The Stockport County Herald
Squad3 Aug 2026
Ben Hinchliffe has been here 9 seasons
584 appearances across 9 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Oliver Norwood signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Oliver Norwood and Stockport County agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Stockport County and Kyle Wootton are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 months and counting on Jack Diamond
Still no offer on the table, and Jack Diamond’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
In brief
- Market Max Metcalfe leaves for nothing
- Market Christy Grogan leaves for nothing