Stockport County Secure place in League One

May 26, 2008

Stockport County secured a place in League One this afternoon beating Rochdale 3-2 in the League Two Play-Off FInal. The defeat for Rochdale means they’ll play in the bottom league for the 35th straight season while County move back up to the third tier after three years in the fourth.

Rochdale took the lead in the game Rory McArdle headed in at the near post but Nathan Stanton scored in his own goal to even the game up going into half time. Anthony Pilkington header in the second half gave County the lead and Liam Dickinson gave County a bit of breathing space with a third.

Adam Rundle grabbed a goal for Rochdale to make the final 15 minutes tight for County. For Stockport manager Jim Gannon it’s step one of his plan with his sights on the Championship

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PFA players of the month - Adebayor - Dickov - Simpson - Smith

March 4, 2008

The PFA players of the month were announced this morning with the awards going Emmanuel Adebayor of Arsenal, Paul Dickov of Blackpool Jay Simpson of Millwall and James Smith of Stockport County.

Emmanuel Adebayo has been sensation this season and stepped into the big boots of Henry playing the loan man role brilliantly scoring 19 goals in the process. In the Championship Paul Dickov had a new lease of life at the seaside on for blBlackpool, on loan from Manchester City the forward scored his first goals for two seasons, for Blackpool he’s netting 5 goals in 5 games, including a classy lobbed finish against Hull in a 2-2 draw.

Jay Simpson another loanee won the award in Division One for Millwall. On loan from Arsenal the attacking midfielder has had a big effect at the New Den helping them fight relegation. Stockport’s James Smith who’s on loan from Liverpool won the award in League Two.

So only Premiership players won the awards and FourFourTwo announced there was 50 top footballers in the league the other day, the PFA don’t agree with that according to the awards today.

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