Games: 13 Won: 4 Drew: 4 Lost: 5 Average Attendance: 3,620 Day Date Competition Tier / Round Opponents Res F A Crowd Away Day Sat 24/02/79 Football League Division 4 Tier 4 Barnsley D 4 4 9,153 10 Sat 17/03/79 Football League Division 4 Tier 4 Wigan Athletic L 0 2 7,610 11 Tues 27/03/79 […]

Games: 8 Won: 1 Drew: 2 Lost: 5 Average Attendance: 9,191 + County Ground – Northampton. (My first County visit to the County Ground, Swindon was in 1996) Day Date Competition Tier / Round Opponents Res F A Crowd Away Day Sat 18/02/78 Football League Division 4 Tier 4 Barnsley W 1 0 6,928 2 […]

Games: 1 Won: 0 Drew: 0 Lost: 1 Average Attendance: 4,438 This visit was to St James Park Exeter. In later years I would visit another St James Park, Brackley Day Date Competition Tier / Round Opponents Res F A Crowd Away Day Fri 24/01/75 Football League Division 4 Tier 4 Exeter City L 1 […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 23 8 8 7 3,252 The programme style from 1978/79. This issue is from the game against Doncaster, and is undated. (It was eventually played on 21st February, only the second home game of the year). I wonder whether this was done to enable it’s use at a later […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 24 14 3 7 4,510 The programme style in 1977/78. The programme is from the 1-0 home win over Darlington on 24th February, (Eddie Prudham getting the winner), in front of a decent crowd for those days of 4,716. There’s a good view of EP from the air, showing […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 27 13 12 2 3,927 Programme style 1976/77. The programme featured is rom the Newport game where we won 2-1, (Barney Daniels and Peter Fletcher on target). It was the season Daniels picked up 19 goals. He was the proverbial one season wonder. Having come from Ashton United, (via […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 7 3 2 2 5,195 THE EARLY YEARS OF WATCHING COUNTY It took me a fair few years to become a regular. Not through lack of interest, but I played sport at school, (lacrosse as it turned out – my aptitude for football was not of the best!), and […]

I had seen 103 games by the end of 1979. The summary of under-performance can be found on the MY COUNTY GAMES SUMMARY – 1960’s and 1970’s page. Those who joined me on this journey will have seen 86 players turn out. Some we fondly remember; others are written large in the hall of infamy; […]

Starting on 12th October 1963, though to the end of the 1970’s my attendance at County games grew. As a young boy I relied on my Dad to go to games with me, and then for the first half of the 1970’s I was away from home at University just about as far as you […]

First County Visit: Saturday 10th November 1979 Competition: Football League Division 4 – (Tier 4) Result: Scunthorpe United 1 – 1 Stockport County Attendance: 1,967 Away Trip: 16 Away Day: 20 County Line-up 1 David Lawson; 2 Paul Edwards; 3 John Rutter; 4 Ken Fogarty; 5 Mike Czuczman; 6 Les Chapman; 7 Steve Lovell; 8 […]

First County Visit: Friday 31st August 1979 Competition: Football League Division 4 – (Tier 4) Result: Tranmere Rovers 0 – 1 Stockport County Attendance: 2,771 Away Trip: 15 Away Day: 17 County Line-up 1 David Lawson; 2 Steve Sherlock; 3 John Rutter; 4 Paul Edwards; 5 Mike Czuczman; 6 Les Chapman; 7 Oshor Williams; 8 […]

First County Visit: Monday 14th May 1979 Competition: Football League Division 4 – (Tier 4) Result: York City 1 – 0 Stockport County Attendance: 2,089 Away Trip: 14 Away Day: 16 County Line-up 1 David Lawson; 2 Carl Halford; 3 John Rutter; 4 Andy Thorpe; 5 Nigel Smith; 6 Phil Henson; 7 Chris Galvin; 8 […]

First County Visit: Saturday 14th April 1979 Competition: Football League Division 4 – (Tier 4) Result: Hereford United 1 – 0 Stockport County Attendance: 3,609 Away Trip: 13 Away Day: 14 County Line-up 1 David Lawson; 2 Carl Halford; 3 John Rutter; 4 Paul Edwards; 5 Andy Thorpe; 6 George Armstrong; 7 Phil Henson; 8 […]

First County Visit: Wednesday 4th April 1979 Competition: Football League Division 4 – (Tier 4) Result: Huddersfield Town 0 – 0 Stockport County Attendance: 2,267 Away Trip: 12 Away Day: 13 County Line-up 1 David Lawson; 2 Andy Thorpe; 3 John Rutter; 4 Paul Edwards; 5 Eddie Prudham; 6 George Armstrong; 7 Phil Henson; 8 […]

First County Visit: Tuesday 27th March 1979 Competition: Football League Division 4 – (Tier 4) Result: Darlington 0 – 1 Stockport County Attendance: 1,086 Away Trip: 11 Away Day: 12 County Line-up 1 David Lawson; 2 Andy Thorpe; 3 John Rutter; 4 Paul Edwards; 5 Graham Smith; 6 George Armstrong; 7 Phil Henson; 8 Mike […]

First County Visit: Saturday 17th March 1979 Competition: Football League Division 4 – (Tier 4) Result: Wigan Athletic 2 – 0 Stockport County Attendance: 7,610 Away Trip: 10 Away Day: 11 County Line-up 1 David Lawson; 2 Andy Thorpe; 3 John Rutter; 4 Ken Fogarty; 5 Terry Park; 6 Paul Edwards; 7 Graham Smith; 8 […]

First County Visit: Saturday 9th December 1978 Competition: Football League Division 4 – (Tier 4) Result: Port Vale 2 – 1 Stockport County Attendance: 3,689 Away Trip: 9 Away Day: 9 County Line-up 1 Mike Rogan; 2 Andy Thorpe; 3 John Rutter; 4 Graham Smith; 5 Terry Park; 6 Ken Fogarty; 7 Phil Henson; (12 […]

Only County Visit: Saturday 11th November 1978 Competition: Football League Division 4 – (Tier 4) Result: Wimbledon 2 – 0 Stockport County Attendance: 3,177 Away Trip: 8 Away Day: 8 County Line-up 1 Mike Rogan; 2 Andy Thorpe; 3 John Rutter; 4 Ken Fogarty; 5 Terry Park; 6 Paul Edwards; 7 Phil Henson; 8 George […]

First County Visit: Saturday 22nd October 1978 Competition: Football League Division 4 – (Tier 4) Result: Northampton Town 2 – 2 Stockport County Attendance: 3,867 Away Trip: 7 Away Day: 7 County Line-up 1 Mike Rogan; 2 Andy Thorpe; 3 John Rutter; 4 Ken Fogarty; 5 Terry Park; 6 Paul Edwards; 7 Mike Summerbee; 8 […]

First County Visit: Saturday 7th October 1978 Competition: Football League Division 4 – (Tier 4) Result: Doncaster Rovers 2 – 0 Stockport County Attendance: 9,054 Away Trip: 6 Away Day: 6 County Line-up 1 Mike Rogan; 2 Andy Thorpe; 3 John Rutter; 4 Alan Thompson; 5 Terry Park; 6 Paul Edwards; 7 Phil Henson; 8 […]