First County Visit: Wednesday 26th December 2007 Competition: Coca-Cola Football League – League 2 – (Tier 4) Result: Shrewsbury Town 3 – 1 Stockport County Attendance: 7,707 Away Trip: 114 Away Day: 593 County Line-up 26 Conrad Logan; 14 Keith Briggs; 11 Adam Griffin; 15 Michael Raynes; 5 Gareth Owen; 28 Paul Turnbull; 7 David […]

Only County Visit: Saturday 2nd February 2008 Competition: Coca-Cola Football League – League 2 – (Tier 4) Result: Dagenham & Redbridge 0 – 1 Stockport County Attendance: 1,834 Away Trip: 115 Away Day: 596 County Line-up 26 Conrad Logan; 4 Jason Taylor; 3 Michael Rose; 6 Ashley Williams; 23 Jimmy McNulty; 18 Greg Tansey (15 […]

Only County Visit: Monday 26th May 2008 Competition: Coca-Cola Football League – League 2 Play-off final (Tier 4) Result: Rochdale 2 – 3 Stockport County Attendance: 35,715 Away Trip: 116 Away Day: 607 County Line-up 26 Conrad Logan; 32 James Smith; 3 Michael Rose; 23 Jimmy McNulty; 5 Gareth Owen; 28 Paul Turnbull; 19 Stephen […]

First County Visit: Tuesday 12th August 2008 Competition: Carling Cup – (Round 1) Result: Leicester City 1 – 0 Stockport County Attendance: 7,386 Away Trip: 117 Away Day: 609 County Line-up 1 Owain fon Williams; 20 Leon McSweeney; 6 Jimmy McNulty; 19 Matty McNeil; 5 Gareth Owen; 17 Stephen Gleeson; 10 Carl Baker (9 Peter […]

First County Visit: Saturday 8th November 2008 Competition: FA Cup – (Round 1) Result: Yeovil Town 1 – 1 Stockport County Attendance: 3,582 Away Trip: 118 Away Day: 616 County Line-up 1 Owain fon Williams; 2 Johnny Mullins; 6 Jimmy McNulty; 15 Michael Raynes; 16 James Tunnicliffe; 17 Stephen Gleeson; 10 Carl Baker (18 Paul […]

Only County Visit: Tuesday 24th February 2009 Competition: Coca-Cola Football League – League 1 – (Tier 3) Result: Colchester United 1 – 0 Stockport County Attendance: 3,179 Away Trip: 119 Away Day: 626 County Line-up 1 Owain fon Williams; 2 Johnny Mullins; 3 Michael Rose (20 Leon McSweeney); 19 Matty McNeil; 16 James Tunnicliffe; 15 […]

First County Visit: Saturday 11th April 2009 Competition: Coca-Cola Football League – League 1 – (Tier 3) Result: Leeds United 1 – 0 Stockport County Attendance: 24,967 Away Trip: 120 Away Day: 631 County Line-up 21 Conrad Logan; 16 James Tunnicliffe (32 Andy Halls); 3 Michael Rose; 25 Josh Thompson; 15 Michael Raynes; 24 Greg […]

THE ADVENT OF THE 2015 GROUP The assertion of Titley and Reeves that a deal with the Melrose consortium would be struck by the middle of January had come to naught. The FL must have been heartily sick of reciveing amended proposals and then turning them down. It seemed to be going nowhere, but maybe […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 23 7 5 11 5,076 Programme Style 2008/09 This issue is for the Leicester game, (the first home match of the season in August 2008). It was the first time that Leicester had visited EP since September 1924, and they haven’t been back since! It is a salutary thought […]

ADMINISTRATION – A TRULY SORRY TALE On 30th April 2009 Stockport County Association Football Club Limited was officially placed into administration. It was a decision arising from the transfer of ownership in 2005 from Cheshire Sports to the Supporters Trust, and was based on a totally unsustainable business model. Leonard Curtis, a firm well versed […]

THE MARCH – 23rd DECEMBER 2009 Nothing appeared to be happening – the Administrator’s second Progress Report had shown that pretty starkly, despite some supposedly warm words about pressing on to a sale. Despite Melrose’s bid having failed, with funding not available; the unwillingness to pay the non-refundable deposit; and the FL seemingly unwilling to […]

COMPANY VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENT After the initial impact the next key feature for Titley and Reeves was to obtain a Company Voluntary Arrangement. This is a common feature of ‘administrations’ and effectively is a vote of the creditors to be paid over a fixed period – and therefore allow the company to trade. This was crucial […]

THE FIRST SIGN OF CHANGE Leonard Curtis as a company had been appointed as administrators, but under law there had to be named individuals who undertook the process. These were John Titley and Paul Reeves County fans knowledge that the Club was totally out their hands came with the change of address to DTE House; […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 29 15 6 8 5,936 Programme Style 2007/08 This issue was for the FA Cup game with Staines Town. It ended in a draw. I went down for the replay only to park up and then find out it was postponed. Three days later we went back – but […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 23 10 6 7 5,459 Programme Style 2006/07 This issue was for the Chester game on 9th April 2007. We won, (2-0). The victory came after a winless streak of 6 games which followed the “Nine in a Row”, which is referred to below. NEW FACES ……. THEN “NINE […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 28 14 6 8 4,983 Programme style – 2006/07 Adam Le Fondre featured on the front of this issue which was for a 3-0 win against Rochdale in mid February. Since Jim Gannon had taken over 6 weeks previously Le Fondre had been an almost permanent fixture on the […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 22 3 8 11 4,319 Programme Style – 2004/05 This issue is for the Brentford game on 2nd April 2005 – a 2-1 defeat. The cover features Michael Raynes who had come into the team, making his full debut at Torquay on New Years Day after 3 sub appearances. […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 25 8 6 11 5,249 Programme Style – 2003/04 This issue is for the Brighton game, (28/2/04). It was the last season that the Nationwide logo appeared as they stopped their sponsorship. This was a blow to me – one of the business relationships I had at the time […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 25 5 10 10 5,020 Programme Style – 2002/03. This issue was for the Bristol City game, on December 28th, and features Dave Challinor on the cover. Within 12 years he would be bringing his well financed AFC Fylde team to EP for National League North games. The cover […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 26 11 3 12 5,315 Programme Style 2001 – 02 This issue is for the game against West Brom in mid October 2001. It features Shefki Kuqi, who came on as a sub in the game. He was to play only another seven games for us, moving on to […]