Barnsley 1 Stockport County 3 ( Football League 1 ) Saturday 2 May 2026
County strode magnificently into the playoffs today with an emphatic and most definitely merited 3-1 victory against Barnsley at their Oakwell home. This was by far the most important match of the season thus far for County – but they approached it with an appropriate attention to the needs for them to attack Barnsley- a team more noted for attacking zeal than defensive nous. It was 23 minutes before County`s forward push paid off via a typically bullish finish from Adama Sidibeh. They still led 1-0 at half time and into the second half, but for a time it appeared that County were looking to defend deep and hold what they had- a thought that, rightly or wrongly, gained traction when Adam Phillips equalised for the Yorkshiremen. Thankfully, the blues got their game together again, which with the state of our defensive resources as they are just now, was 100 % the thing to be doing. As soon as pressure was put on Barnsley`s back line- they fo...
