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This Week in County History 1982

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          What would a long time County fan think when the first game of the season saw his team ahead by one goal, with the visitors down to 10 men?   Probably looking forward to finishing off the game in the last 25 minutes! Ah well, this was County of course, and as the players appeared to be confused by the extra space they had on the Edgeley Park pitch that was not to be.   Over the three previous weeks the club had played a number of friendly games. At Bangor City they suffered a 3-5 defeat with Tony Coyle, Trevor Phillips and new striker Mike Quinn scoring our goals.   This was followed by a match against a side brought over by twice former boss Jimmy Meadows from Qatar. A comfortable 4-1 win on the training ground was the result with Phillips notching a hat-trick.   A Saturday trip to the coast at Morecambe saw Phillips continue his vein of form as we won 2-1. Then two days later he got our late equaliser as we were ...
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Stockport County 1 Blackpool 2 ( Football League 1 ) Saturday 22 August 2026

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        Two goals, both arguably preventable, conceded in the first half, ensured that County went empty handed from today`s game against Blackpool at Edgeley Park. Substitute Mikael Mandron combined with Che Gardner ( on for his usual 3 or 4 minutes late run out)to pull a goal back at the death, but by then many home specs had long since started to head for home as County struggled to turn massive possessional advantage into goals. Their approach play , apart from the first 20 minutes or so, was ponderous and predictable giving Ian Evatt`s side the breathing space they needed to survive and then make us pay when defensive inadequacies on our part served up 2 chances which, commendably, Blackpool took. We needed to be more direct and speedy with our football than we were, and much earlier than the 95 th minute when the Gardner/ Mandron cooperation lit a late but forlorn beacon in some County minds. It truly was too late for County to find the urgency in th...
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