Stockport County 1 Blackpool 2 ( Football League 1 ) Saturday 22 August 2026
Two goals, both arguably preventable, conceded in the first half, ensured that County went empty handed from today`s game against Blackpool at Edgeley Park. Substitute Mikael Mandron combined with Che Gardner ( on for his usual 3 or 4 minutes late run out)to pull a goal back at the death, but by then many home specs had long since started to head for home as County struggled to turn massive possessional advantage into goals. Their approach play , apart from the first 20 minutes or so, was ponderous and predictable giving Ian Evatt`s side the breathing space they needed to survive and then make us pay when defensive inadequacies on our part served up 2 chances which, commendably, Blackpool took. We needed to be more direct and speedy with our football than we were, and much earlier than the 95 th minute when the Gardner/ Mandron cooperation lit a late but forlorn beacon in some County minds. It truly was too late for County to find the urgency in th...
