All Things Stockport County

      Jimmy Mc Nulty`s freshly minted County side gave their supporters grounds for considerable optimism, coming away from a difficult first fixture of the season with a heartening 3-1 win against Tom Cleverley`s much fancied Plymouth Argyle   outfit at a brutally roasted Home Park today. The goals were shared around Jimmy Mac`s rejuvenated County side- Jack Diamond and Kyle Wootton netting before the break with Ryan Glover adding a top quality third in the second half. It is fair to say that after the third went in, County became less of an offensive force – instead looking to defend, their situation not greatly improved by the raft of personnel changes that followed- which were the prelude to prolonged periods of attacking play from County`s opponents. In that regard, Argyle did not look a patch on the side that ran us ragged in the same fixture last year- yes, they nicked a goal ,but really never looked likely to make headway against County`s resolute def...

       C ounty had just started a season that would end in promotion in the only match we have won at Wembley. But back to mid August and the local paper was reflecting back on the season's opener as it reported that Manager Jim Gannon had moved on the eve of the game to add Conrad Logan, James Smith and Dom Blizzard to his squad.   That game had seen us beat Dagenham and Redbridge in their Football League debut, and the paper reflected that the Manager was delighted with the contribution of all three in the opening game victory but specific mention was made of goalkeeper Conrad Logan who he signed after 18 months of trying.   It also mentioned that a proposed loan deal for fellow keeper Adam Legzdins had been abandoned although he had figured in three pre-season games. Incidentally Legzdins   was last spotted in Scotland with Dundee   back in 21-22. The County Manager said he had not ruled out a return for the Birmingham City stopper. ...

        County exited the League Cup with a whimper as opposed to the roar their pre-season form had hinted at today at Edgeley Park. Sadly, that was not to be, and Doncaster Rovers stuck to the basics, taking the game to penalties, with the score 1-1 after 90 minutes, the visitors winning 5-4 on penalties to the delight of almost 900 travelling Rovers fans. It was not all gloom for County- Ollie Whatmuff looks the part twixt the sticks……Ethan Pye largely looks to be maintaining the form we know we need to see from him……Lewis Bate seems to have regained form somewhere akin to the peek period when he first arrived with us……Ryan Glover offers enthusiasm and potential wide left, and Kyle Wootton has taken just 1 game to open his scoring account again! Today gave us glimpses of all the aforementioned, what we did not see was a relentless pressing game from County in place of the ponderous outfield play of last season. That was hugely disappointing and clearly g...