight from the off, home keeper Sam Tickle hard pressed to push Touray`s early effort for a corner. The corner , taken s...
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Bristol Rovers 1 Stockport County 1 ( Football League 1) Tuesday 11 February 2025

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      County`s thoughts of climbing to third position in League One were dashed today along with their excellent run of consecutive wins ,at the Memorial Ground where a silly foul under minimal pressure by Odin Bailey, saw the blues forced to share the points when the needlessly conceded free kick   ushered in   Rovers equaliser by Sil Swinkels . That was so disappointing after County had proved to be the better of the 2 teams for much of the game- playing some excellent attacking football in the second half that was poorly served by that single moment of slackness and the unaccountable inability of an otherwise immaculate County defence to defend the kick that resulted from it. Of course….”you cannot win them all” but we really should have claimed all the points here! The error that cost us the win came via one of a plethora of County substitutes and I would question why we needed to again make so many( with Tanto in the first raft again)- probably beca...
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