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Stockport County 3 Leicester City 4 Football League 1 ( Saturday 12 September 2026)

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          County will come away from this one disappointed…perhaps even feeling hard done by – a feeling borne on the wings of incredulity as having come back from 1-4 down to within a goal of Leicester, they were denied 2 hard earned and thoroughly legitimate goals via the upraised flag of a linesman who spent most of the time prior to these calumnies slumbering seemingly unconcerned with piffling trifles like `keeping up with play`- well he found his mojo , twice in 5 minutes to ensure   ex-Premier League Champions City were not denied by Jimmy Mac`s northern upstarts! But, as I warm to the above, I am almost tempted to hurl my battered old titfer to the ground , wincing whilst forcing myself to remember a raft of defensive deficiencies on County`s part , that set up the 4-1 lead mentioned above ! If we are to do as well as we think we will this season, we will need to launch our attacking salvoes( and we do this rather well most of the time) from a...

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...