All Things Stockport County

Corby Town FC Steel Park, Jimmy Kane Way, Rockingham Road, CORBY, Northamptonshire, NN17 2AE Capacity:  3893 Seats:  577  Admission Prices( 2015/16):-                                                       Adults             £12                                                       Concessions :  £8          ...

I suppose you might expect `Black Saturday’ to follow swiftly on after `Black Friday' ,but really   this was a desperately bad performance by County and one that deservedly saw them depart the F.A. Trophy at the first hurdle at the hands of Nantwich Town of the Evo Stik Premier League.   Just 3 of the 145 Dabbers who supported their team brilliantly! Edgeley Park was a cold….cold place today, and not a spot to be in if you were a long suffering County fan, as Nantwich ran out convincing 2-0 winners , brushing aside the lamentably poor attempts by County to see them off, and give the home support something to cheer. In reality we were never in it with a decent shout throughout the 90 odd minutes, Kristian Burzynski the Dabbers’ keeper was hardly tested all afternoon, as NY’s re-shuffled pack struggled for coherence from first kick to last! County made 5 changes, but the result was far from satisfactory….OK…the schoolboy goal keeping errors were cut out...

County slumped to a disheartening defeat last night at Edgeley Park, where Solihull Moors had little difficulty in maintaining their unbeaten record, cruising at times to what in the end proved a pretty comfortable 4-2 win. After Saturdays late collapse at Lowestoft, County needed to produce something altogether better, albeit against one of the division’s tastier sides, to reassure their supporters. Well…..they did score two goals, and one of them was another absolute corker from Jake Kirby, but try as they might to make an impression with neat football, and for the first 15 minutes they at least looked like making a game of it….it did not amount to the proverbial hill of beans in the end as it was all undermined by mayhem at the back where young Kieran O’Hara had a nightmare debut being directly responsible for three of the goals. I do not think there was anyone in the ground who did not feel sorry for the lad, but the 19 year old quite simply should not have been t...