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Doncaster Rovers 0 Stockport County 1 ( EFL Trophy Semi-Final ) Tuesday 3 March 2026

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        Tuesday 3 March 2026 saw Stockport County emerge from a brief period of doubt and disarray to establish another piece of County History   confounding the doubters in doing so with a   well-deserved 1-0 victory against Doncaster Rovers that takes them back to Wembley for the EFL Trophy Final   . It was an uplifting performance from County   who ,faced down the not inconsiderable task of an away Semi Final with a performance rich in the spirit of the buccaneering pirates of times past …..Adama Sidibeh seeing to the buccaneering whilst Ollie Norwood was IC ensuring the Blues   opponents walked the plank should any of their number earn rebuke.     The blues thoroughly outplayed their Yorkshire opponents, in the first half , going ahead after 11 minutes via   another immaculately executed Ollie Norwood free kick , after Jay Mc Grath had fouled Ben Osborn .   The problem was that , despite looking far and awa...
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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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