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Stockport County 2 Northampton Town 1 ( Football League 1 ) Tuesday 17 March 2026

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            Anyone coming to Edgeley Park last night expecting a turkey shoot with County facing a goal shy Northampton Town side looking for only their second win in 17, were destined to be disappointed, as the blues made heavy weather of disposing of the Cobblers eventually running out 2-1 winners. County`s goals came via Josh Stokes in the first half and Kyle Wootton after the break- Town getting one back via Cameron McGeehan late in the first half. The blues , despite long periods in control, again never really looked likely to score a hatful of goals – 3 would have been good and would surely have satisfied all barring the most hard to please County fan , and one for Tanto would have set the old place ablaze with joy, but neither was to be   which was disappointing against a side of limited ambition and even less threat. That said, it was gratifying to see the team see the game out, successfully hanging onto 3 points that will be invaluable...
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Lincoln City 3 Stockport County 1 ( Football League 1) Saturday 14 March 2026

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        County lost in the most depressing of fashions today at Sincel Bank where Lincoln City scored 2 late goals to win a game that they looked nailed on to lose minutes before. It was so…so disappointing to see County work their way back from being a goal down, equalise in the second half, and then see their almost total hegemony obliterated in less than 10 minutes at the death. ……………………………….   Several choruses of `Tanto`s on Fire` got the pre match off to a great start, but on the park things were a touch iffy early on-County`s play littered with errors – Dacres /Cogley spilling possession after Osborn had opened brightly with a probing run. More slack play followed from County as their opponents grew in confidence- winning a couple of corners- neither counting thankfully.   County seemed to be looking to up their game, but Sidibeh`s darting run, 5 minutes in, promised more than it produced in the end. But County kept plugging away- Bail...
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