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First County Visit:<\/td>Friday 6th December 1985<\/td><\/tr>
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Competition:<\/td>Canon League Division 4 – (Tier 4)<\/td><\/tr>
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Result:<\/td>Cambridge United 1 – 2 Stockport County<\/td><\/tr>
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Attendance:<\/td>1,235<\/td><\/tr>
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Away Trip:<\/td>39<\/td><\/tr>
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Away Day:<\/td>125<\/td><\/tr>
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County Line-up<\/td>1 Mike Salmon; 2 Clive Evans; 3 Trevor Matthewson; 4 Les Chapman; 5 Tommy Sword; 6 Bill Williams; 7 Andy Hodkinson; 8 Paul Hendrie; 9 Mark Leonard; 10 Tony Coyle; 11 Mark Wroe<\/td><\/tr>
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Scorers:<\/td>Tony Coyle; Mark Wroe<\/td><\/tr>
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Manager:<\/td>Les Chapman<\/td><\/tr>
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County Visits:<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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So, as outlined in \u201cThe Best Laid Plans\u201d<\/a><\/strong> I have returned to the keyboard after a break of 18 months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When the Sunday papers fall on the mat each Sabbath morning I\u2019m sure that I\u2019m not alone in getting hold of the things by the spine and emptying out the varying types of junk advertising for stair-lifts and the like.  They always come with magazines as well, and I really do wonder how many of these are opened before being consigned to the blue bin, (or whatever colour receptacle your local Council has deemed to be the destination for newspapers and magazines).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I confess that I have occasionally turned to these things during some particularly boring encounter on what Sky insist on calling \u201cSuper Sunday\u201d.  The content seems to range from cooking, through book and record reviews to a guide to the tourist spots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with regard to the latter it\u2019s far from unusual to see the image of Kings College Chapel in Cambridge, as one of the must-see sights in England.  More than once occasion has taken me to the University town for a browse around these kind of tourist spots and there\u2019s something to be said for the touristy stuff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s something for everyone when it comes to entertainment in Cambridge. A choice of galleries; theatres; the famous Folk Festival; a wander around the various colleges and punting on the River Cam.  A good day can certainly be had.  But move away a mile or so from the tourist spots and it\u2019s a different sort of place \u2026. by a distance.  And it\u2019s the latter where the Abbey Stadium is found.  Far removed from the camera laden tourists. Heading out of the city on the Newmarket Road, the magnificence of the college buildings in the rear view mirror, the approach to the Abbey Stadium was like that on a myriad of grounds elsewhere. Factories, warehouses and the like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I made the first trip a combination of tourism and (the more important) football.  Julie and I made an early start and had a decent perusal of places like the aforementioned Kings College Chapel and the Backs but a damp, and cold Friday afternoon, just 3 weeks or so before Christmas, had me looking at the clock moving slowly towards 7.45. We sat in the Main Stand, on bench seating not a million miles removed from the same sort of (lack of) spectator comfort found at Saltergate.  To the left was a small, uncovered, terrace rejoicing in the name of the Allotment End. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Main Stand<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The homesters were stationed in the Corona End \u2013 a covered terrace which always seemed to me to generate a fair amount of atmosphere, and on the far side was another covered terrace, the Habbin Stand.  A fairly unprepossessing arena, but one not without a degree of quirkiness.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Corona End<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The game ended in a 2-1 win, which was the 3rd<\/sup> in a row, and was to be followed by another against Wrexham a week later.  It turned out to be the highspot of the campaign, because after that there were only another 7 victories from the remaining 25 matches.  Not a particularly memorable trip, and it was a late arrival back home, but not sufficiently energy sapping to stop me going over the Pennines the following day for what turned out to be a first trip to Millmoor where, very satisfyingly, I saw Rotherham put Burnley to the sword to the tune of 4-1 in an FA Cup game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there were a couple of future trips to the Abbey which have some memories. Four and a half years later the trip to Cambridge saw a re-arranged game following an earlier postponement.  Arthur Brotherton was the travelling companion that Monday.  Now Arthur wasn\u2019t only a long-suffering County aficionado, but was heavily into all things aeronautical.  He worked in the airline industry, but also spent a fair amount of time, and cash, travelling round \u201cplane-spotting\u201d.  We set off early that day as he wanted to see some old aerodromes in the Fens.  Whilst I hadn\u2019t the slightest interest in any of this I went along with it, and ended up frankly none the wiser about the mysteries that were unfolded before me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tour done we set the controls for Cambridge.  No tourism this time as we found ourselves parked up outside the ground some 4 hours before kick-off.  What to do? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the decision was made we were interrupted by a disturbing sound.  Coming up the road was something that looked as though it was on its final journey to one of the scrapyards that stood on Newmarket Road. It sounded as though it was breathing its last.  Shrouded in exhaust fumes it limped its way towards us.  As we managed to peer through the noxious emissions we espied within it a group of County fans, with the chariot being piloted by Jon Hall.  Jon was, and remains, a legend amongst the Edgeley faithful.  Known better as Captain Beefheart he was an ever present at games far and wide.  I knew him as well as one of the stalwarts of the Stockport Sports Quiz League, (sponsored by Gradwell for those in the SK postcode area who remember that name).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jon Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Captain Beefheart”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo courtesy of Russell Brewer (taken at the Ramat Gan stadium in Tel Aviv on a wet day in February 1988. England played Israel and drew 0-0). Many thanks for it<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I did suggest to Arthur that the vehicle must have been procured specifically for the trip and might well have to be abandoned after reaching its destination.  It certainly looked and sounded far from roadworthy. Jon sadly passed away at far too young an age, but researching this tome I came across \u201cOneUpManship Journal\u201d, a blog post, and it certainly appears that travel in vehicles with far from adequate provenance was \u201cde rigeur\u201d for him. You can find it at http:\/\/one-up-manship.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/from-stockport-to-spain-in-battered.html<\/a> – it tells the tale of a trip in a battered Mark 3 Cortina, the travellers including \u201cBeefheart\u201d. (The picture above is from that site). The description of him is worth re-producing here \u2013 it has him down to a \u201cT\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dressed in typical teacher attire, tweed coat, shirt, trousers, specs and shoes, and huge sideburns not unlike oddball racing pundit John McCririck. The captain travelled everywhere with club and country, in a time when there was no real segregation, everyone was lumbered in together, and it was mostly young men, and most with a penchant for hooliganism. Not your stereotypical England fanatic, and certainly not one to delve into seat throwing territory, obviously, but there is an old chant at our place about him ‘kicking a copper’ at Barnsley. So who knows? an unlikely rebel if ever there was one<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Habbin Stand<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A\ngood memory of a more than steadfast follower. \nAnd as to the game it ended up with another win, courtesy of a brace\nfrom Brett Angell which left us well placed for a title push.  The three games after this were also won, but\na couple of weeks after this the season ended in tears with that play-off exit\nat the hands of Chesterfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast\nforward 21 years.  The first season after\nthe plunge into non-league.  In those\ndays the \u201cBlue Square Bet Premier\u201d was televised by Premier Sports, and the\npowers that be there had obviously decided that County were the team to follow\nfor their broadcasts.  When the schedule\nfor TV games was announced before the season the Hatters were pencilled in for\n4 appearances in the first 10 weeks or so of the season.  By the time September had ended the nation,\n(or more to the point, the minimal number of subscribers to Premier), had seen\nus twice \u2013 on the opening day at Forest Green, (more of which anon), and at\nhome to Luton, both of which ended in draws. \nThe third time on-air was at Cambridge at the beginning of October, and\non a Thursday night at that, purely to fit in with the schedules.  Now Premier was very much a shoestring\noperation, seemingly run as a training ground for aspirational broadcasters and\nproduction teams, but at least it did cover football beyond the hallowed\nportals of the top echelons, so for that we should be grateful.  As I write BT have picked up this torch and\ntheir coverage of the National League is a primary reason for my subscription, and\ncertainly not seeing Lineker pontificating about European games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game saw Mark; Jeff and myself stationed in the replacement for the Allotment End \u2013 a decent stand behind the goal, and certainly affording far more comfort than its predecessor!!  Set up behind the goal was some rudimentary scaffolding, put there by Premier to get the goal-line action.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game saw early goals, (eventually ending up 2-2).  But we kept an eye on the guy on the scaffolding.  It looked more than precarious to start with, but early in the second half the wind and rain picked up and the structure started swaying alarmingly.  Those in the stand looked on aghast as the cameraman was clearly in danger of taking a fair quicker trip back to ground level than he would have welcomed.  As the wind-speed reached greater than gale-force levels, discretion triumphed over valour as a trio of stewards urged him to come down, and this he did with some alacrity, beating the platform to the ground \u2026 but not by much.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But give him his due the show went on, and camera perched on his shoulder he ensured that the watching public still got some coverage, but from the shelter and succour of the Habbin Stand.  Well done that man!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of the County following that night in October 2011. Front left are Jeff and, just behind him, Mark with the scarf.<\/strong> On the right<\/strong> is Ben Walker, County shirt doyen<\/strong>. His site is worth a look: <\/strong> Stockport County Shirts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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There remained just one further trip.  4 months from what turned out to be the descent to regional football.  It was a sign of what was to come in the remainder of the season.  Cambridge won 4-1 and to be brutally honest it flattered us.  The next time we went to the University City was to be Histon\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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VISITS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day<\/strong><\/td>Date<\/strong><\/td>Competition<\/strong><\/td>Tier \/ Round<\/strong><\/td>Opponents<\/strong><\/td>Res<\/strong><\/td>F<\/strong><\/td>A<\/strong><\/td>Crowd<\/strong><\/td>Away Day<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Fri<\/td>06\/12\/85<\/td>Canon League Division 4<\/td>Tier 4<\/td>Cambridge United<\/td>W<\/td>2<\/td>1<\/td>1,235<\/td>125<\/td><\/tr>
Mon<\/td>23\/04\/90
(Highlights)<\/a><\/strong><\/td>		Barclays League Division 4<\/td>Tier 4<\/td>Cambridge United<\/td>W<\/td>2<\/td>0<\/td>4,850<\/td>189<\/td><\/tr>
Thurs<\/td>06\/10\/11<\/td>Blue Square Bet Premier<\/td>Tier 5<\/td>Cambridge United<\/td>D<\/td>2<\/td>2<\/td>2,047<\/td>684<\/td><\/tr>
Sat<\/td>05\/01\/13<\/td>Blue Square Bet Premier<\/td>Tier 5<\/td>Cambridge United<\/td>L<\/td>1<\/td>4<\/td>2,305<\/td>717<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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ON MY JOURNEY WITH COUNTY AROUND 180 GROUNDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

..<\/p>\n\n\nPreviously – BRISBANE ROAD<\/span><\/a>\n\nNext stop – MAINE ROAD<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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