Arian Allen

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Stockport County
30 Sep 2026
Wednesday
Process

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The Stockport County Herald

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Benoný Breki Andrésson sends Stockport County through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Benoný Breki Andrésson obliged against Gillingham. 2‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Stockport County.

Squad

Harley Windsor damages knee ligaments — 20 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 20 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Player ratings

Robert James could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.82

Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.82, 1 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.

Match

Stockport County leave it late against Gillingham

Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 87th, and Gillingham spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.

Player ratings

Benoný Breki Andrésson, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.77

A mark of 7.77 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Squad

Tempers go at Stockport County

Oliver Norwood was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Benoný Breki Andrésson

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings

Malik Mothersille runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Corey Addai gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief