Edgeley Park
Stockport County V
Fleetwood Town
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Blue Square Premier 7.45pm
By Dave Higgin
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I had never been to
Stockport before and was looking forward to going
as it's always nice to visit new grounds and
another 'ticked off' the growing list of stadiums
visited.
The journey was easy
enough, although Man Utd were at home the same
night so the Motorway was busy. Edgeley Park is
well sign posted once you get close and we managed
to park quite near the stadium without much
trouble.
A few of us met for a
drink at the nearby Sir Robert Peel pub, which had
a friendly atmosphere and served a good pint. The
home fans we spoke to seemed a friendly
enough bunch, with the usual banter going on.
The first impressions
of the ground were good. 'A proper football
ground' as my Dad called it. The away end where we
were sitting had no roof but it was a lovely warm
evening, so it didn't really matter, but better
take a coat just in case. Most of the home fans
were behind the opposite goal in a two tiered
stand which looked quite impressive.
The game started well
with Fleetwood scoring after just two minutes. It
was a bit frantic at times and when Stockport
equalised, it was definitely game on. Fleetwood
were flying after half time and raced into a
3-1 lead, but Stockport pegged one back to make it
3-2. Stockport then threw everything at us and to
be honest I still can't believe they didn't score
again. We managed to breakaway right at the end to
make the final score 4-2, but that didn't really
tell the whole story of the match. The atmosphere
was great although the home fans did seem to get
on their teams back a lot when things weren't
going well.
After the game, the
journey home was fairly easy, although it was a
bit busy on the motorway.
All in all a very
enjoyable experience. Nice ground, reasonable food
prices, decent atmosphere, and a great game
to watch. Would definitely go back again.
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