THE BACKGROUND The exit from administration came in 2010. It was structured in a way which had a holding company, (Stockport Community Leisure Company Ltd), which itself was the 100% owner of the company which operated as the football club, (Stockport County 2010 Ltd). Both of these companies were new legal entities with the holding […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 25 12 6 7 3,531 GANNON RINGS THE CHANGES Programme Style – 2011/12 It was the first season in non-league, with the first home game, (a 1-0 win), was against Kettering, not a name we were familiar with. This is the programme for that game – I was delighted […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 27 5 11 11 3,702 Programme Style – 2010/11 I picked this issue specifically. It marked the very last Football League game at Edgeley Park, after 106 seasons of League football. As the front cover notes our first game, (back on 2nd September 1905, was against Chelsea, (a 1-0 […]

(THE EVANS ERA – IF 10 WEEKS IS AN ERA….) PROPERTY DEVELOPERS HOVER The article from 200% reproduced at length in “Beyond Administration … 2010-11” picked up on the story from the close season in 2010. It highlighted how the original Board formed back then had changed out of all recognition, and that there new […]

OUT OF ADMINISTRATION …. AND BEYOND I started writing much of the material that appears on this site back in 2016. At that point I centred it around my trips to the many away grounds I had been to. It was designed to provide an outlet not only for memories of trips to places far […]

SUMMARY Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 24 2 11 11 4,073 Programme Style – 2009/10 This issue was for the Gillingham game on 13th March. The cover features Jemal Johnson, one of the six players brought in since the turn of the year. Ablett was trying desperately to improve matters but it was a […]

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 […]

First County Visit: Saturday 17th November 2012 Competition: Blue Square Bet Premier – (Tier 5) Result: Nuneaton Town 2 – 0 Stockport County Attendance: 1,221 Away Trip: 140 Away Day: 713 County Line-up 1 Ian Ormson; 20 Jordan Fagbola; 4 Joe Connor; 6 James Tunnicliffe; 3 Sean Newton; 23 Paul Turnbull (14 Sam Sheridan); 8 […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 26 10 3 13 2,806 Programme Style – 2012/13 This issue was for a game on a cataclysmic day for County, when we played Mansfield on 15th January. Earlier in the day we learned of the appointment of Ryan McKnight as Chief Executive. My thoughts about him and the […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 23 13 6 4 2,644 Programme Style – 2013/14 This issue is for the game against Workington on 29th December 2013. It was the first time that the Cumbrians, who had been regular opposition in Division 4 days, had visited Edgeley Park since a Barney Daniels goal had given […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 24 8 5 11 2,907 Programme Style – 2014/15 This issue, for the Stalybridge game in early February 2015, features Matthew Todd on the cover. Son of County legend, Lee, he had made his debut, as a sub, in the last game of the previous season against Harrogate. He […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 25 12 5 8 2,810 Not the Programme Style – 2015/16 Throughout the season the front covers of the programmes generally had a large picture of a player and a banner title “COUNTY”. This one, (for the first ever competitive visit of FC United of Manchester to EP on […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 20 9 11 0 3,254 Programme Style – 2016/17 Following on from the issue for the FCUM game in December 2015 which used a cover from a previous year this idea was brought in for all the issues in 2016/17. The montage here shows them all. NEW YEARS DAY […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 26 14 7 5 3,139 The Programme style for 2017/18. This issue is for the Boxing Day game against Alfreton, which saw a 1-0 win. Kallum Mantack scored that day, but early in the second half he suffered a horrendous leg-break. he returned at the start of the 2018/19 […]

Played Won Drawn Lost Ave Att: 23 16 2 5 4,096 Programme Style 2018/19 An issue from early in the season when we played Guiseley, featuring Jordan Keane on the cover. He had joined us from Boston, having previously played for Stoke, Tamworth, Alfreton, Nuneaton and Worcester City. He was an integral element of the […]

I saw 446 games starting with the first one of the 2010’s, (a 1-0 home reverse to Swindon as we plummeted towards League 2, (Tier 4). The last one was a 3-1 victory over Blyth Spartans in the FA Trophy on 15th December 2019. The last 3 games of 2019, (a loss at Aldershot and […]

From the beginning of the decade until the end of January 2017 I had missed only two home games, (against Crewe in the Cheshire Senior Cup and Hyde in the FA Cup in 2016, – a business meeting then a family wedding if you ask!). On 31st January 2017 I started chemo. The following Saturday […]

Games: 14 Won: 7 Drew: 3 Lost:  4 Average Attendance: 2,261 Day Date Competition Tier / Round Opponents Res F A Crowd Away Day Tues 22/01/19(Highlights) Vanarama National League North Tier 6 Leamington W 1 0 604 836 Sat 26/01/19(Highlights) Vanarama National League North Tier 6 FC United of Manchester W 2 1 2,987 837 […]

Games: 13 Won: 9 Drew: 2 Lost: 2 Average Attendance: 1,688 Day Date Competition Tier / Round Opponents Res F A Crowd Away Day Sat 17/02/18(Highlights) Vanarama National League North Tier 6 FC United of Manchester W 1 0 3,084 823 Fri 30/03/18(Highlights) Vanarama National League North Tier 6 Bradford Park Avenue W 3 2 […]

Games: 14 Won: 5 Drew: 5 Lost: 4 Average Attendance: 1,398 + Victoria Ground Bromsgrove – temporary home for Worcester City Day Date Competition Tier / Round Opponents Res F A Crowd Away Day Sat 07/01/17(Highlights) Vanarama National League North Tier 6 Boston United W 2 0 1,360 809 Tues 17/01/17(Highlights) FA Trophy Round 2 […]