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This week in County history...2007

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       C ounty had just started a season that would end in promotion in the only match we have won at Wembley. But back to mid August and the local paper was reflecting back on the season's opener as it reported that Manager Jim Gannon had moved on the eve of the game to add Conrad Logan, James Smith and Dom Blizzard to his squad.   That game had seen us beat Dagenham and Redbridge in their Football League debut, and the paper reflected that the Manager was delighted with the contribution of all three in the opening game victory but specific mention was made of goalkeeper Conrad Logan who he signed after 18 months of trying.   It also mentioned that a proposed loan deal for fellow keeper Adam Legzdins had been abandoned although he had figured in three pre-season games. Incidentally Legzdins   was last spotted in Scotland with Dundee   back in 21-22. The County Manager said he had not ruled out a return for the Birmingham City stopper. ...
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Stockport County 1 Doncaster Rovers 1 ( Rovers win 4-5 on penalties) League Cup Round 1 ( Saturday 8 August 2026)

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        County exited the League Cup with a whimper as opposed to the roar their pre-season form had hinted at today at Edgeley Park. Sadly, that was not to be, and Doncaster Rovers stuck to the basics, taking the game to penalties, with the score 1-1 after 90 minutes, the visitors winning 5-4 on penalties to the delight of almost 900 travelling Rovers fans. It was not all gloom for County- Ollie Whatmuff looks the part twixt the sticks……Ethan Pye largely looks to be maintaining the form we know we need to see from him……Lewis Bate seems to have regained form somewhere akin to the peek period when he first arrived with us……Ryan Glover offers enthusiasm and potential wide left, and Kyle Wootton has taken just 1 game to open his scoring account again! Today gave us glimpses of all the aforementioned, what we did not see was a relentless pressing game from County in place of the ponderous outfield play of last season. That was hugely disappointing and clearly g...
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This week in County History ... 2000

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With the season's opener at Gillingham due on 12 th August, County had a couple of friendlies to negotiate that week.   They had completed a tour of Denmark and Sweden earlier in pre-season, but the first game this week was down the road at Altrincham.       Some matches at this stage of a club's preparations can be interesting and entertaining. Not this one, with no goals scored by a mixture of first team and youth squad men.     The teams on Wednesday 2nd August 2000 were: Altrincham: Stuart Coburn, Barry Crowe (Jason Gallagher), Danny Adams, Mark Maddix (Adam Farley), Gary Talbot, Steve Hawes (Mark Ward), Stuart Quinn (Paul Walsham), Stuart Scheuber, Richard Landon (Carl Furlong), Leroy Chambers and Kevin Ellison (Scott Wilson). Unused Sub(s): Mark O'Connor, Phil Power Three of those men had or would have time on County's books, namely Adams, Landon and Ellison. County: Andy Dibble, John Myers, Colin Woodthorpe, Jonas Larsson, Ben Jo...
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