The Stockport County Herald
Squad17 Aug 2026
7 saves: Ben Hinchliffe was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Preston tell Stockport County: Daniel Iversen 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Sam Mather due for a Stockport County medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Market17 Aug 2026
Myles Hippolyte comes home
The shirt still fits. Myles Hippolyte is back at Stockport County, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Stockport County
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Daniel Hill joins the Stockport County first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Hill is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Christopher Watson joins the Stockport County first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Christopher Watson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Benjamin Davies steps up from the Stockport County academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benjamin Davies has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ryan Rydel 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.
In brief
- Match Stockport County and Cardiff City take a point apiece
- The dugout Oliver Kelly on the point
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Stockport County