Stockport County 1 Stoke City 0 ( Pre-season Friendly ) Saturday 27 July 2024
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Dave Challinor and his coaching staff will be well pleased with their team`s work at Edgeley Park today where County ran out deserved 1-0 winners against Championship Stoke City. It was a decent game, one well worth the trouble attending-County`s winning goal decisively put away by Woots 15 minutes or so after coming on as a substitute for Mellon. Stoke came to play but were well contained for the most part by County particularly in the second half where after a raft of personnel changes Steven Schumacher’s side noticeably upped the revs. In response , County were excellent…resilient and showed the sort of zest for a battle that will prove a prime asset in the rough and tumble of League 1. Today , as many times in the past the ( pale pink shirted) blues performance was boosted by some fine keeping from Ben Hinchliffe who produced a string of good to better saves to frustrate a Stoke side that showed every inclination to want something , other than a fine late July ta