Marcus Kouam

Striker - Free Agent
2 Oct 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Marcus Kouam

59 Edition

The Stockport County Herald

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Mathew Hudson

24 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Stockport County lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match

Kyle Wootton breaks Barnsley hearts

Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. Kyle Wootton scored in the 89th minute, Barnsley had already begun thinking about the journey home, and Stockport County took the lot.

Squad

Mathew Hudson in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Stockport County this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets

Sunderland tell Stockport County: Lukas Jensen is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The terraces

Stockport County supporters have found a favourite in Daniel Kanu

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Daniel Kanu has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

Stockport County see off Barnsley

Three points for Stockport County, 1‑0 the final word against Barnsley in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The dugout

Duncan Watmore 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.

Squad

Marcus Kouam stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Marcus Kouam and Stockport County agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Loan watch

Benoný Breki Andrésson counts the days

“I watch every Stockport County game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Swindon Town runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

In brief

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The Stockport County Herald

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Andy Cook out for 91 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Stockport County will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Reda Boultam asks to leave Stockport County

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

The wait goes on for Stockport County

5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Player ratings

Oliver Norwood pops up at the right end — 7.66

7.66, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Squad

Words exchanged at Stockport County

Oliver Norwood and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

Words at Stockport County training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lewis Bate is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market

Talks stall between Stockport County and Adam Phillips

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Loan watch

Benoný Breki Andrésson wants to come home

“I did not go to Pakhtakor to sit and watch. I want to come back to Stockport County and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

Squad

Home is on Marcus Kouam's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Stockport County are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

In brief