Stockport County 1 Doncaster Rovers 1 ( Rovers win 4-5 on penalties) League Cup Round 1 ( Saturday 8 August 2026)
County exited the League Cup with a whimper as opposed to the roar their pre-season form had hinted at today at Edgeley Park. Sadly, that was not to be, and Doncaster Rovers stuck to the basics, taking the game to penalties, with the score 1-1 after 90 minutes, the visitors winning 5-4 on penalties to the delight of almost 900 travelling Rovers fans. It was not all gloom for County- Ollie Whatmuff looks the part twixt the sticks……Ethan Pye largely looks to be maintaining the form we know we need to see from him……Lewis Bate seems to have regained form somewhere akin to the peek period when he first arrived with us……Ryan Glover offers enthusiasm and potential wide left, and Kyle Wootton has taken just 1 game to open his scoring account again! Today gave us glimpses of all the aforementioned, what we did not see was a relentless pressing game from County in place of the ponderous outfield play of last season. That was hugely disappointing and clearly g...
