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Stockport County 1 Bromley 0 ( Football League 1 ) Saturday 17 October 2026

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      County came away with all the available points today , beating Bromley 1-0 in   a game in which shots on target were a rarity and defenders generally took the honours. In this respect County`s Eoghan O`Connell shone as brightly as any around, taking the M.O.M award, which I thought was deserved , but I also felt that County`s newly minted back 3 of Mamadou Jobe, Eoghan O’Connell & Ethan Pye was the outstanding feature of County`s day. It would have been good to see an exhibition of free flowing …adventurous football, but it was never going to be today- County did set about the game seemingly of a mind to play the visitors off the park, but I have seen Andy Woodman`s Bromley teams before, and they always make difficult opponents, and the 11 men in white that faced County today were a faithful representation of that methodology - obdurate in the extreme if severely limited as far as strike power is concerned- I cannot recall them having a shot on target...
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This week in County History Part 9... 1994

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      Back to 1994 for this week with a good win for a team chasing promotion and the first signs of the end of terraces.   Reporting on the Hatters most recent League game the Manchester Evening News said that Ian Ironside only got the call to play against Rotherham United 75 minutes before the start of the game. He replaced John Keeley who had picked up an injury after minding the goals in the 4-2 victory over York, a game that would prove to be his last for County. The man who a year earlier had become our first goalkeeper substitute kept a clean sheet in a 1-0 win. Another player with an injury that would end his County spell - albeit he was only on a monthly contract, was Kevin Brock - who played just one game for the first team. Stockport find out the tribunal fee for Paul Ware later today., Kevin Brock's injury problem is his hamstring and recovery will take him beyond his month's contract.   The following day saw the confirmation of the fee...
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