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This week in County History Edition 6 ... 1900

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     Header from Stockport County - From the Nursery !     We are going back a very long way for this week's article - all the way to our first season after being elected to the Football League.   The newspapers back in 1900 started the week with reflections on the first Football League game in County's history. We had managed a draw in Leicester on the Saturday on our visit to Leicester Fosse. Below are some extracts from one of the match reports of that game. Monday's Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser reported at Leicester in beautiful weather, before 7,000 spectators. Leicester Fosse won the toss, and had the wind in the first half. The homesters were the first to attack, and a corner was quickly forced, but nothing tangible occurred. The Fossils, however, kept the pressure, but twice the ball was put behind. McMillan ultimately headed through, gaining the first point for Fosse 17 minutes from the start Some exciting play followed...
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Wigan Athletic 0 Stockport County 4 ( Football League 1 ) Saturday 5 September 2026

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        County surged to a comfortable 4-0 victory today away to Wigan Athletic. Goals by Wootton, Woods & Diamond in the first half, and a late one from Glover which had `made by Adigun` written all over it, did the biz for County. A decent, well-deserved win that will settle a few feint hearts after Tuesday`s defeat to Luton. By the look of much of what County came up with today, there is much to come from them this season- be sure you are in the appropriate stadium watching them! …………………………..   The game started with a distraction ,as Referee Tom Parsons hallucinated badly- awarding Wigan a corner when   it was a nailed on goal kick every day of every week! No matter, County disregarded this, surging onto the attack- Wood brilliantly winning the ball deep before bringing it forward at pace.   It looked good as he then slipped a pass to Diamond, as the County number 7 was away…clear, but he then lifted a disappointing effort over t...
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This Week in County History 1978

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          This Week in County History.   ..   1978   For those of a certain age one game jumped out for coverage from calendar week 36 in County's past.   That was the last time the Hatters first team faced the Manchester United first team in a competitive match.         The near neighbours were drawn together in the second round of the then unsponsored Football League Cup.   We had won through the two-legged first round tie with Shrewsbury Town with a 3-1 victory at home after a single goal defeat at the Salop side's old Gay Meadow ground.   The victory came courtesy of the men who formed the best scoring partnership for many a year in Les Bradd and Stuart Lee who got a brace (presumably earning a couple more instalments in his sponsorship by Crazy Face jeans) .   That first leg was moved from the scheduled Saturday to a Monday night and if I remember correctly the switch was because of a flower f...
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