All Things Stockport County

        County duly won their Second Round FA Cup encounter with Brackley Town but not without an almighty fight as Gavin Cowan`s National League North side made them fight all the way in a competitive second half today at Edgeley Park. Looking at the situation at half time the game seemed all but over with   County leading   2-0 through goals by Will Collar and Kyle Wootton. The Saints had worked hard, but were unable to make a couple of half chances count , their lack of pace up front a crucial factor-that was the only commodity Connor Hall & Matt Lowe did not possess. But things changed in the second half as Brackley, spurred on by a bizarre own goal from Callum Connolly , realised that they might have a chance, and they certainly gave it a good go- getting the ball in the County net with 15 minutes left only to be denied by the Pop Side liner`s upraised flag( offside apparently) Anyway ,County were lucky to escape that time, and rode their...

        In a week that saw a banana duct taped to a wall fetch $6.2 m in New York, it would not be that surprising ,I suppose ,if managerless ,and until last week, winless Burton Albion put one over on high flying Stockport County, would it?          Today though, at the Pirelli Stadium hard reality   hit home for Interim Head Coach   Tom Hounsell`s side as County ran out convincing 3-0 winners with ease and a good bit to spare. It may have taken Dave Challinor`s team 30 minutes to score their first goal but long before that moment County had the measure of their opponents who struggled game long to cope with the   blues movement – having particular trouble with Louie Barry whose 2 goals hardly give more than a hint of the mastery he had over the yellow shirted players pitted against him. Lewis Bate claimed the other goal and Barry   played a big part in that too. A great individual showing by Louie   then -...