All Things Stockport County

      County snatched defeat from the jaws of what early on looked like being a famous victory at Field Mill today, but in the end after leading Mansfield 2-1 at the break they were overwhelmed by Nigel Clough`s side  after the break when under pressure from the   speedy running of the home side, County`s game disintegrated in a welter of miss placed passes and ill thought out moves. This invited Town forward and with County defending ever deeper so the pressure continued to mount. Hinchliffe made 2 superb saves at the zenith of all this attacking from the Stags, but it was only a matter of time and when the excellent Davis Keillor- Dunn did squeeze one beyond the County keeper another followed in rather short order shortly after. Thereafter we held our breath and hoped that we could maybe snatch something from the ashes of a game we might have won had we called upon some of the spark that had sustained us earlier. In the end we were probably fortunate not to concede again. T

    County lost their opening EFL Trophy game of the season on penalties to Manchester United Under 21`s last night in front of 5000 at Edgeley Park. Anyone who could not get a ticket for this match can console themselves with the knowledge that they did not miss very much in fact it was a tedious affair almost from the off riddled with fouls, time wasting and with a dash of eccentric reffing added in for good measure. This started just after the hour mark when Referee Matt Corlett fancied he`d seen a foul by Akil Wright- he hadn`t but no matter it was a Man U penalty. Smith saved this but could not keep the follow up out – United were 1-0 up. If we were distressed at that nonsense we were dismayed further to see Croasdale get a second yellow and take an early bath 15 minutes later. Reduced to 10 men County did well to keep it at 1-0 into the final seconds of 11 minutes added time when Touray won a penalty when he and keeper Harrison came together. I have seen lots of similar