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Stevenage FC 2 Stockport County 1 ( Football League 1) Saturday 28 February 2026

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                County sank to another disappointing away defeat today at the hands of a combative and clearly motivated Stevenage side ,allowing them to claw their way back from being 1-0 down to win the game 2-1. Stevenage did not look anything special ,except that they included in their game plan a thorough understanding of the basics of defending . If we never see the excellent Carl Piergianni again , it will be too soon, as he again marshalled the men around him brilliantly and relentlessly as usual, thoroughly dousing any vestige of fire in County`s attacking play. Another feature of Alex Revell`s side`s play was that they fully appreciated the object of the game was to move the ball forward…up the park. By way of contrast , County`s play could be seen as being smooth   and controlled , but seemed to constantly be hamstrung by a mentality that saw the ball in almost perpetual `sideways/ sideways/ backwards motion – the result be...
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Burton Albion 3 Stockport County 0 ( Football League 1) Tuesday 24 February 2026

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        County slumped to ignominious defeat last night at the hands of lowly Burton Albion who followed a first half in which the   Midlands side   hardly made a single move of merit, by totally blasting County apart in the second . After the first half ,another large Tuesday night County following waited for the blues to show their best game and   see their opponents off, but they waited in vain as …..in a re-run of the early minutes of Saturday`s game….within 2 minutes of the re-start, we were 1 down….. 2 down 8 minutes later as County allowed a side seemingly incapable of putting a decent move together to look like title chasers. Add a howler by Hinchliffe just beyond the hour ,and the scoring for a depressing night in the Midlands was complete. The inquest starts today I guess, from which answers ,might possibly   be required with a certain amount of urgency with some crucially important battles ahead of us in the remainder of the sea...
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