All Things Stockport County

      County went down 2-1 after a hard-fought battle with league leaders Leyton Orient at Edgeley Park today. Victims of a classic `double whammy` if you like- caught in the vice like grip of a team well versed in how to shut a game down having gained an advantageous position in same, but also considerably hampered by some appalling refereeing from Sebastian Stocksbridge! Through the good offices of `The Scarf My Father Wore’ I forecast a 2-0 County win on Friday and immediately regretted doing so on hearing that SS was to be in charge of the game. I still had sore memories going back as far as 2012 where this same referee contributed 2 penalties ( both total figments of his imagination) to what in the end was a convincing Alfreton victory at their place. He has definite previous with us then and made a hefty contribution today to our demise. That said, the visitors, having gone one down very early, proved why they are top of the pile at the moment. It wasn`t...

      County took all the points today coming back from a goal down to secure a well merited 2-1 win against Newport County with second half goals from Hussey and Madden. Well merited it clearly was with County absolutely bossing Graham Coughlan`s team for 44 minutes of the first half. Unfortunately, the 45 th minute saw the blues go to sleep at the back gifting the Welsh side a lead they hardly expected and certainly did not deserve on the balance of play. But as the man said…” Take your chances… result happiness, don’t put them away- result misery!” Thankfully County had super charged heroes to spare in the fading Welsh sunshine – if Madden and Wright shone brighter at times than most, and Hussey did more than enough to compensate for his earlier blooper, it was another collective performance to be proud of from County who never looked anything but the better of the two teams. Any other result would have been a through travesty but having said that we need to...