THE BEGINNINGS In these days when money seems to be no object at Edgeley Park, and the prospect of buying success seems to have so easily entranced so many, it is even more vital that the legacy of those who have gone before is never forgotten. The people who have been but temporary custodians of […]

First County Visit: Monday 6th October 1986 Competition: Littlewoods Challenge Cup – (Round 2 – 2nd Leg) Result: Stockport County 0 – 7 Sheffield Wednesday Attendance: 2,089 Away Trip: 40 Away Day: 134 County Line-up 1 Simon Farnworth; 2 Clive Evans; 3 Ian McKenzie; 4 Ronnie Glavin; 5 Trevor Matthewson; 6 Peter Grant; 7 Andy […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 28 12 9 7 3,460 Programme Style – 1988/89 It stayed with the portrait format. This issue is for the game against Hereford, (on 15/10/88 – lost 2-1) and features Paul Hendrie on the cover with Nigel Hart in the background. The main ‘ad’ on the cover was for […]

Games: 15 Won: 2 Drew: 8 Lost:  5 Average Attendance: 3,825 7Day Date Competition Tier / Round Opponents Res F A Crowd Away Day Sat 28/01/89 Barclays League Division 4 Tier 4 Burnley L 0 1 6,942 167 Sat 04/02/89 Barclays League Division 4 Tier 4 Halifax Town D 2 2 1,958 168 Sat 25/02/89 […]

Games: 11 Won: 1 Drew: 5 Lost:  5 Average Attendance: 2,695 Day Date Competition Tier / Round Opponents Res F A Crowd Away Day Fri 01/01/88 Barclays League Division 4 Tier 4 Tranmere Rovers L 0 4 3,670 156 Sat 12/03/88 Barclays League Division 4 Tier 4 Peterborough United D 0 0 2,193 157 Sat […]

Games: 17 Won: 4 Drew: 4 Lost:  9 Average Attendance: 3,240 Day Date Competition Tier / Round Opponents Res F A Crowd Away Day Sat 07/02/87 Today League Division 4 Tier 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers L 1 3 3,238 139 Sat 21/02/87 Today League Division 4 Tier 4 Scunthorpe United W 2 1 1,752 140 Tues […]

Games: 12 Won: 3 Drew: 3 Lost:  6 Average Attendance: 1,984 Day Date Competition Tier / Round Opponents Res F A Crowd Away Day Tues 14/01/86 Freight Rover Trophy Group Round Crewe Alexandra L 1 4 994 127 Sat 01/03/86 Canon League Division 4 Tier 4 Chester City W 2 1 2,948 128 Fri 14/03/86 […]

Games: 21 Won: 7 Drew: 4 Lost:  10 Average Attendance: 2,596 Day Date Competition Tier / Round Opponents Res F A Crowd Away Day Tues 29/01/85 Freight Rover Trophy  Northern Round 1 – 1st Leg Burnley L 1 5 1,432 106 Sat 23/02/85 Canon League Division 4 Tier 4 Port Vale L 2 3 3,154 […]

Games: 15 Won: 3 Drew: 2 Lost:  10 Average Attendance: 3,381 Day Date Competition Tier / Round Opponents Res F A Crowd Away Day Sat 14/01/84 Canon League Division 4 Tier 4 York City L 1 3 3,570 91 Fri 09/03/84 Canon League Division 4 Tier 4 Halifax Town L 0 2 1,261 92 Fri […]

Games: 22 Won: 5 Drew: 4 Lost:  13 Average Attendance: 2,784 Day Date Competition Tier / Round Opponents Res F A Crowd Away Day Mon 03/01/83 Football League Division 4 Tier 4 Crewe Alexandra L 0 3 2,508 69 Sat 15/01/83 Football League Division 4 Tier 4 Peterborough United L 0 1 2,911 70 Sat […]

Games: 17 Won: 3 Drew: 7 Lost: 7 Average Attendance: 3,251 Day Date Competition Tier / Round Opponents Res F A Crowd Away Day Sat 02/01/82 FA Cup Round 2 Port Vale L 1 4 4,478 52 Tues 09/02/82 Football League Division 4 Tier 4 Sheffield United L 0 4 11,603 53 Sat 06/03/82 Football […]

Games: 15 Won: 1 Drew: 2 Lost: 12 Average Attendance: 3,047 * This visit was to the Victoria Ground, Hartlepool. In later years I would visit two more Victoria Grounds, Stoke City, (in 1991), and Bromsgrove, (the temporary home of Worcester City), (in 2017). Day Date Competition Tier / Round Opponents Res F A Crowd […]

Games: 14 Won: 2 Drew: 2 Lost: 10 Average Attendance: 3,448 Day Date Competition Tier / Round Opponents Res F A Crowd Away Day Sat 16/02/80 Football League Division 4 Tier 4 Huddersfield Town L 0 5 7,561 23 Sat 01/03/80 Football League Division 4 Tier 4 Doncaster Rovers D 1 1 3,332 24 Sat […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 23 9 9 5 2,646 The Programme style for 1987/88. It was back to a portrait format after the one season trial with the landscape edition. This issue is the for the season opener against Swansea, and features the squad picture for the season. (A bigger version of this […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 28 10 7 11 2,155 Programme Style 1986/87 It had changed to a landscape format. This particular issue is for the game against Wrexham just before Christmas. It was a 2-1 win. Vernon Allatt is featured on the cover. He was on target against Wrexham, with Clive Evans getting […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 24 8 7 9 2,439 Programme Style – 1985/86 This issue is for the Burnley game just before Christmas 1985. It features Mark Leonard scoring against Wrexham the previous week, (his 12th of the season to that point). It looks like the pictures at the bottom are from the […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 24 11 6 7 1,907 The Programme style from 1984/85. It’s from the first home game of the year on New Years Day, 1985. It was a 4-2 win over Northampton. In some ways it’s a collectors item. The proof reading wasn’t of the best – maybe it was […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 24 11 6 7 2,207 Programme style 1983/84. The particular issue is for the Reading game early in the New Year. It was to be Quinny’s last game after an EP career in which he was with us for less than 18 months; played 69 (+1) games and notched […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 24 11 8 5 2,377 Programme Style 1983/84 – a change from the previous season moving to a landscape format This issue was for the game against Swindon in September 1983 – a 3-1 loss. The centre picture features Mike Power in action at the Cheadle End in the […]

I managed 248 home games in the decade. Checking back to Leo’s Stats, (which have been an essential element of my research) I find that there were 257 home games over the period. (I don’t include the League Cup debacle against Sheffield Wednesday. A ‘home’ game it might have been nominally, but was played at […]