All Things Stockport County

Over 4500 turned out at Edgeley Park today to cheer County home to another valuable victory against promotion rivals Altrincham , and into fourth place in the division, via a goal each from my M.O.M Jamie Stott, and Frank Mulhern. The goals came one in each half but before and after same County gave a performance , the maturity and sheer excellence of which was truly astonishing at times. Altrincham did what you would expect a team pushing for promotion to do…they got forward…attacked… and played the ball about nicely at times, but with County in their current form this was just not enough. Each determined Alty attack was met with resolute defence that always allowed the visitors time on the ball , but also added threat on the break to deeply thoughtful defending. To get another clean sheet against a side with the   free scoring reputation that Altrincham have is superb work. In this respect if Stott was inspirational from start to fini...

                                                                                  Following on from   ‘Away in a Mazda’ parts 1 and 2 I have been besieged from all sides.......well Burnage Jeff off the ‘Flyer’ did anyway( ask me to  maybe complete a trilogy). Burnage  Jeff...... Therefore due to the underwhelming public demand I have elected to do just that. My dilemma being which of the two successive away games since Altrincham do I choose? Now the natural, feel good choice, would be Ashton United. A 6-0 win on the lower slopes of the Pennine Hills on a...

County   found it hard going at the Impact Arena today where hosts Alfreton Town frustrated their efforts to replicate the heroics of Tuesday evening at Ashton. Indeed….. at times County looked somewhat second best as Town, no doubt , fully motivated by Billy Heath, and smarting from their Spennymoor Town experience, played as though they really wanted it today. It wasn`t that the home side created masses of chances, if anything…particularly in the first 20 minutes or so…..it was the white shirted blues who racked up these, but without putting any of them away.   Alfreton under the cosh early. The result was that at half time the teams were level, and with Alfreton opening the second half very much on the front foot, things began to look a tad precarious for JG`s men. That said……they defended well enough……. until they didn`t, and a foul in the box   gifted County`s opponents a penalty.   Clifton   managed t...