Edgeley Park Saturday, August 17th, 2019 k/o 15:00   National League Attendance: 3,869       Stockport County 2-0 Eastleigh
2019 /20

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An easy train journey from Whitchurch in gently warm sunshine. Then a 10 minutes slow walk from the station to Edgeley Park. Proper old school stadium surrounded by terraces houses and narrow streets. Huge double-decker stand at one end, a scruffy un-used terrace at the other with a lumping great big magnificently ugly brick and iron main stand. But unattractive as the place may be to the eye the whole place felt like football should. Partisan locals of all ages and history oozing out of the woodwork. And nearly 4 thousand crowd who made one heck of a lot of noise. The ultras up in the top of the end stand waving huge flags and relentlessly banging their drums and chants (mostly very melodiously). I loved it. The match was good too. A fair bit of skill on show from time to time and some thumping tackles. The biggest negative (apart from the bloody great pillar almost in front of me) was the home manager (Jim Gannon) who did not stop shouting at the players. He wasn''t coaching - he was instructing. Bloody annoying. Back to the match - Stockport deservedly went ahead but then Eastleigh sort of woke up and pretty much dominated the next 15 minutes. They could easily have (and probably should have) levelled but didn''t. Then a wonder goal - curling 30 yarder - for the second ended it as a contest. A gentle happy stroll back to the station and a direct train back to Whitchurch. A really good day. Happy.