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Notts County 1 Stockport County 1 ( Football League 1 ) Saturday 24 October 2026

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      County came back from being 1-0 down to share the points with Notts County in the Nottinghamshire rain this afternoon. It was a rough old ride though, as County`s opponents did not spare the horses with the over vigorous tackles & interventions game long. Referee Darren Drysdale and his team of liners will have had better days in charge of whistle and flag duties for sure- they missed an awful lot of iffy stuff from Notts today! That said, the locals would have thought the goal , by Scott Robertson that gave his team a lead they held until the last 10 minutes of normal time, was worth the admission itself, but that was about it as far as attacking intent on Notts part was concerned, apart from a brief flurry late on. County`s equaliser was a bit of a belter too, as Benoni Andresson surged clear to send Adama Sidibeh in- County`s   number twenty-nine resisting   monumental pressure from Notts last defender, to almost uproot the netting from it...

Doncaster Rovers 0 Stockport County 2 ( Football League 1) Tuesday 20 October 2026

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        Jimmy Mc Nulty`s on form County side surged to the top of League 1 in fine style, last night, with a well worked 2-0 victory away to Doncaster Rovers . It was a very satisfying win, build on a foundation of almost endless patience that was epitomised by a first half performance that whilst stretching Rovers to the hilt, never gave a conclusive indication, despite almost constant pressure from County, that they were about to put the game to bed. They left that until the second half, when they uncorked a rare vintage display of football to delight another large travelling contingent from SK3 under the North Stand roof! It was started gloriously by a superb opening goal scored and constructed perfectly by my M.O.M Mamadou Jobe eight minutes in. Another 6 minutes and County doubled their lead- as Wootton followed up a rare penalty miss by Ollie Norwood to beat the keeper with yet another nerveless finish. Jimmy Mac rang the personnel changes thereafte...