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Stockport County 4 Wigan Athletic 2 ( Football League 1 ) Saturday 21 February 2026

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        There was early excitement at Edgeley Park today where Gary Caldwell`s Wigan Athletic side started like the proverbial express train going one up inside 2 minutes. County equalised through Brad Hills fairly quickly, before again going behind inside the first 10 minutes. There was no 2 ways about it, County were finding Wigan a tough bunch to handle , but they persevered long enough for Adama Sidibeh to level the scores close to half time. It was clear that County would have to produce something special after the break to see off the Lancastrian side, and that something was the excellent Kyle Wootton who crowned another bravura performance with 2 more nerve-less finishes to secure all the points for the blues. If Wigan`s second half indiscipline contributed to their downfall( reducing them eventually to 9 men)County deserve credit for eventually working their route to victory out- and that man Wootton ……I must say I have never seen a player put so mu...
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Bradford City 1 Stockport County 0 - Football League 1( Tuesday 17 February 2026 )

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      County suffered a dispiriting 1-0 defeat to an   in-form Bradford City side at Valley Parade last night. County took a long time to switch on and take the game to Graham Alexanders side, and by the time they did   the game was lost to a goal by former County player Antoni Sarcevic. A raft of late substitutions by County for a time held out hope but this eventually abated as enthusiasm and excitement took over when a modicum of composure might have served the blues better. It`s` just one defeat and I am being asked to accept that this means we can only look forward to the play-offs this term, but there`s a   lot of games still to play , so keep working at it County ! ………………………………. It was perishingly cold when the Flyer dropped us off outside the away end ,but I had a terrific side view of the action- County starting with   a back 3 of Olowu, Hills and Pye with Onyango and Osborn providing width. The atmosphere in the packed stadium w...
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