All Things Stockport County

        County had to settle for a share of the points today at the Broadfield Stadium as Crawley Town came back from one down to deny the blues a victory that looked very much on as early as the fifth minute when Louie Barry gave us the lead with a re-run of his opener at Bloomfield Road. At that point there was looking to be only one team in it and it wasn`t the one shepherded by Scott Lindsey, but it did not last and as the game progressed so County`s grip loosened, and Town took the game by the short and curlies with some neat close football. We looked to have all this sussed though , but we struggled to add another element – a cohesive attacking one , to the mix and thus wrestle control back from our hosts. All this said we might, probably should ,have held on and survived lead intact ,despite building pressure from the home side, but for   a stupefyingly iffy decision by Referee Mr James Linington( details later) that saw the Town pressure reap a reward via Armando`s pena

            In the end a convincing win for the Hatters in this first group game of this seasons EFL Trophy that had not looked likely at all during the first half of the game where a lively Accrington side took an early lead and looked good value for it whilst County laboured and could have been even further behind but for some poor finishing from the Stanley shooters.   A Jack Stretton double in as many minutes turned that scoreline on its head and further second half goals from Callum Camps and Louie Barry (who else) completed the evenings work.                                                              ............................................ A crisp evening in Lancashire got underway on what looked like a greasy surface.   Some early probings from County came to nothing .   Accrington looked decidely on the front foot and on 7 minutes Ash Hunter found himself in space on the left of the penalty area and gave Ben Hinchliffe no chance with a good finish.    Another punted ball

            No Match Report with Old hedgie   wimping off again but. Andrew Machin was there and sent in a neat video and larger than usual crop of still images .   First off, the video.....               Then the still images from @machinsports ......