Stockport County
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| Surname | Stockport County Football Club | |||
| founding | 1883 | |||
| Website | stockportcounty.com | |||
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| Venue | Edgeley Park , Stockport | |||
| Places | 10,832 | |||
| league | National League | |||
| 2019/20 | 8th place | |||
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Stockport County (officially Stockport County Football Club ) is an English football club from Stockport , Greater Manchester . The club plays its home games at Edgeley Park and has been nicknamed The Hatters ( German the Hatter ) since Stockport regarded as a center of English hat industry. The team has been participating in the National League since the 2019/20 season.
history
Stockport County was founded in 1883 by members of the Wycliffe Congressional Church under the name Heaton Norris Rovers , and played the first official game in October 1884. On May 24, 1890, the name was changed to Stockport County Football Club .
The club played until the license was granted for the Football League Second Division , the second highest English division at the time, in 1900 in the Lancashire League . After relegation in the meantime, this affiliation was regained in 1904.
In 1989, the Uruguayan Danny Bergara took over the club as the first non-European coach and led it through the following six years. In the 1988/89 season he reached with the club the league in the fourth division, then called Football League Fourth Division , and thus prevented relegation to the Conference National . The following year he led the club to fourth place and qualified for the promotion play-offs. In two games, however, the team lost 6-0 in total against Chesterfield FC and missed the possible promotion.
In the 1997/98 season Stockport played for the first time in over 60 years in the second highest English division - the First Division (today's Football League Championship ). However, from 2002 the crash into the fourth league, which could be compensated somewhat by the rise in 2008 in Football League One .
After the unsatisfactory 2009/10 season, in which only five wins this season were won, which resulted in relegation to the fourth division, head coach Gary Ablett left the club. As his successor, Paul Simpson, who had previously been dismissed from Shrewsbury Town , took over the reins on the sidelines in July 2010 . At the end of the 2010/11 season, the club had to move into the fifth division, the Conference National , with position 24 .
Hall of Fame
The club's own Hall of Fame (German: Hall of Fame) was created on October 12, 2002 as a souvenir for the first home win in the Football League Second Division , which was realized a hundred years earlier with a 2-1 home win against Manchester United . As a result, a selection of players were inducted into the Stockport County Hall of Fame .
The following 20 players were honored with the establishment of the Stockport County Hall of Fame :
- Andy Thorpe , Bobby Murray , Mike Flynn , John Rutter , Jim Gannon , Jack Connor , Alf Lythgoe , Kevin Francis , Frank Newton , Brett Angell , Brendan Elwood , Trevor Porteous , Alan Ogley , Sean Connelly , Jim Fryatt , Bill Atkins , Bill Williams , Jimmy Stevenson , Bill Bocking , Joe Butler
In May 2004, three more players were accepted into the Hall of Fame:
In April 2005 and May 2006 there were further admissions into the Hall of Fame:
Stadion
The home ground of the club is Edgeley Park , which has 10,832 seats . The stadium has hosted Stockport County's home games since 1902, and the club shares the arena with the Sale Sharks , a rugby union team.
successes
- Masters Division Three (North) : 1922, 1937
- Champion Division Four (now Football League Two ): 1967
- Football League Third Division North Cup : 1934/35
- Champions Lancashire League: 1900
- Master Lancashire Combination: 1905
- Manchester Senior Cup: 1898, 1899, 1915, 1923
- Cheshire Medal: 1923, 1925, 1929, 1930, 1931
- Cheshire Bowl: 1934, 1949, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963
- Cheshire Friendly Trophy: 1966, 1967
- Cheshire Premier Cup: 1970, 1971
Coach chronicle
As the first coach in the club's history, the Englishman Fred Stewart took over the office in 1894 and led the club for the next 17 years, this is also the longest term of office of a head coach at Stockport County. Since then, a total of 43 coaches have taken over the reins on the sidelines and have stayed in this position for around 2½ years on average.
Statistics and records
Club records
Home & away games
- Biggest home win in the Football League : (13-0; January 6, 1934 vs. Halifax Town )
- Biggest home defeat in the Football League : (0: 6; February 2, 1961 vs. Peterborough United )
- Biggest away win in the Football League : (7-1; September 18, 1965 vs. Bradford City )
- Biggest away defeat in the Football League : (1: 8; April 1902 vs. Chesterfield FC )
Season records
- Most goals scored this season in the Football League : (115; 1933/34 in the Third Division North )
- The fewest goals scored this season in the Football League : (27; 1969/70 in the Fourth Division )
- Most goals conceded in a Football League season : (102; 2001/02 in First Division )
- Fewest goals conceded in a Football League season : (21; 1921/22 in Third Division North )
Attendance records
- Highest attendance at a Football League home game : (27,304; May 1, 1937 vs. Lincoln City )
- Lowest attendance at a Football League home game : (1039; Feb.15, 1985 vs. Southend United )
Player records
Mission and goal records
- Most league appearances : Andy Thorpe (489; 1978–1985, 1988–1992)
- Most league goals : Jack Connor (132; 1951–1956)
- Most goals this season : Alf Lythgoe (46; 1933/34)
Age records
- The youngest player in the Football League : Paul Turnbull (16 years and 97 days; April 30, 2005 vs. Wrexham FC )
- The oldest player in the Football League : Alex Herd (47 years and 40 days; December 25, 1951 vs. Crewe Alexandra )
Web links
- Official homepage of the association (English)
- Season manner overview of the club rankings on fchd.info (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stockport hero Danny Bergara dies (BBC Sport)
- ↑ Final 1988/89 English Division 4 Table (Soccerbase)
- ↑ Final 1989/90 English Division 4 Table (Soccerbase)
- ↑ English Div 4 Play-off 1989/90 (Soccerbase)
- ^ Paul Simpson named Stockport County manager (BBC Sport)
- ↑ stockportcounty.com: Hall of Fame , accessed January 3, 2020
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o stockportcounty.com: Honors & Records , accessed on January 3, 2020