All Things Stockport County

          County were forced to be content with a share of the points last night as Neil Wood`s `work a day ` Salford side sorted the draw they were set up to achieve at Edgeley Park. The visitors were mightily indebted to a fine night twixt the sticks by Salford`s Alex Cairns- Madden and Powell would count themselves as distinctly unlucky not to have come away with a brace of goals apiece in the first half- Cairns somehow stopped the lot and kept his side afloat. 0-0 at half time told a tale of maximum frustration for County, and it only got worse after the break as gradually, despite a herculean effort by M.O.M Macauley Southam-Hales , County`s game faded in a welter of free kicks any one of which might have increased their angst further but for profligate finishing by Smith and others for Ammies. In the end, despite a lingering feeling of disappointment , the point will probably be viewed as a point won with results elsewhere enabling us to maintain a five point lead at th

        County`s record run bit the dust today via a dispiritingly poor performance at Newport County`s Rodney Parade that saw them beaten 2-1 in a game where the blues seemed totally unable to muster any worthwhile moves. The first half started and ended in free kicks- both to County`s opponents, the second one, in the half`s dying embers signalled our fate as Bryn Morriss`s grass hugging lasher gave Graham Coughlan`s team a 1-0 lead at the break. The re-start after half time saw no real improvement from County but at 1-0 there was every possibility that they might just shape up and shake the lethargy off, but no… Come the hour County made a clutch of personnel changes- Richardson for Touray, Madden for Powell and perhaps crucially Wright for Croasdale and within a few short minutes the Welsh side doubled their advantage as Shane McCloughlin`s ` speculative effort` flew improbably into the County net. For me 2-0 was about right by this time as a reflection of how the game wa