The Stockport County Herald
Market23 Aug 2027
Terms done: Nick Oyekunle is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Koper waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Stockport County is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
No thanks: Luke Shaw rejects the move
Stockport County had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Manchester United, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Market23 Aug 2027
SV Ried come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Stockport County did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Joe Gauci: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Stockport County have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Jonathan Davies signs on for the long haul
Stockport County moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Jonathan Davies, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Jack Diamond beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 22. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Stockport County
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Blackburn Rovers tell Stockport County: Jackson Muleka 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.
Match21 Aug 2027
Adam Armstrong’s goal not enough for Stockport County
Adam Armstrong scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Burton Albion, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
In brief
- Market Stockport County promote Jonathan Dixon from within
- Market John Fisher steps up from the Stockport County academy
- Match Blackpool take the points off Stockport County