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Guide to the Weaver Stadium & the Cheshire Senior Cup Final.

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Cheshire Senior Cup Final    Tuesday 26 April 2016 Stockport County v Tranmere Rovers (7.45 k.o) The Weaver Stadium. Nantwich Town FC The Weaver Stadium Water Lode Nantwich CW5 5BS Admission :Adults £10/ Concessions £7 & Under 16's. Pay on Gate Directions: From M6 Junction 16, take A500 towards Nantwich. Continue towards Nantwich town centre, going over the railway crossing. At the next roundabout (by Churches Mansion historic home) go straight over and then left at the next roundabout taking you past Morrisons supermarket. Continue over the next roundabout into Waterlode and straight on at the set of traffic lights. The ground is on the right at the next set of traffic lights. What to Expect. The Weaver is a decent venue if one that might just be challenged a touch should both sets of supporters decide that this is a game not to miss. A   small modern   stand at the car park ...

Help the Hatters April Catch Up.........

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I can already sense the tension as the days get ever nearer...... I talk of course about Monday 2 May first of all, and the 2nd Help the Hatters Car Boot Sale at Booth Street Car Park. Volunteers are required to help out on the day so if you are available to help out, please could you let Angela Moore know.  Help is required between 6am and 1pm Angela's mobile number is 07867856394 Moving on to Thursday 5 May and we arrive at the first Edgeley Park Working Party of the Close Season and a big turn out is expected to report to the Railway End entrance for 6.30pm- be one of the team! Still looking ahead ...Saturday 30 April sees County's last match of the 2015/16 season , and Help the Hatters will be on hand as usual in the Bung creating a good atmosphere and helping to boost the Players Fund. Recent Saturday's in the Bung have seen County supporters responding well to appeals by Help the Hatters in charita...

Away Ground Guide- Alfreton Town ( Saturday 23 April 2016

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Alfreton Town Football Club The Impact Arena, North Street, Alfreton, Derbys. DE55 7FZ Tel: 01773 830277 / 01773 836164 Postcode for SatNav purposes is DE55 7FZ By road: From M1: Turn off at junction 28 onto the A38 towards Derby. Follow for two-miles then take the slip road onto the B600. Turn right at main road towards the town centre. After half-a-mile, immediately after Catholic Church on left, turn left into North Street. The ground is 150-yards down on the right. Journey time; approximately 1 hour 40 minutes. By rail: Leaving the station approach, turn right on Mansfield Road and up the hill towards the town centre. Take the second turn left onto Prospect Street (post office on left corner, chip shop on right). Continue for full length of Prospect Street. At top, cross Nottingham Road on a light-controlled pedestrian crossing. Facing you is a Roman Catholic church, North Street goes down the right-hand side of the church. 150 yards down, t...

Stockport County 2 Corby Town 2 ( Vanarama National League- North)16 April 2016

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Well….I had great hopes for today…..the Supporters Cooperative had just set in motion their new Web Collect   membership system……I was off to EP to see County put lowly Corby Town to the sword, and the day would end with me watching Joanne Shaw Taylor at the O2 Ritz…..happiness….except it wasn`t!   Supp Coop Sale- catch it next home game v Curzon Ashton ! The Coop stuff went off well, and board members even got in a `Massive End of Season Sale ‘ of good quality County collectables in the Cheadle End Cabin, and Joanne sizzled magnificently at the O2 ..... Joanne Shaw Taylor(photo by Ian Whitworth)  .......... but at Edgeley Park,   where we should have seen County routinely   hoover in the points, we in fact saw nothing of the kind, with all barring one of the available points instead being thrown away with careless abandon late on in a game we all thought was well and truly put to bed! If some of County players think they m...