Stockport County

When I was growing up in Manchester (ok, greater Manchester) Stockport was my closest fair-sized town. Went into the Merseyway shopping centre fairly regularly with my mother, and used to go and buy my rock and folk LPs at a place that was down the hill, I think on Great Underbank, although I wouldn't swear to it (looong time ago). Even saw Keef Hartley at the Stockport College of Technology, as it then was. Revised for my A levels in Stockport Central Library that spring. Happy times.
I've often thought that if I'd stayed in Manchester, I would probably have supported County as a lower league club as well as City, and indeed went to Edgley Park a few times because it was on Friday nights, and I simply couldn't get enough live football in those days. By God but it was a pokey little ground then. The Cheadle End sometimes used to give it the big one about both City and United from time to time. Touching, really.
There's a logical catchment area to support County in League One, easily, and maybe in the Championship. North Manchester was well served in those days — Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, sad that so many of them have fallen on hard times — and there was something of an imbalance.
Glad to see them doing well, frankly. As for them beating us and gloating about it donkeys years ago, I just can't be bothered to hate them for it now. I haven't got the negative energy. They had their moment in the sun. We are the Champions League holders, three successive Premier League holders and (I am afraid) now a global franchise. Can I really be bothered to care about the fact that a team that's just got back into the league once beat us, during the nanosecond in which our paths crossed? Really not.
Hope they go up.
 
Sorry, cant forgive their scrote club and fans for how they treated us when we were shit....announced one of our results at the ground referring to us as Donkeys.

I was in corporate for the City 3-1 defeat and could see Megson (out of view of the City fans} goading on the County fans when they were singing about how shit we are during that defeat.

Fuck em.
 
I used to go in the late 60’s on Friday nights, my Dad let me go there as it was close but wasn’t allowed to go to Maine Rd until later. Always had a soft spot until they got too big got their boots. I remember being at Edgeley Park when we were away at Macc as I couldn’t get a ticket. For the whole game they sang about us, none stop for 90 mins. All this after time and again we played friendlies to give them money. Tbe final straw was the 3-1, my worst ever day watching City, in the away end and we were embarrassed by them. For me they are nothing now and won’t ever be again.
 
standupifyouhatemanu said:
I used to go in the late 60’s on Friday nights, my Dad let me go there as it was close but wasn’t allowed to go to Maine Rd until later. Always had a soft spot until they got too big got their boots. I remember being at Edgeley Park when we were away at Macc as I couldn’t get a ticket. For the whole game they sang about us, none stop for 90 mins. All this after time and again we played friendlies to give them money. Tbe final straw was the 3-1, my worst ever day watching City, in the away end and we were embarrassed by them. For me they are nothing now and won’t ever be again.
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Well if you're lucky, if they get promoted and we get relegated to league 2 we won't have to play them that season. Perhaps we'll pass each other for the following season and you can wave to them as they drop back down.
 
Stockport County back in League One after a comfortable 2-0 win today. First time they've been in the third tier since 2009. 15 years ago. Promoted alongside Wrexham. Two clubs who spent years in the non-leagues that have come back to life after being given proper money and proper resources. Wish them both well, especially Stockport. Grew up in the shadow of Edgeley Park, been to dozens of games down the years, a huge crowd of 10,000 today - even in the National League North they were getting 5,000 and 6,000, way more than anyone else down there.

Edgeley Park could be welcoming the likes of Birmingham, Sheffield Wednesday, and QPR next season. Edgeley has seriously suffered without County getting big away games in all those years they've spent in the doldrums, but Stockport's on the rise again and the town is properly buzzing. The worldwide success of Blossoms, the association with our very own 'Stockport Iniesta', County on the up, more and more people coming to the town to live and work, huge redevelopments in the pipeline. Has never felt better to be a part of this town.

Born here in 1994. Lived here til 2012. Being a kid in Stockport, you had two choices for entertainment: go and sit on Stockport Gardens or go round your mate's house. There was fuck all else. Moved back in 2018. And now look at the place. Edgeley will be booming tonight and there's gonna be a lot of sore heads in the SK3 postcode come Sunday morning. This is only the beginning as well. For the first time in my 30 years on this planet Stockport's an exciting place to be and long may its good fortunes continue to be tied to County's.
 
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