• Stockport County

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 8:54 pm**

Congratulations to Stockport County who after an 11 year absence will be back in the football league next season. We had a great rivalry with them in the late 80's and early 90's and its good to get a proper north west football club back in the league.

Hopefully it won't be too soon but I reckon in the next 10-20 years Stockport could well become our fierce rivals once again

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 9:02 pm**

Hard to know whether this is a sincere post or not from the OP.

Certainly an unrequited rivalry if ever there was one.

So pretty @£@= fishing to be honest.

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 9:02 pm**

Poor effort, must try harder.

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 9:05 pm**

claretburns wrote: ↑
Sun May 15, 2022 9:02 pm
Poor effort, must try harder.

Deffo a must try harder ... you would have thought he was still celebrating DL getting a 93rd minute equaliser

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 9:10 pm**

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑
Sun May 15, 2022 8:54 pm
Congratulations to Stockport County who after an 11 year absence will be back in the football league next season. We had a great rivalry with them in the late 80's and early 90's and its good to get a proper north west football club back in the league.

Hopefully it won't be too soon but I reckon in the next 10-20 years Stockport could well become our fierce rivals once again

Obviously today's game has taken a lot out of him.

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 9:11 pm**

You'll definitely need to cast far better than that DA, especially as you've got Rileybobs nipping at your heels trying to post like you these days. He'll outdo you soon if you're getting this complacent.

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 9:19 pm**

ksrclaret wrote: ↑
Sun May 15, 2022 9:11 pm
You'll definitely need to cast far better than that DA, especially as you've got Rileybobs nipping at your heels trying to post like you these days. He'll outdo you soon if you're getting this complacent.

What have I got to do with this? And where do I try to post like DA?

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 9:29 pm**

Some strange responses to my post. Not sure why congratulating a fellow NW team on their promotion whilst reminiscing about the old times when we were once rivals would trigger a response from anyone other than to also congratulate them.

I suppose if you are one of these Johnny come lately Premiership glory hunter type fans you probably wouldn't remember us when we were in the lower leagues. Also I guess we've got our fair share of arrogant and uppity fans who now think we are above clubs like Stockport, Halifax and Preston which is a bit sad really cos I like to think we are quite a grounded bunch

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 9:33 pm**

Stockport County, the only time I've ever been spat on at a football match. Lovely bunch

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 9:36 pm**

Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Sun May 15, 2022 9:19 pm
What have I got to do with this? And where do I try to post like DA?

Can you please stop it with your devilish posting as people are associating it with me and when I try to make sensible and well thought-out comments im unfairly judged and presumed to be insincere

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 9:39 pm**

Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Sun May 15, 2022 9:19 pm
What have I got to do with this? And where do I try to post like DA?

That's exactly something DA would say.

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 9:39 pm**

Actually DA I agree it was an away game I looked froward based in cheadle at the time always got a little tasty around the ground before and after the match - ignore the ones with memory lapses it's an age thing

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 9:47 pm**

Stockport County remember them, Friday night football. Some great nights.
As for a rivalry there wasn’t really one was there, they didn’t like us, we weren’t that bothered. A bit like the Leeds/ Man U rivalry, it’s all one sided.

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 10:26 pm**

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑
Sun May 15, 2022 9:36 pm
Can you please stop it with your devilish posting as people are associating it with me and when I try to make sensible and well thought-out comments im unfairly judged and presumed to be insincere

You have to admit, it's hard to tell the difference between when you post rubbish because you're trolling and when you post rubbish that you believe to be true.

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 10:32 pm**

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑
Sun May 15, 2022 9:29 pm
Some strange responses to my post. Not sure why congratulating a fellow NW team on their promotion whilst reminiscing about the old times when we were once rivals would trigger a response from anyone other than to also congratulate them.

I suppose if you are one of these Johnny come lately Premiership glory hunter type fans you probably wouldn't remember us when we were in the lower leagues. Also I guess we've got our fair share of arrogant and uppity fans who now think we are above clubs like Stockport, Halifax and Preston which is a bit sad really cos I like to think we are quite a grounded bunch

they had a weird rivalry and hatred of us, to us they were no more of a rival than Rochdale. Glad they are back though

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 10:34 pm**

Defo pleased they are back, as clubs like that shouldn't not be in the league

Weird, very one sided rivalry though, and they absolutely refused to accept that we didn't give two s**ts about them

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 10:35 pm**

Awful club. Remember going there a couple of times in the 90s and a one sided rivalry. The second time, I remember adult Stockport fans starting on shirt wearing teens. Out of order.
Then, around five years after the play off final, I was talking to a girl in a nightclub queue in Sheffield, who it transpired was a Stockport fan. She was trying to tell me that Stockport had sold all their tickets for Wembley

. When I tried to reason with her lack of logic she slapped me across the face!!!

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 10:45 pm**

shulgin wrote: ↑
Sun May 15, 2022 10:35 pm
Awful club. Remember going there a couple of times in the 90s and a one sided rivalry. The second time, I remember adult Stockport fans starting on shirt wearing teens. Out of order.
Then, around five years after the play off final, I was talking to a girl in a nightclub queue in Sheffield, who it transpired was a Stockport fan. She was trying to tell me that Stockport had sold all their tickets for Wembley . When I tried to reason with her lack of logic she slapped me across the face!!!

This type of confession normally ends with "and we've been married for fifteen years now"

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 10:47 pm**

Lancasterclaret wrote: ↑
Sun May 15, 2022 10:45 pm
This type of confession normally ends with "and we've been married for fifteen years now"

Ha ha. If only. As drunken memories happen she was alright until she said she was a Stockport fan!

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 11:31 pm**

In terms of one sidedness I think Stockport saw us a bit like we see Leeds these days. I did used to enjoy going Edgeley Park back in the day probably a bit like the Leeds fans enjoy coming to Turf Moor

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2022 11:53 pm**

youtube.com/watch?v=L4O7RBsXjbU

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2022 9:57 am**

Saw them play Rochdale at Spotland in the 1950s, Australian Ken Grieves in goal for them, he also played cricket for Lancashire.
A good bat and slip fielder.

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2022 10:05 am**

I don’t quite buy that we didn’t care about them back in the late 80s/early 90s. They certainly hated us more than we hated them but I remember them frequently being a thorn in our side and it being particularly sweet when we beat them.

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2022 11:33 am**

martin_p wrote: ↑
Mon May 16, 2022 10:05 am
I don’t quite buy that we didn’t care about them back in the late 80s/early 90s. They certainly hated us more than we hated them but I remember them frequently being a thorn in our side and it being particularly sweet when we beat them.

Yep this is a fair reflection. It was post the play-off final where they they hung on to the hatred and became really bitter whilst we stopped caring but as you say at time there was some rivalry.

I think it stems form when over a couple of seasons we got them in the Autoglass or whatever it was called and the league cup so played them 6 or 7 times in the space of a couple of seasons. That and all the trouble between Burnley and the cops on that Friday night game

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2022 11:48 am**

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑
Mon May 16, 2022 11:33 am
Yep this is a fair reflection. It was post the play-off final where they they hung on to the hatred and became really bitter whilst we stopped caring but as you say at time there was some rivalry.

I think it stems form when over a couple of seasons we got them in the Autoglass or whatever it was called and the league cup so played them 6 or 7 times in the space of a couple of seasons. That and all the trouble between Burnley and the cops on that Friday night game

Prior to this 1985/6 season i think and another Friday evening game. It poured down so 5 of us opted to go in the stand rather than the open terrace. Just before half time a kid came down, fag in mouth and can't have been older than 11 or 12 to inform us that "Stockport lads usually sit here'. He was sent packing, then at half time it kicked off with said Stockport lads who were sat towards the back of the stand. We had a real issue with the Police too, one kicked us out of the stand into the open end, another wouldn't let us into the away end and sent us back into the stand. Only to be met by the copper who threw us out to threaten us with arrest if we didn't get out.

The next time i went was September 1988 and we all know what happened that evening.

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2022 11:53 am**

Their chairman looking the other way while we lifted the trophy at Wembley sums them up as a club, zero class

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2022 12:10 pm**

I was on a day/night out in Blackpool last June 2021.

On making my way back to the hotel after grabbing a takeaway, we bumped into a group of 4 or 5 lads, all singing " we hate Burnley, we hate Burnley"

Me thinking, are they Blackburn, Preston or Blackpool supporters, i will give them some banter back.

When asking who they supported and being given " Stockport County" I just walked away laughing.

Talking about other one sided rivalries, I was down south last summer visiting my uncle down in Bovey Tracey. We took a a day trip into Plymouth. I was proudly wearing my Burnley home top and the abuse i received was unbelievable.

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2022 12:53 pm**

If Stockport sold all their tickets for Wembley that day, they must have only asked for about 8,000 in the first place. Embarrassing.

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2022 12:56 pm**

I was outside a pub in Manchester about 5 years ago in the smoking area when I got talking to a couple of guys about football. Turns out they were Stockport fans and when I told them I was a Burnley fan I got a punch in the face, lovely bunch.

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2022 4:10 pm**

They still really don’t like us. Had a couple run ins with Stockport fans over the last couple years

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2022 4:25 pm**

Horrid bunch. I wish them nothing other than misfortune.

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2022 4:27 pm**

Rah Rah Rah

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2022 4:28 pm**

30 and counting from the biggest tit on utc.

for shame.

Posted: **Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:43 pm**

Stockport County unveils Edgeley Park expansion plans to nearly double its capacity.

Stockport County launched the next phase of consultation on plans to expand its historic Edgeley Park stadium. The expansion would increase capacity from 10,852 to 18,000. This would include the eastern expansion and enhancement of the historic North Stand (Danny Bergara Stand) and East Stand (Railway End).

The expanded North Stand would provide around 600 more seats, while the new East Stand's capacity would increase from 1366 to around 4500. The North Stand’s historic brick frontage along Hardcastle Road would be retained and repaired as part of the plans. Subject to securing planning permission, the Club is looking to begin work on the North Stand eastern extension in early 2025.

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Posted: **Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:04 pm**

Have they said what the cost will be?

Posted: **Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:22 pm**

And I was there at Wembley when we beat Stockport in the play off final ..both teams fortunes changed that day

Posted: **Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:40 pm**

Carlos the Great wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:22 pm
And I was there at Wembley when we beat Stockport in the play off final ..both teams fortunes changed that day

I'm not sure Stockport's fortunes changed that day. Didn't they get promoted the following season?

[Edit] No, it was three seasons later. But the slump came well after Wembley.

Posted: **Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:42 pm**

dsr wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:40 pm
I'm not sure Stockport's fortunes changed that day. Didn't they get promoted the following season?

I'm sure they didn't - although it did take them another three years to get promoted after which they had five years in the second tier.

Posted: **Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:44 pm**

dsr wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:40 pm
I'm not sure Stockport's fortunes changed that day. Didn't they get promoted the following season?

[Edit] No, it was three seasons later. But the slump came well after Wembley.

Can see edit, we played them the season after relegation and relieved them of Ian Helliwell. Think their fortunes changed that season when palmer was manager and they were down by March.

Posted: **Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:48 pm**

NL Claret wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:44 pm
Can see edit, we played them the following season and relieved them of Ian Helliwell. Think their fortunes changed that season when palmer was manager and they were down by March.

Actually I've just checked the league tables, and was amazed to find that after winning at Wembley in 1994, we obviously finished higher than them in 1994-95, but then they finished higher than us in the league every year till 2000-01. They were relegated from the Championship in 2002, then relegated from League One in 2005, but then got promoted again in 2008. Their disaster period is much later than we thought!

Posted: **Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:53 pm**

claptrappers_union wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:43 pm
Stockport County unveils Edgeley Park expansion plans to nearly double its capacity.

Stockport County launched the next phase of consultation on plans to expand its historic Edgeley Park stadium. The expansion would increase capacity from 10,852 to 18,000. This would include the eastern expansion and enhancement of the historic North Stand (Danny Bergara Stand) and East Stand (Railway End).

The expanded North Stand would provide around 600 more seats, while the new East Stand's capacity would increase from 1366 to around 4500. The North Stand’s historic brick frontage along Hardcastle Road would be retained and repaired as part of the plans. Subject to securing planning permission, the Club is looking to begin work on the North Stand eastern extension in early 2025.

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Equivalent to us expanding Turf Moor to around 40,000

When they are near the middle to bottom of League One, they'll be back averaging around 5,000

Posted: **Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:56 pm**

dsr wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:48 pm
Actually I've just checked the league tables, and was amazed to find that after winning at Wembley in 1994, we obviously finished higher than them in 1994-95, but then they finished higher than us in the league every year till 2000-01. They were relegated from the Championship in 2002, then relegated from League One in 2005, but then got promoted again in 2008. Their disaster period is much later than we thought!

Didn’t Barnes score 5 against them in the Heath season? I think they were promoted along with Bury. Do remember going to Edgeley Park twice in the championship, 0-0 on a very wet Tuesday night stood on open end and a 2-0 win, sat under cover, cannot remember who scored, probably a G.Taylor header

Posted: **Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:00 pm**

Goody1975 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:53 pm
Equivalent to us expanding Turf Moor to around 40,000

When they are near the middle to bottom of League One, they'll be back averaging around 5,000

That said, its in a great spot for Summer gigs etc being a stones throw from the train station

Posted: **Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:07 pm**

ŽižkovClaret wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:00 pm
That said, its in a great spot for Summer gigs etc being a stones throw from the train station

Seen plenty of stones thrown at Edgeley Park, used to get rather lively down there on a Friday night in the 80s.

Posted: **Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:22 pm**

claptrappers_union wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:43 pm

Just looking at that concept image again. Are they actually going to play evening games there?

Posted: **Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:28 pm**

I always used to envy the fact they had Kevin Francis up top for them.

Posted: **Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:35 pm**

NL Claret wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:07 pm
Seen plenty of stones thrown at Edgeley Park, used to get rather lively down there on a Friday night in the 80s.

Pies to ask Jimmy Mullen.

Posted: **Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:38 pm**

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑
Sun May 15, 2022 8:54 pm
Congratulations to Stockport County who after an 11 year absence will be back in the football league next season. We had a great rivalry with them in the late 80's and early 90's and its good to get a proper north west football club back in the league.

Hopefully it won't be too soon but I reckon in the next 10-20 years Stockport could well become our fierce rivals once again

"a great rivalry" are you joking?

Posted: **Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:06 pm**

winsomeyen wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:35 pm
Pies to ask Jimmy Mullen.

I was mental that Friday night we went.
The extra £2 or so to sit in the stand was well worth it Ivan.

Posted: **Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:13 pm**

winsomeyen wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:35 pm
Pies to ask Jimmy Mullen.

The idiot who through the pie at Jimmy was apprehended by the police wasn't he after a number of Burnley fans in the stand who saw the incident reported it?

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