All Things Stockport County

    County`s much heralded return to the Football League came a cropper in today`s opening game of the season against Barrow who took the points in a high-octane encounter at Edgeley Park . Not sure how you describe this one….` Game of two halves`…..well ..yes… Barrow comfortably won the first 45 whereas County maintained an almost constant siege of the visitors goal in the second, but there`s more to it than that . For a start County did not just lose the first half they were buried in a welter of defensive blunders- 3 nil hardly flattered Peter Wild`s side who could have had one or two more against an error prone blue back line. “And where was the midfield” I hear you ask and with justification as last season our midfield was the engine room and cutting edge for County, today shorn of Croasdale, it was unable to make an impression in a 45-minute period where Barrow did not have to pull out too many stops to capitalise on this. After the break it changed, as did County`s perso

          What a time we live in hey! Wildfires sweeping habitats asunder worldwide, as the UK melts with the thermometers registering temperatures North of 40 c, and Covid a continuing curse on the nation. Take heart though, there is hope…..for the first time in 6000 years Wild Bison ( Bison bonasus) are back roaming the fields of Kent ……    image- theguardian.com             ….and….yes….yes….Stockport County   are back seeking to progress in their first season in the Football League for too long. For now though, it is the continuation of pre-season business as the blues took on near neighbours Altrincham at their place today, and DC`s starting   eleven reflected the transfer activity that has kept us alert since our latest championship triumph! The back line had Horsfall and Lewis at its centre with Johnson and Southam-Hales pushing on wide on the flanks, thus a notional 4 became 3 at times and even a two ( Horsfall and Lewis both of whom performed well). Of t