Stockport County LFC play
in Division 1 North of the FA Women’s National League – this is in the 4th
tier of the women’s football pyramid.
They are in 10th position (out of 12) with 3 points from 6
games.
It’s difficult to find information regarding Stockport County Ladies
History. On their website there is a section
for ‘History’, but when you click on it nothing happens. Also, when you click
on ‘League Table,’ all you get is a list of results – so something is amiss on their
website at the moment.
I did find information on the men’s site stating that the first County
Ladies team was set-up in 1991.
Two years ago, the ladies’ team was brought fully under the same umbrella
as the men’s team, with the same kits and sponsors etc. They also boast 13 ladies’
teams from age 8 up to their senior squad – this all sounds good and at the 4th
Tier of the game, it appears there is a good level of commitment from the whole
club.
This is their first entrance into this seasons FA Cup.
On a personal note, I have an affinity with Stockport because I
used to live there and spent a lot of time near Edgeley Park – this was in the ‘glory’
days when Kevin Francis played up front! For those of you too young to remember,
he was a 6-foot 7 striker and he scored 117 goals in a 4-year spell for the
club.
Like many northern towns, Stockport grew based on the cotton and
allied industries. It was also the centre
of hat making and it is the home to the Stockport hat museum.
When I lived there, the Strawberry Recording Studios was still
in operation and it was famous for recording bands such as the Stone Roses. The
Robinson’s Brewery was in full force and I would often notice a strong ‘Weetabix’
smell at certain times of the day. I spent three months constantly looking up
at large planes heading to Manchester airport and then this novelty wore off
and became the norm – also, the Nelson on the A6 was one of my favourite pubs
of all time. Stockport… my glory
years!
Back to the FA Cup in which the GKA is neutral – our previous round winners Mossely Hill
will be travelling back 164 miles from their victory against Sunderland West
End Ladies to play Stockport County on Sunday 6th October.
We are back to our original stadium – The Field of Hope at Mossley Hill in Liverpool. I am very much looking forward to this and I guess we’ll be heading for penalties 😊. 96 teams will be taking part in the 2nd Qualifying Round.
Come back for information on
our next men’s game…
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