All Things Stockport County

In a week when a Dover Sole jumped down a 28 year olds throat in Dorset......... when Jeremy, the left leaning gastropod ( snale)pegged out after fathering 56 offspring in double quick time ( well you would wouldn`t you!)......... and a dying moose in Newfoundland summoned up enough last gasp energy to clout hunter Rodney Buffet , about the head hospitalising him with one glorious swipe of his hoof, I suppose I might have expected this ! With third placed Blyth Spartans in town , and them firing on all cylinders in their first season at this level, I certainly expected a   tough battle, a close run thing possibly....but one maybe we might just   nick if we played all our cards correctly. Therein lies the tale unfortunately....the tough battle materialised all right, but County just failed to bring the necessary fire to the party when it mattered. That said......County did take a first half lead, via a Matty Warburton penalty, but this was almost ...

County battled their way out of any residual hangover from Tuesday evening’s happenings to share the points today with a Darlington side that played high octane stuff at times at Blackwell Meadows. County went behind to a deflected free kick from Terry Galbraith, much as at FCUM on Tuesday early in the second half, but with County attacking at will late on, thoughts of   a repeat of that evening’s result were dispatched with the neatest of finishes from Jason Oswell, deep into added time. Collins  v Oswell- a game long duel ! A share of the points was probably a fair result although the locals may dispute that opinion. After a first half pretty much bereft of anything approaching excitement, both teams attacked with gusto ,but County had the greater stamina of the 2 outfits   and maybe with a shade more composure in the last third might have prospered further, but…that said we’ll take a point will we not!? With no segregation in plac...