All Things Stockport County

    Stockport County gave notice to their rivals in League 1 sending an unmistakable message to those in the Championship and beyond….”Beware, We are Coming !”, as County served up a scintillating display of quality attacking football to dispose of Port Vale and cruise impressively to the top of the League 1 table with a thoroughly well-deserved 3-0 win last night watched by over 2000 County supporters who had made the effort and got themselves to Vale Park on a damp Monday evening! The supporters`   efforts were well rewarded as County seized the moment   with impudent precision – Lowe heading them into the lead ,on the wings of an irresistible   wave of attacking football 13 minutes in, before Wootton then   Diamond added their contributions as the Burslem based team wilted before them. To be fair to Vale, they came into the game more after half time, due mostly ,I am guessing, to a desire to assuage injured pride rather than County easing off, but ...

          County`s promotion juggernaut continues to defy footballing gravity keeping the blues in 4 th place in League 1, now shared with AFC Wimbledon . Whilst this sets up County`s away game with the Dons on 15 November nicely , today it took their supporters on another 90 odd minute roller coaster ride as the blues again established a lead in the first half to then , having failed to add to that lead,   hang   on under mounting pressure from the Grecians. In the end , a win is a win, and this one keeps us right up there in the mix, so criticism should be   considered and not slung out carelessly as I did just after the hour mark when goal scorer Nathan Lowe was replaced by Owen Moxon. It signalled a move to a familiar defensive strategy for the last 25 minutes or so, not a great prospect I thought. I have had a word with myself since the game ended though, remembering   the brilliant County team of 66-67 who won a ridiculous numb...