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MY RECORD
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| P | W | D | L | |
| League | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| Play-Off | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| League Cup | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FL Trophy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 |
HIGHLIGHTED GAME
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| Monday 27th April 1997 |
| Nationwide Football League – Division 2 (Tier 3) |
| Chesterfield 0 – 1 Stockport County |
| Att; 8,690 |
| 1 Paul Jones 2 Sean Connelly 3 Lee Todd 4 Tom Bennett (13 Tony Dinning) 5 Mike Flynn 6 Jim Gannon 7 Kieron Durkan 8 Chris Marsden 9 Brett Angell (14 Ken Charlery) 10 Alun Armstrong 11 Kevin Cooper (Sub not used: 12 Andy Mutch) |
| Scorer: Brett Angell |
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Thirty games against Chesterfield makes the Spireites one of my most viewed opponents. Crewe; Rochdale; Hartlepool;Tranmere; Burnley; Bury and a few more have been more frequent, but the trip across Tideswell Moor has delivered more than a few memories – both good and bad.
Picking from all 30 of the games for a highlight proved to be no choice at all. A dank; damp late Aril evening in 1997 stands head and shoulders above any other. And to be fair, for the County fans there that evening, there’ll be precious few better moments. Promotion secured, and a return to the second tier of English football for the first time in 59 years. We were privileged to be there. The penultimate game of a campaign which had seen the Club brought to the attention of the nation through League Cup exploits; and fight its way through what was finally a 67 game slog. And the football had been of the highest order. Dave Jones had fashioned a team which was a joy to watch.
As we made the trip into De4byshire and a win over Wycombe 48 hours previously County stood a point more than third placed Luton, but with a game in hand the equation was simple. A win would lead to promotion, with the possibility of the title to be settled the following Saturday – strangely enough at Kenilworth Road.
It was the 66th game of a season which had seen a determined promotion push; semi-finalists in the League Cup and a decent run in both the FA Cup and Autoglass Trophy. A damp evening to say the least. With well over 8,000 shoehorned into Saltergate, the County following was stationed in the pouring rain at the Cross Street End.
Not that everybody was there for the start. The exodus from SK3 didn’t help with the journey across the High Peak, and a fallen tree near Whaley Bridge added further delays. Parking up, as ever, with the car pointing in the right direction on Chatsworth Road, ready for the return trip, the hike up Foljambe Road brought Saltergate within view. Shrouded in mist, with the lights primed to break through the gloom, this was the centre of the earth for any County fan that evening.
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The tension was palpable, and the expectancy high. Nerves were settled, but only partially, in the first few minutes. An inch perfect cross from Armstrong, out on the left, found Angell stooping to head home in front of the Kop. 1-0 … only 80 plus minutes to hold out. It stayed that way until the break, as indeed it did as 90 minutes passed.
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Surely we were there now, the promised land of the Championship was within reach. But the board was held up showing six minutes of “time allowed” as Kenny Boxshall, County’s long term PA man always terms it, even to this day. ‘Added or injury time’ to the rest of us it made no difference what it was called. It was still six minutes.
All I can recall about those minutes was the sight of Ken Charlery, brought in by Dave Jones towards the end of the campaign, putting on a masterful display of ball retention down by the corner flag. Charlery had deprived us of promotion at Wembley 5 years previously, but that night he made amends, in my eyes. Six minutes elapsed, the referee sounded the end and there it was! Promotion to the second tier. Something I never expected when starting this journey, and a 3 year period to come when we held our own at that level…. and held an absolute hex over Manchester City.
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Memories of trips to Saltergate Memory of a trip to the b2net Stadium..
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THE GAMES..
Where the date is in bold click for highlights of the game
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| Date | Venue | Ground | Competition | F | A | Att: | ||
| Sat | 08/10/83 | a | Saltergate | Canon League Division 4 (Tier 4) | L | 0 | 2 | 3,846 |
| Fri | 16/03/84 | h | Edgeley Park | Canon League Division 4 (Tier 4) | W | 2 | 0 | 2,010 |
| Sat | 01/12/84 | a | Saltergate | Canon League Division 4 (Tier 4) | L | 0 | 3 | 3,943 |
| Sat | 27/04/85 | h | Edgeley Park | Canon League Division 4 (Tier 4) | L | 0 | 1 | 2,887 |
| Sat | 11/11/89 | a | Saltergate | Barclays League Division 4 (Tier 4) | D | 1 | 1 | 4,585 |
| Sat | 28/04/90 | h | Edgeley Park | Barclays League Division 4 (Tier 4) | W | 3 | 1 | 5,203 |
| Sun | 13/05/90 | a | Saltergate | Barclays League Division 4 (Tier 4 Play-off semi final) | L | 0 | 4 | 8,277 |
| Wed | 16/05/90 | h | Edgeley Park | Barclays League Division 4 (Tier 4 Play-Off Semi-Final (2nd Leg)) | L | 0 | 2 | 7,339 |
| Sat | 29/12/90 | a | Saltergate | Barclays League Division 4 (Tier 4) | D | 1 | 1 | 4,307 |
| Sat | 06/04/91 | h | Edgeley Park | Barclays League Division 4 (Tier 4) | W | 3 | 1 | 3,044 |
| Tues | 08/12/92 | a | Saltergate | Autoglass Trophy (Group Round) | W | 3 | 0 | 1,956 |
| Tue | 23/02/93 | h | Edgeley Park | Autoglass Trophy (Northern Semi-Final) | W | 2 | 1 | 4,613 |
| Tue | 26/09/95 | h | Edgeley Park | Auto Windscreens Trophy (Northern Preliminary Round) | D | 1 | 1 | 2,152 |
| Sat | 28/10/95 | h | Edgeley Park | Endsleigh League Division 2 (Tier 3) | L | 0 | 1 | 6,287 |
| Sat | 06/04/96 | a | Saltergate | Endsleigh League Division 2 (Tier 3) | W | 2 | 1 | 6,090 |
| Tue | 20/08/96 | h | Edgeley Park | Coca-Cola Cup (Round 1 (1st Leg)) | W | 2 | 1 | 3,088 |
| Tues | 03/09/96 | a | Saltergate | Coca-Cola Cup (Round 1 – 2nd Leg) | W | 2 | 1 | 3,439 |
| Tue | 29/10/96 | h | Edgeley Park | Nationwide Football League – Division 2 (Tier 3) | W | 1 | 0 | 4,831 |
| Mon | 28/04/97 | a | Saltergate | Nationwide Football League – Division 2 (Tier 3) | W | 1 | 0 | 8,690 |
| Tues | 17/09/02 | a | Saltergate | Nationwide Football League – Division 2 (Tier 3) | L | 0 | 1 | 4,088 |
| Tue | 04/03/03 | h | Edgeley Park | Nationwide Football League – Division 2 (Tier 3) | W | 2 | 1 | 4,428 |
| Sat | 04/10/03 | h | Edgeley Park | Nationwide Football League – Division 2 (Tier 3) | D | 0 | 0 | 4,764 |
| Sat | 10/04/04 | a | Saltergate | Nationwide Football League – Division 2 (Tier 3) | W | 3 | 0 | 5,901 |
| Wed | 20/10/04 | a | Saltergate | Coca-Cola Football League – League 1 (Tier 3) | L | 0 | 4 | 4,567 |
| Tue | 22/02/05 | h | Edgeley Park | Coca-Cola Football League – League 1 (Tier 3) | L | 1 | 2 | 4,201 |
| Sat | 18/08/07 | a | Saltergate | Coca-Cola Football League – League 2 (Tier 4) | D | 1 | 1 | 4,600 |
| Tue | 29/01/08 | h | Edgeley Park | Coca-Cola Football League – League 2 (Tier 4) | D | 2 | 2 | 5,105 |
| Sat | 01/01/11 | a | b2net Stadium | npower Football League – League 2 (Tier 4) | L | 1 | 4 | 7,542 |
| Tue | 01/02/11 | h | Edgeley Park | npower Football League – League 2 (Tier 4) | D | 1 | 1 | 4,092 |
| Mon | 26/08/19 | h | Edgeley Park | Vanarama National League (Tier 5) | W | 2 | 0 | 5,578 |
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