Stockport County - Awakening The Third Giant

th3king · Dec 22, 2014

SEASON ONE: DECEMBER

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After finally seeing our unbeaten run to the start of the season end, we were able to finish off November with solid wins against AFC Fylde and Lincoln Utd in the cup. It was up to us to really solidify ourselves at the top of the table and really get stuck into some of the teams that were to come.
Boy, was it an inconsistent December.

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Not really signings, just players leaving the club. With us playing a 4-1-2-1-2 we were unable to find room for Nathan Woolfe who predominantly played left wing. I experimented with him both up front and in the middle of the park, but he just didn’t cut it, so I decided to release him which he to believed was best for his career.

With the signing of Mukendi, Sharp was pushed even further down the pecking order and was surplus to requirements, so I decided to cut our loses and release him.

Stephen O’Halloran was the third and final player to leave the club. O’Hallaron was becoming restless and uneasy about the amount of time on the park he was getting. He was disgruntled and killing the morale around the senior squad, so I did what was needed and let him go on mutualterms.

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STOCKPORT COUNTY 3 – 1 GUISELEY

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Kristian Dennis (7), Nathan Blissett (22, 70) ; Andrew Gibbson (pen 59)

P.O.M: Nathan Blissett (Stockport)

"A very close first half that led to us overpowering Guiseley in the second half. Nathan Blissett really relishing his role up front for us in recent weeks with another two goals to his name."

STOCKPORT 0 – 1 BRACKLEY

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Ifeanyi Allen (12)

P.O.M: Ryan Austin (Brackley)

"Wasn’t a great result, but I think we probably deserved a bit more from the game. We put in a decent shift, we just didn’t see things go our way. We we’re just unlucky."

STOCKPORT 0 – 2 NORTH FERRIBY

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Liam King (42), Russell Fry (89)

P.O.M: Liam King (North Ferriby)

"Another poor result for us. We were just outplayed from the kick-off to the final whistle. Poor games for everyone all over the park."

STOCKPORT COUNTY 2 – 1 COLWYN BAY

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Nathan Blissett (63, 90 + 1) ; Prince Haywood (39)

P.O.M: Nathan Blissett (Stockport)

"Back on the winners board, with Nathan Blissett adding another two to his tally. One of these games again that we deserved more than two goals. Just happy to get out of the game with a win."

STOCKPORT 2 – 0 BRADFORD PA

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Scott Kerr (3), Alex Davidson (85)

P.O.M: Scott Kerr (Bradford PA)

"How inconsistent can we get? Outplayed by a team who are sitting only a few places below us. We need to start beating teams like this otherwise we’ll start to see teams starting to catch us at the top."

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STOCKPORT 3 – 1 ALTRINCHAM

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Kristian Dennis (9), Nathan Blissett (45, 62) ; Simon Richman (76)

P.O.M: Nathan Blissett (Stockport)

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"Playing against an Altrincham team who are battling it out in the Relegation Zone of the Conference Premier. We outplayed and were brutal in how we played, which is exactly how I want us to play. Probably one of the best wins of the season."

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Great to stay on top, but we really need to start beating the teams vying for our spot at the top of the league. It was quite an inconsistent month, so hopefully we can get back on a bit of a winning run through December and end the year well.

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NATHAN BLISSETT
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Appearances: 6 | Goals: 6 | Assists: 1 | Avg Rating: 3.48

Another Player of the Month for Mr. Nathan Blissett. With another six goals to add to what is already a monstrous tally, what more can you ask for from the man leading your line. I really need to look into securing this man permanently, he’s looked a man amongst boys in the Conference North.

Marcelp · Dec 22, 2014

This is cool to see, had a game with stockport in beta almost made promotion first season.
Lost this game anyway and doing a save With achilles'29 ATM the most suck *** team there is playeble at this moment in dutch league.
Promoted anyway to highest division.

Good luck ill keep following this thread jsut because its stockport

th3king · Dec 23, 2014

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SEASON ONE: JANUARY

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So after a wonderful first half of the year finishing top, we really wanted to keep our lead over Solihull Moors who are in second. They are keeping up with us which is quite surprising so we need to really keep moving on and putting pressure on them to get results.

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World awards have been handed out and I have to say, they're quite surprising. In my eyes Nathan Blissett was robbed, he's been much better than Aguaro.

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One of my main goals for the rest of the season was to wrap up contract talks with Mr. Belezika. Easy one of best, if not our best player. He’s been a rock in the heart of our defence and without him, I’d say we’d be mid table.

Great to see he’ll be playing in the blue of Stockport for a couple of years more.

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STOCKPORT COUNTY 2 – 1 COLWYN BAY

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Ibrahim Sissoko (66), Scott Spencer (90 +3) ; Marc Williams (74)

P.O.M: Rob Sissons (Colwyn Bay)

"Great way to start the month, but how we didn’t win by more is beyond me. We had 25 shots to their 6 and 6 clear cut chances to 0. What was even more of a joke was one of their players winning Player of the Match. Mr Scott Spencer with a goal and assist, you sir were robbed."

STOCKPORT COUNTY 2 – 0 TAMWORTH

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Krisitian Dennis (22), Scott Spencer (49)

P.O.M: Scott Duxbury

"Simple win, never really looked like losing. With 6 clear cut chances, I’d expect a few more goals."

STOCKPORT 2 – 1 GAINSBOROUGH

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Nathan Blissett (9), Richie Barker (pen 89) ; Lyton Karkach (36)

P.O.M: Richie Baker (Stockport)

"We deserved more than a 89th minute penalty, although a win is a win. 3 more points to our tally is all I can ask for."

STOCKPORT COUNTY 4 – 1 BARROW

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Glenn Belezika (33, 79), Henoc Mukendi (75, 87) ; Simon Grand (pen 41)

P.O.M: Glenn Belezika (Stockport)

"Well how about this! We just dominated the second half, everything just seemed to go right for us. Great to see Henoc Mukendi break his goalless drought and smash in two blinders from long range."

STOCKPORT COUNTY 1 – 1 BOSTON UNITED

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Henoc Mukendi (88) ; Marc Newsham (48)

P.O.M: Henoc Mukendi (Stockport)

"I don’t know if it’s the tactic, or our lack of finishing skills. We seem to be having so many shots with very little on target, yet it’s not that we are having shots outside the box, we just seem to be completely missing shots when we’re one on one with the keeper."

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STOCKPORT COUNTY 2 – 1 CHELMSFORD

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Christian Smith (o.g. 55), Ibrahim Sissoko (69) ; Marvin Ekpiteta (16)

P.O.M: Nicky Nicolau (Chelmsford)

"Great to see us being competitive with team from the Conference Premier. We looked really settled and never really looked threatened. Also great to see Ibrahim Sissoko scoring his first goal for the club."

STOCKPORT COUNTY 3 – 2 WELLING

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Nathan Blissett (15, 40), Jamie Milligan (pen 90 +2) ; Ibrahim Sissoko (o.g. 38), Tyrone Marsh (45)

P.O.M: Nathan Blissett (Stockport)

"I don’t know what it is, but we seem to be finding goals in stoppage time. It’s not like we don’t deserve these wins, it would just be nice to relax a bit more, knowing we’ve won the game early on."

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GLENN BELEZIKA
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APPEARNCE: 7 | GOALS: 2 | ASSISTS: 0 | AVG RATING: 7.39

Our rock in the heart of defence was on song as usual this month. Wonderful player for this level cricket and boy does he do his part in the team. Also chipped in on the score sheet with a double against Barrow which was lovely to see.

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th3king · Dec 25, 2014

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SEASON ONE: FEBRUARY & MARCH

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What a lovely start to the year we had in January. With an unbeaten month, I was quite surprised to see Solihull Moors still hot on my tail. We need to just keep doing what we can do, and not worry about what happens below us. As long as we win games, we have nothing to worry about.

Also looking to go further in the FA Trophy, although beating Wexham will be a very tough task.

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So we really needed to find a backup Half Back to give Tunji Moses a rest from game to game and with no money left of the wage budget I went with Mamadou Fofana. Fofana was only asking for a non-contract and with some decent stats for a half back I decided he would be the best option. It’s only for the rest of the season, so I can’t really complain with him.

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STOCKPORT COUNTY 0 – 0 LEAMINGTON

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P.O.M: Scott Duxbury (Stockport)

"Ordinary game for both camps. I presume Leamington were happy with that result, because I can definitely say we weren’t. Just can’t seem to finish of the chances we get, yet it’s not like we have long bombs from outside the box all the time. We honestly just spray them wide or over the bar from five yards out."

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STOCKPORT COUNTY 2 – 0 STALYBRIDGE

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Jamie Milligan (29), Nathan Blissett (40)

P.O.M: Paul Richardson (Stockport)"
"Easy three points here. Stalybridge were absolutely depleted with injuries. Five of their starting eleven were out, so I decided to rest a couple of players and rotate the squad. Lucky it worked out for us."

STOCKPORT 0 – 1 WORCESTER

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Wayne Thomas (37)

P.O.M: Wayne Thomas (Worcester)

"We honestly just didn’t turn up. They basically scored and just sat all their men behind the ball and just countered for the rest of the game. We couldn’t thread a pass to save our lives. I was tactically out mastered and the team was outplayed."

STOCKPORT COUNTY 1 – 0 HYDE

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Richie Baker (87)

P.O.M: Richie Baker

With a completely rotated side against Hyde I thought we’d come away from the game with a relatively easy three points. Well, that didn’t really work out how I expected. They played some great patches of football, and if it wasn’t for a header from Richie Baker we’d have drawn with bottom of the league."

STOCKPORT COUNTY 1 – 3 BRACKLEY

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Scott Spencer (70) ; Joe Curtis (15), Greg Pearson (15, pen 60)

P.O.M: Greg Pearson (Brackley)

"I believe the only team to come away with two wins against us in the season. Absolutely horrendous in both games. Lets just say, we’re happy to see the back of Brackley."

STOCKPORT COUNTY 3 – 1 SOLIHULL MOORS

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Jamie Mulligan (21), Nathan Blissett (55), Scott Spencer (82) ; George McGee

P.O.M: Mark Lees (Stockport)

"WE FLAT OUT BALLED! Couldn’t have asked for more from the boys. To beat second so convincingly makes me wonder how we lose to Lowestoft.."

STOCKPORT COUNTY 0 – 2 LOWESTOFT

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Sam Gaughran (25), Rossi Jarvis (43)

P.O.M: Rossi Jarvis (Lowestoft)

"F*** OFF I’M GOING HOME, I COULDN’T WATCH THAT ****."

STOCKPORT COUNTY 1 – 0 CHORLEY

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Jordan Fagbola (67)

P.O.M: Jordan Fagbola (Stockport)

"We still seem to not have the composure around goal. With 25 shots, and 6 on target it really just isn’t good enough. Lucky our Centre Half, Jordan Fagbola, popped up from a corner or I reckon I’d have almost quit."

STOCKPORT COUNTY 2 – 0 HYDE

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Mark Lees (25), Scott Spencer (83)

P.O.M: Scott Spencer (Stockport)

"Hyde again this time away and we dispatched them relatively easily. Wonderful to see Mark Lees get on the score sheet, because that never happens."

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STOCKPORT COUNTY 0 – 1 WREXHAM

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Louis Moult (3)

P.O.M: Manny Smith (Wrexham)

"Outplayed and outclassed really. We never really looked to be in the game, and with Wrexham flying high at the top of the Conference Premier, I was never really expecting a win and to only let in one goal was a bit of tape over the cracks. They deserved more."

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SCOTT SPENCER
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APPEARNCE: 9 | GOALS: 3 | ASSISTS: 7 | AVG RATING: 7.11

Mr. Consistent I have to say. Never really blows you away with an amazing game, but just puts in a shift each and every week and just goes about his business. Wonderful couple of months for this lad, great to see him scoring and assisting.

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th3king · Dec 26, 2014

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YOUTH INTAKE

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So Youth Intake has quickly come around and it looks like we have been able to find some decent players. Now although some of these players look really nice and have 5 star potential, really in hindsight, 5 star potential only gives them conference premier potential.

Due to the clubs finances, I’ve only brought in the best of the intake players. Plus the fact that a 3 star potential player only has the potential to play a decent level in the conference north/south, so really they’re horrible.

ROSS LEARY

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“I fairly weak defender who I can’t really see having a huge future at the club. He’s got a really low current ability which means I can’t really play him in the first team without knowing the team is weakened, but who knows, he may prove me wrong.”

JOSH WHITE

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“Now this little guy is actually reasonable. With some very nice key attributes such as Work Rate, Passing, determination and a relatively high concentration attribute, I really think this guy could be a nice rotation player who can fill in at the centre of the park.”

NATHAN RUSSELL

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“Am a real fan of Nathan Russell, with really high bravery and aggression, two main mental stats I like in a centre half, I think that he’ll be quite handy. The only thing that I can fault him in is his concentration, but hopefully that can improve as he gets older.”

JIM SCORAH

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“With the best potential for the squad I do believe Jim has a real future at the club. He has some quality physical stats which are normally quite hard to improve, so with what is a little bit of a head start I hopefully can get him playing some first team football throughout the year.”

th3king · Dec 27, 2014

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SEASON ONE: APRIL

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With us leading the league with just a month to go, and only 6 points to get to secure the league win, we wanted to make sure we got to it as quickly as possible.

C’MON STOCKPORT!

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So it looks like we will be without a key player for the run in. Pretty sad to see a player like Scott missing out on trying to secure us the league title.

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STOCKPORT COUNTY 1 – 0 BARROW

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Scott Spencer (53)

P.O.M: Jamie Milligan (Stockport)

"Got away with this game a bit. We outplayed them but never really troubled their keeper until Scott Spencer scored a screamer, 53 minutes in."

STOCKPORT COUNTY 1 – 0 OXFORD CITY

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Kristian Dennis (19)

P.O.M: Scott Duxbury (Stockport)

"AND THERE YOU HAVE IT, STOCKPORT HAVE WON THE LEAGUE! Great game from everyone, deserved much more than a 1-0 win."

FROM NOW ON I BASICALLY PLAYED A FULLY ROTATED TEAM. I TRIED TO PLAY SOME OF THE NEW YOUTH INTAKE PLAYER TO GIVE THEM A GO AND SEE WHETHER THEY’D REALISTICALLY BE ABLE TO PLAY GAMES IN THE CONFERENCE PREMIER.
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STOCKPORT 2 – 0 GAINSBOROUGH

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Shane Hammond (78), Nathan Blissett (81)

P.O.M: Danny Murray (Stockport)

STOCKPORT 0 – 2 GLOUCESTER

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Adam Mann (46), Billy Jones (pen 72)

P.O.M: Billy Jones (Gloucester)

STOCKPORT COUNT 2 – 4 HARROGATE

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Jordan Fagbola (32) Nathan Blissett (61) ; Shane Killock (4), Danny Elliot (57, 81), Nana Boakye-Yiadom (62)

P.O.M: Danny Elliot (Harrogate)

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Looks like Brackley will be joining us in the Conference Premier after beating Guiseley on penalties in the playoff final.

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PAUL RICHARDSON
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APPEARANCE: 4 | GOALS: 0 | ASSISTS: 2 | AVG RATING: 6.99

Now he may not have been the best player this month, but I believe he’s been great since coming in for Mark Lees due to injury. He’s really developing into a solid right back and hopefully with more game time he can become even better.

th3king · Dec 27, 2014

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STOCKPORT COUNTY END OF SEASON AWARDS:

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After what seemed to be a dream season, Stockport have defied all odds and won the Vanarama Conference North edging out all competitiors.

First here is the final league table that sees Stockport top it by eleven points. Although Stockport aren’t the only ones celebrating this year, Brackley Town FC will also be partying long into the night as they have been promoted, the first time in the clubs history that they will be playing the conference premier next season.

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Bad luck for Solihull Moors who were agonisingly close to promotion, they will sure to be up there again next year, as they have only lost one player from their starting eleven and brought in multiple players to strengthen their squad.

Gainsborough, Hyde and Colwyn Bay all being relegated with all being very weak all season. None of them really have any defence and duly deserved to go down.

Surprise of the season was Tamworth who only narrowly avoided relegation by goal difference. Tamworth, who were predicted to finish 2nd by punters were absolutely horrible in many game, losing to both Colywn Bay and Hyde in both fixture against them.

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RICHIE BAKER

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After an awesome season for the man we nickname ‘the terrier’ he has been awarded with the Fair Play Award. With only one yellow card and no red, he has clearly in my mind been the fairest player for Stockport. There was no one else close to threatening for this award.

Thankyou everyone, I’m thankful to god for giving me the chance to play the game I love, and in a fair and honourable way.

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JORDAN FAGBOLA

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Jordan has been one of the only players to play every league game this season. He has been one of the rocks at centre half and also filled in at right back when need be. I very happy with how he is developing and with another year of regular first team football we’ll hopefully see him improve even more.

Thankyou to the Gaffer for having faith in me. Without him, I don’t believe I nor the squad, could have performed the way we did.

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NATHAN BLISSETT

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The standout of the year, who was brought in on dead line day to basically fill a role in the squad has come away with 26 goals in 41 games. He wasn’t as prolific later on in the season with his goals drying up but he started with 17 goals in 22 matches.

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NATHAN BLISSETT

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Picking up his second award, Mr Nathan Blissett. Obviously going to win this award, no one really rivalled him with most of the other signings play less than half the league games. Congratulations to him and hopefully he’ll go onto bigger and better things.

It’s been absolutely wonderful spending the year at Stockport with all the lads really making me one of their own. Thank you to the club as well as the gaffer for a wonderful year.

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SCOTT SPENCER

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Now although he may not have had the most amazing statistics over the year, in my eyes he’s been our best player. I’ve labelled him ‘Mr. Consistency’ and he proceeded to continue with the name throughout the whole season. He was always coming to the rescue assisting vital goals or scoring them and was a really solid contributor to the team this year.

Thankyou to everyone for the round of applause, I’m astatic that the squad were able to secure the league win and bring some happiness back to the fans. Lets just keep working hard and hopefully push on next year our really make our mark on the conference premier.

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GLENN BELEZIKA

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Voted by the Fans this award is one of the most prestigious. Glenn Belezika who I labelled before the season had started to be our out and out best players has been voted in by the fans as their player of the year. Wonderful year for the young man, and I believe it’s a great time to let everyone know that he has been recognised for his wonderful season and has been awarded with the captain’s armband for the upcoming season.

I’m so humble and so thankful to all the fans, without you out there at Edgeley Park cheering us on I don’t believe we could’ve won the league. Thankyou also to the gaffer, I will be sure to make you proud and wear the captain’s armband with pride.

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Are very similar best eleven to our starting eleven I was playing with by the end of the year. Not much to say, they were the best team in the league.

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I would just like to make it known, I was absolutely robbed. How can the manager of the team that won the league finish not second, but third in the MOTY? Absolutely furious.

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WOW! 180k is a lot of money. I'll probably look to keep picking up free transfers rather than buying players and keep the money until a few years time.

damolux · Dec 28, 2014

Great story. You'll fly through the leagues with Stockport. I'm on season no. 5 with them and have reached League 1 so far. Look out for Darrel Russel on a free this season.

th3king · Jan 2, 2015

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Friday 15 July | 1:45 2014

The first real pictures of the new Stockport Countyl 15-16 Home Kit was leaked today, after the Adidas Stockport County 2015-2016 Away Kit were revealed by Twitter user @SCFC_124 earlier in June, who also leaked the Stockport County’s 14-15 Kits. It is very likely that the new pictures of the home kit are authentic due to last year’s leak being similar also.
The new Stockport 15-16 Kits are the first jerseys made by Adidas, after we reported that Joma Football had cancelled there link with the club. The Adidas Stockport 2015-16 Kits feature a classical kit design, sponsored by Virgin, who are also a new sponsor to the club. The Stockport County FC 2015-2016 Kits are expected to be released in August 2015 before Preseason.

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The biggest out this season was Captain, Jamie Milligan. He was a wonderful servant of mine in the Conference North, but he was getting old and many of his attributes were severely depleted since this time last year. It was sad to see him go but we have younger and better options.

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CRAIG LINDFIELD
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I need a bit of diversity in the squad so that I could play with wingers in matches I thought necessary. Solid little winger with good dribbling and finishing stats, which are nice to have in an inside forward. What also helps is how he can play all the way along the right side, as well as up front, so he could fill in at right back or even as an advance forward if need be.

CAMERON MURRAY
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I was really looking to bring in more playmakers into the middle of the park. Murray who comes from York City is a solid advance playmaker and will definitely be a first team midfielder for this year. Also with him being only 20 years of age, he really has the potential to grow.

WES BAYNES
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Definitely one of my better signings this year. A really attacking right back that can up and down the right flank and cross the ball really well. Really am looking for Wes to be a key figure in the first team this year.

LIAM TRUSLOVE
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After losing Jamie Milligan I needed to find a player that could play just behind the strikers and Liam Truslove really caught my eye. No real outstanding stats but is a really solid CAM. With some really nice potential as well I think that he’ll be able to develop and get better with the club.

MARCEL BARRINGTON
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So after losing Nathan Blissett who didn’t want to sign with a club of our ‘caliber’ we needed to go out and find a striker who could play in both roles of Target man and Advance Forward. Marcel a Stoke City and Leicester City youth player is a really nice prospect who fit into the squad well, hopefully he can keep improving and grow at the club.

MACCAULEY SHILLITO
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Another solid midfielder who can play just behind the strikers. He has some solid stats and is a player I hope really improves through the year. Coming from Barnsley’s youth system, he’s definitely got some big shoes to fill after Jamie Milligan’s departure.

JAMES TUNNICLIFFE
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Our last signing of the window was James Tunnicliffe. He’s a very solid central defender who can definitely play as a rotation option behind Fagbola and Belezika. Belezika was unfortunately injured for the first match so it vital to get in a player of his style and calibre.

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So after making some signings to suit, we’ve changed our style of play, but only slightly. A key in the transfer window was to basically bring in more creative options all over the park. Players with better passing, and technique to suit our passing and possession style of play.

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Due to being quite successful I’ve decided to just another playmaker in the midfield and changed to complete wingbacks to really support our attacks and stretch opponents defence.

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Some really solid results in preseason show I think, that the style of play really suits the players we’ve brought in. Stand out was definitely the Swansea game where we had two disallowed goals which were not offside at all. We really pushed them, but they were playing with a fairly rotated side.

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SCOTT SPENCER

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APPEARNCE: 3 (2) | GOALS: 3 | ASSISTS: 4 | AVG RATING: 7.31

Great preseason for a player I can really see lead our team this year. Hopefully is a sign of things to come.

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Our upcoming fixtures look to be very nice indeed. Really excited to push some of the big boys of the Conference Premier.

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th3king · Jan 5, 2015

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SEASON TWO: AUGUST & SEPTEMBER

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After another strong preseason we are really looking to set a solid foundation for the year in a higher league. With some games against teams such as Altrincham and Welling as well as Wrexham, I’m really going to examine and see if the club stand a chance or have improved since last season.

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Well, it looks like we start the year with two first team players out with injury and two solid rotation players also nursing injuries. Great, just great.

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STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. WREXHAM

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Mamadou Fofana (11) ; Chris Stokes (63)

P.O.M: Wes Baynes (Stockport)

“Really happy to start the season off with a game against Wrexham. A team who are predicted to finish in the playoff spots, I thought it was a good game to really impress and push ourselves early. I’m very happy with how it went, and shows that we could push some of the big teams on the competition.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. ALTRINCHAM

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Liam Truslove (25), Craig Lindfield (32, 77, 79), Marcel Barrington (73, 89)

P.O.M: Craig Lindfield (Stockport)

“Wow, second game in the Conference Premier and we’re absolutely thrashing teams. Craig Lindfield and Marcel Barrington make their debuts for the club and really impressed. Altrincham who? It really shows we’ve improved since last season where we played them in the cup and won, but not convincingly.”

STOCKPORT VS. SOUTHPORT

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McCauley Shillito (32), Scott Spencer (75) ; Lewis Chalmers (pen 1), Andy Mitchell (23)

P.O.M: Scott Spencer (Stockport)

“Don’t mind this, we conceded really early and they increased their lead but really dug in and were determined to get back in the game. From the stats we probably deserved all three points. Also great to see young, MacCauley Shillito, scoring his first goal for the club.

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. NUNEATON

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Richie Baker (pen 66, pen 87), Wes Baynes (70), Scott Spencer (88)

P.O.M: Wes Baynes (Stockport)

“Another absolute drubbing of a team. We took out time to take the lead, but once we did we just went on a run and kicked another three in 18 minutes. Another new signing scoring their first goal for the club, Wes Baynes, who by the way is just piling in the assists.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. BARNET

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Henoc Mukendi (90 + 3) ; Luke Gambin (20), Jake Still (74)

P.O.M: Luke Gambin (Barnet)

“First lose the season and it was dually deserved by Barnet. They really outclassed and outplayed us. They took the lead early and just sat back and countered on us. They are a very strong squad so I didn’t really expect much.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. CHELMSFORD

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Scott Spencer (26), Jordan Fagbola (58), Wes Baynes (79) ; Steve Hopkins (66)

P.O.M: Liam Truslove (Stockport)

“Great to beat Chelmsford who at the time were playing quite well. We really did put the pressure on especially when we were in control of the ball. They only had a 60% pass completion and 35% of possession so I think we really did play well.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. WELLING

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Craig Lindfield (73) ; Chris Barker (42)

P.O.M: Loui Fazakerley (Welling)

“It was a very poor turn around after controlling the game against Chelmsford. We really were poor at creating chances and threading that ball through their defence. Our ball retention in the final third wasn’t like it had been all season and we just couldn’t get things right. Worst performance for the season.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. MORCOMBE

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Richie Baker (pen 37), Scott Spencer (45 + 2), Craig Lindfield (63)

P.O.M: Wes Baynes (Stockport)

“So we seem to be quite inconsistent, we struggle against teams who shouldn’t be beating us, and dominate teams who we shouldn’t. What a game though, a very good team who had just been relegated from League 2 and also were projected to go straight back up were no chance. Great game and couldn’t ask for more from the boys.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. KIDDERMINSTER

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Craig Lindfield (3), Richie Baker (18), Scott Spencer (39, 45) ; Adam Coombes (53)

P.O.M: Scott Spencer (Stockport)

“The game was done and dusted at half time. We came out all guns blazing and destroyed them, they has 28% possession up until half time, and 55% pass completion. Scott Spencer played well continuing his god run of form in front of goal.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. DARTFORD

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Richard Baker (pen 12), Scott Spencer (20, 58, 82) ; Harry Crawford (14), Ryan Hayes (29), Dean Howell (62)

P.O.M: Scott Spencer (Stockport)

“I real back and forth game that we were lucky enough to come out on top of. Scott Spencer deserve a spot in the England team, without a doubt, he is just monstering all Conference Premier Team’s defences. Absolutely no one can stop him.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. MACCLESFIELD

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Henoc Mukendi (7), McCauley Shillito (89)

P.O.M: Scott Duxbury (Stockport)

”Great game for the men in blue from Edgeley Park. We seem to really be implementing our style of play into winning matches.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. EASTLEIGH

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Scott Spencer (7, 26), Marcel Barrington (71, 75) ; James Constable (51)

P.O.M: Scott Spencer (Stockport)

“Doesn’t this result just show how much the team has improved within just a bit under a year? Scott Spencer just seems to just find the net from anywhere, and great to see Marcel also chip in and get a brace late on.”

STOCKPORT VS. BRAINTREE

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Henoc Mukendi (20, 45), McCauley Shillito (89) ; Harry Osbourne (11), Lewis Byrne-Hewitt (47), Kenny Davis (82)

P.O.M: Henoc Mukendi (Stockport)

“I really think we deserved more in this game. Their goals were lucky and we were just unlucky. But it wasn’t bad taking away from home is always nice.”

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SCOTT SPENCER
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APPEARNCE: 12 (2) | GOALS: 15 | ASSISTS: 3 | AVG RATING: 7.61

What a start to the year for not only the team but Scott. He’s really hitting his straps and in fine form. He’s already scored more goals than the whole of last season. Hopefully he can keep working hard and banging in goals.

th3king · Jan 6, 2015

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SEASON TWO: OCTOBER

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I really nice start to the year only losing only one game in two months. We really need to keep winning and putting pressure on the teams around us, as well as making sure we don’t get complacent.

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STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. GRIMSBY

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Scott Spencer (50) ; Jordan Gibbons (pen 52), Craig Clay (58), Aswad Thomas (90 + 4)

P.O.M: Craig Clay (Grimsby)

“Second loss of the year and it game to a very weak Grimsby Town. We were quite unlucky, but they were the ones that finished off chances and deserved the win on the day.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. BRISTOL ROVERS

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Scott Spencer (6, 41, pen 63), McCauley Shillito (53) ; Angelo Balanta

P.O.M: Scott Spencer (Stockport)

“Great turn around after losing to Grimsby, we really dominated this game with Scott Spencer scoring ah well deserved Hat-trick. He just keeps on scoring, it’s unbelievable.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. AFC WIMBLEDON

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James Tunnicliffe (37) ; Harry Pell (pen 65), Reise Allassani (72)

P.O.M: Reise Allassani (AFC Wimbledon)

“F*** this game. I left for a tea and scones at half time. We scored in the first half, but it was very lucky and they were just all over us.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. WOKING

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Scott Spencer (5), Richie Baker (41), Henoc Mukendi (69, 79)

P.O.M: Henoc Mukendi (Stockport)

“We must frustrate the pundits hey. Great win and hopefully we can continue maybe a little run to finish off the month. To add also, great for Mukendi to be scoring. He’s had a few injury trouble in his time at the club and to see him putting in some really good shifts is great.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. LINCOLN

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Wes Baynes (2, 70), Cameron Murray (12), Liam Truslove (17), Scott Spencer (22), Scott Duxbury (81)

P.O.M: Wes Baynes (Stockport)

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“Wonderful destroying performance by us. Lincoln never stood a chance once they went down 4-0 in the 22nd minute. And we go again.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. WHITEHAWK

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Henoc Mukendi (1, 3, pen 5), Scott Spencer (9, 49, 76) ; Jordan Fagbola (o.g. 30), Marvin Morgan (35)

P.O.M: Scott Spencer (Stockport)

We're gonna win the league, we're gonna win the league, now you gotta believe us, now you gotta believe, now you gotta believe us, we're gonna win the league...

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STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. NUNEATON

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Scott Spencer (7); Craig Curran (49, pen 69)

P.O.M: Craig Curran (Nuneaton)

“Guess we can put our full focus and energy into the league. The money would be nice, but getting promotion it more important that a little cup run, in my eyes.”

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APPEARNCE: 7 | GOALS: 10 | ASSISTS: 2 | AVG RATING: 7.99

It’s just that simple, he can’t stop scoring. He now has 20 goals in 16 league starts. The man is sending fear through everyone’s defensive lines.

Does anyone know the Conference Premier scoring record? You’d almost have to back in this form.

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th3king · Jan 7, 2015

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SEASON TWO: NOVEMBER & DECEMBER

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I really nice start to the year only losing only one game in two months. We really need to keep winning and putting pressure on the teams around us, as well as making sure we don’t get complacent.

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JORDAN ALABI

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One of the biggest scalps I been able to bring in while being manager of the club. A very good target man who can dribble, and the mental attributes of a player much older. He was also being targeted by Gillingham in League 2, so I was really happy to get him to Edgeley Park.

LIAM KINSELLA

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I needed to bring in added cover for both Right Back and Central Midfield so bringing in Liam was a way of killing two birds with one stone. A wonderful play with loads of potential, I really see him becoming a solid first team player for now and the future.

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STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. ALDERSHOT

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Liam Truslove (45), Wes Baynes (65), Marcel Barrington (72); Greg Bull (56)

P.O.M: Wes Baynes (Stockport)

“Awesome game from the boys. Aldershot were languishing at the bottom of the table but were a team that had the talent to beat anyone on their day. I was just happy to come home with all three points. ”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. GATESHEAD

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McCauley Shillito (50), Cameron Murray (79) ; Danny Hayes (24), Elliot Whitehouse (pen 77)

P.O.M: Cameron Murray (Stockport)

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“Really am proud of how we played. We were in the box seat most of the match, we were consistently breaking through there defence we were just unable to finish off the chances we were handed. And I don’t want to blame anyone, but Richie Baker missed a penalty late on.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. BRACKLEY

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Cameron Murray (12), Liam Truslove (31), Henoc Mukendi (64), Scott Spencer (82); Andreas Dimitriou (9), Matt Harold (67)

P.O.M: Liam Truslove (Stockport)

“Another team who were struggling in the relegation zone but had a squad that could challenge anyone. Lucky for us they were poor. Even though we weren’t great, we were still able to get the three points and continue putting pressure on other teams to get results.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. WREXHAM

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Ryan Croasdale (87)

P.O.M: Ryan Croasdale (Wrexham)

“Really unlucky in this game, we were on top for the whole game until a late header from Ryan Croasdale. Wrexham were really solid and played most of their players behind the ball for the entirety of the game, but a game we should’ve won.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. NUNEATON

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Henoc Mukendi (28), Richie Baker (47) ; Craig Curran (48, 62)

P.O.M: Craig Curran (Nuneaton)

“Really poor from the lads, Nuneaton are a team that we are expected to beat, and if we want to get promoted, they are a team that we need to beat. We were unable to do it, so hopefully is doesn’t come back to bight us in the ***.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. CHELMSFORD

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Scott Spencer (14, 19, 20, 40, 77), Cameron Murray (42) ; Nicky Nicolau (49), Ben Pring (66), Amir Berkane (pen 75)

P.O.M: Scott Spencer (Stockport)
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“I don’t really know what to say. I was completely gobsmacked and utterly amazed. Scott Spencer is a god.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. ALTRINCHAM

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Scott Spencer (44), Henoc Mukendi (57, 66)

P.O.M: Henoc Mukendi (Stockport)

“Another win on the board for the Hatters. We played solid in defence and created chances up front. Henoc with another double is absolutely fantastic. He’s really developing well and becoming a real key player.”

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Could this be the worst news of my whole career? I have relied heavily on this man through both seasons and now he's gone from for the rest of this one?

Will he come back the same player?

WILL HE EVER PLAY AGAIN, FOR STOCKPORT COUNTY?

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STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. AFC TELFORD

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Henoc Mukendi (5, 16) ; Ryan Higgins (14)

P.O.M: Henoc Mukendi (Stockport)

“Pretty simple win, nothing much happened after the first 15 minutes. Great to see Mukendi is still improving and playing really well after quite an average start to the year due to injury and poor form.”

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WES BAYNES
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APPEARANCE 9| GOALS: 1 | ASSISTS: 8 | AVG RATING: 7.99

I did it, I actually did it. With Scott Spencer dominating again with 5 goals in 1 game, I could’ve easily given it to him. But, West Baynes has been dominating down the ride side bombing up and getting assist after assist after assist. The man has easily been the best facilitator in the league closely followed by Scott Duxbury.

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SCORAH: A WANTED MAN

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th3king · Jan 7, 2015

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SEASON TWO: JANUARY & FEBRUARY

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We really need to keep up our good start to the season and keep putting points on the board after the halfway point. With Scott Spencer out for the rest of the season we will really need to pull together and keep goals coming from everyone.

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STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. WELLING

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P.O.M: Jim Scorah (Stockport)

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“Absolute demolition of Welling, who are scrapping through only just above the relegation zone. They had one shot on goal and we had thirty shots in the game, with 15 on target. They had no chance of beating the mighty Hatters.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. BARNET

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P.O.M: Olly Lee (Stockport)

“We unlucky to come away from this game without at least a point. We played well but just weren’t able to finish off chances. Hats off to Barnet though, they got the lead and played in a structure that was hard to break down. We tried to push for the whole second half but just were able to get anything from the game.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. SOUTHPORT

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P.O.M: James Alabi (Stockport)

“This game was actually really even from start to finish. We were just able to find better opportunities to score and in particular finish them off. Great to see new signing James Alabi getting a brace in the game. He seems to be a much better finisher than what we had, and is able to score more often from clear cut chances.”

MORECOMBE VS. STOCKPORT COUNTY

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P.O.M: Shaun Beeley (Morecombe)

“Morecombe are a really strong team, and they were just better on the day. Morecombe have really made their home ground a fortress and we were added to the list of beaten opponents.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. MACCLESFIELD

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P.O.M: McCauley Shillito (Stockport)

“Fairly easy win for us. Maccelsfield were never threatening and we just seemed to control the game from start to finish. Three more points to add to the tally.”

DARTFORD VS. STOCKPORT COUNTY

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P.O.M: Ryan Hayes (Dartford)

“A great way to end the month with an away win. Dartford played reasonably well but we never really looked like losing after gaining a 2-0 lead early on. McCauley Shillito had a really good end to the month and played really well in this game despite getting player of the match. One of their players winning player of the match was an absolute joke.”

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STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. BARNET

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P.O.M: Henoc Mukendi (Stockport)

“This was a great win for us. Barnet have always been a stronger team in the league and to be able to beat them and as comfortably as this is credit to the boys and shows just how much the squad has grown since last year.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. GRIMSBY

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P.O.M: Jordan Fagbola (Stockport)

“What an exciting game this was. Grimsby pushed us for the whole game and very in front up until the 52nd minute. We should have won this game more convincingly if you were to look at the stats, but a win is a win and we are into the next round.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. MACCLESFIELD

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P.O.M: Cameron Murray (Stockport)

“Some more success in the cup. Macclesfield were no match for us, we really pushed them early, but were unable to get the rewards. But credit to the boys who kept working and were able to secure the victory.”

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Is very close at the top of the table. We are sitting one point off top with a game in hand, and nine points off 6th so the pressures definitely on to get results. We have easily the best Goal Difference and have scored nearly one hundred goals in the season.

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JORDAN FAGBOLA

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APPEARANCE: 7 | GOALS: 4 | ASSISTS: 2 | AVG RATING: 7.66

Jordan has been a very consistent performer over the two years I’ve been at the club. He’s really starting to hit his straps and becoming a goal threat especially at set pieces.
Definitely a player who is improving with every game he plays and is an integral part in our first team.

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I'm not going to lie, I didn't see this much potential in the kid. I mean, he's got alright stats for a young guy I guess. None of these offers are really making me go, 'WOW, I NEED THAT MONEY', so I think I'll be keeping him for a little while longer.

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I had a couple of job offers, but there's no chance I'm leaving the mighty Hatters.

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th3king · Jan 8, 2015

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EX-LIVERPOOL AND COUNTRY ICON COULD BE THE BRAINS BEHIND THE RISE?

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It’s been just over eighteen months since Stockport County took the risk on the man who goes by the name of, Th3 King, and it has been arguably the best decision the board of the ex-championship club has ever made. He has brought back an atmosphere at the club that can be felt as soon as you walk through the gate at Edgeley Park. It’s a feeling of success. This man has completely changed a club who were continuing to fall down the English Football pyramid since playing in the Championship only thirteen years ago. The most unusual part of this story though is the fact that this man has never been seen, nor does anyone know who he is.

A twist in this story has been brought to our attention in the last few hours. An anonymous source close to the club has leaked information about the identity of Th3 King.

Many football followers in England and all over the word should know the name, Harry Kewell. Harry was born in Sydney, Australia on the 22nd of September 1978, where he was known as a footballing prodigy from a young age. At the tender age of 15, a young Harry Kewell who was being monitored by many high profile clubs in Europe, was offered a trail by premiership club, Leeds United.

From then on, Harry started to become a well-known name in Australian football. While still playing for Leeds’s Youth Team, Harry made is first international appearance for Australia, making him the youngest player to don the yellow and green at the age of 17 years and 7 months. Harry then went on to make 243 appearances for Leeds United scoring 63 goals and becoming a fan favourite both for the English club and the Australian national team.

After rejecting more financially enticing offers from teams such as Milan, Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Barcelona, Kewell moved to Liverpool and was handed the famous number 7 shirt. Harry was plagued by injuries all throughout his time at Liverpool playing 123 matches in 5 years, scoring 23 goals. He became in the only Australian-born player to win the UEFA Champions League, when Liverpool won the competition in 2005. After slowly becoming a passenger at Liverpool, Kewell moved to Galatasaray in 2008. He was again plagued by injury in his time at the Turkish club playing 83 times and scoring 35 goals in a 3 year period.

Eventually Harry came back to play in Australia’s domestic league for Melbourne Victory, where he was loved by all fans of Australian Football. Kewell announced his retirement from professional football in 2014 at the age of 35.

Kewell has always been a player who has liked his privacy and usually went about his business out of the eye of the media. Many people believe this is exactly why he kept his identity a secret. People close to the ex-Liverpool man have also come out and told the media that these reports are incorrect and that Harry never accepted a managerial offer from Stockport.

th3king · Jan 8, 2015

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SEASON TWO: FEBRUARY

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We’re coming into the run in to the end of the season, and it looks to be very tense and tight in the league. We need to keep getting results, but with the FA Trophy Semi Final Legs also coming up, it’ll be my job to manage the condition of the players to get maximum points.

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STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. KIDDERMINSTER

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P.O.M: Richie Baker (Stockport)

“We were again too good for Kidderminster after playing them two days earlier in the FA Trophy Semi. We seem to be very similar to the Liverpool of 2013/14, we struggle to keep goals out but boy do we score.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. BRAINTREE

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P.O.M: Austin Lipman (Stockport)

“Shocking performance by us. Absolutely nothing went our way, which was outlined to the fact that our keeper was injured and we had no keeper on the bench. Fofana tried his best, but there was no way he was going to keep goals out of our net.”

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STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. KIDDERMINSTER

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P.O.M: Henoc Mukendi (Stockport)

“I tell you know, we deserved way more than a 1-0 win. We really dominated Kidderminster, they barely had control of the ball and couldn’t construct any quality chances. The stat that really shows the difference in performances of both teams was definitely Clear Cut Chances. We had 8, they had 1. First leg win to Stockport County.”

STOCKPORT COUNTY VS. KIDDERMINSTER

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P.O.M: McCauley Shillito (Stockport)

“STOCKPORT ARE INTO THE FINAL. What an absolute beauty of a game. We came from behind to get the draw and winning 4-3 on aggregate. We really showed the desire to win and I’m so proud of the boys.”

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Top of the league with a game in hand over Gateshead. So with 11 games to go, the pressure is on to keep getting results in our favour. We have a game to play against Gateshead early in April, so hopefully we’ve wrapped up the league by then, but if not It could come down to the result of that game.

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HENOC MUKENDI

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APPEARANCE 4 | GOALS: 4 | ASSISTS: 1 | AVG RATING: 7.52

Henoc Mukendi has really started to shake off his indifferent performances of earlier in his Stockport Career and started to become a very lively centre forward. While Spencer has been out, Henoc has become the main man up front and has scored 24 goals in 30 starts this season.

The goals he’s been scoring have been class and without him, I don’t know where we’d be. Hopefully he can keep improving as he is only 22, and become a real threat as we go through the leagues.

damolux · Jan 18, 2015

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