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Oldham Athletic 1 Stockport County 0 ( Pre-Season Friendly) Saturday 13 July 2024

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      County`s second pre-season outing saw them lose out to a lively Oldham Athletic side at Boundary Park today. County never really established any command of the proceedings ,indeed Latics just might feel slightly miffed at the 1-0 score-line at games end- they had Ben Hinchliffe to blame for this for a second half super save that stopped Micky Mellon`s team from doubling their lead.   Keepers Corey Addai and Ben Hinchliffe who took a half each, were arguably the pick for County – Camps showed his usual drive and flair when he came on ( until he went off following a bit of a clattering from someone in blue)and Triallist A showed he could do a shift but after that there was not a lot to report from what it must be conceded is a very early outing indeed and in a format unlikely to coax the best from County . Oldham by contrast looked to have been well served by their pre-season being just back from Scotland . Their side had a decent number of ex   Hatters within it- Liam Ho

Hatters Worldwide Series 2- 6 Paul Gregg ( Spain )

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          It`s 4 years since we heard from Paul Gregg in Spain , Paul( Dudley Hatter on County Heaven )is always a good read ,so it was a great pleasure to be contacted by him again with an update of his position that is crammed with   news and positivity. Here`s a link to Paul`s earlier contribution in series 1-   https://hedgegrower.blogspot.com/2020/12/hatters-worldwide-4-paul-gregg-spain.html     Paul`s latest account of life in sunny Spain follows below…..   ………………………………………………     Here is my update from El Palo   Wow, I can’t believe it’s been four years since I talked about my life here in Malaga. Have things changed? Of course they have.   I no longer live with the fantastic view of the cathedral. Instead, I’ve moved a different barrio (neighbourhood), I wonder if you can guess which one? Yes of course, El Palo.   Thanks to the wonders of modern Internet dating and a place called Tinder. I met a Spanish lady called Pilar. Pilar is not a loca