The Stockport County Herald
Match12 Mar 2029
Stockport County refuse to drop out of the race
Position 3, 80 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
Squad12 Mar 2029
Defences have started doubling up on Mike Trésor
25 goals and a season average of 7.23 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Match10 Mar 2029
10 unbeaten for Stockport County
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 10 matches without defeat is a foundation Stockport County did not have in the autumn.
Squad12 Mar 2029
Tempers go at Stockport County
Mike Trésor 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.
Match10 Mar 2029
The run at home goes on for Stockport County
9 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
The dugout12 Mar 2029
Max Kilman 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.
Market12 Mar 2029
Stockport County promote Michael Cook from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michael Cook has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market12 Mar 2029
Stockport County promote Thomas Wilson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thomas Wilson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market12 Mar 2029
Stockport County promote Timothy Barnes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Timothy Barnes has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Stockport County promote Nicholas Foster from within
- Player ratings Adam Phillips was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Match Late, late show earns Stockport County a point