Stockport 0 – 0 Alfreton Town

Stockport: Stockport 01 Glennon 03 Holden (Darkwah 46) 05 O’Donnell 07 McConville 17 Halls 22 Piergianni 24 Edwards 25 Blackburn (Sheridan 76) 32 Connor 18 Rowe 20 Elliott

Stockport definatly played a game of two sides today with the first half showing the home side defending for much of the first half.

The first half could have seen Alfreton go in at the break two up after several mistakes from the County defence, with breaks often coming through the right attacking the left back of the first half Euan Holden who struggled to make a impact to the game.

t half time County only had one shot to their name and that was a tame effort by Tom Elliot from 20yards. With a more attacking mindset needed Jim turned to County youngster Cameron Darkwah in replace of left back Holden. With the teen coming on a impact was soon made as Edwards linked up with Cameron five minutes into the first when the County attacker was brought down in what looked like a penalty to the home fans. Nothing was awarded.

With speed and agility in the County player heads the second half look that to be interesting. The best chance of the game fell to McConville after his effort from outside the box was tipped onto the post by The Reds keeper Joe Day. later in the game several chances fell to County but through individual mistakes nothing materialised.

With just minutes to go Alfreton had the chance to win it as another defensive mistake lead to a one on one situation between Nathan Arnold and Matt Glennon but the striker sent the ball wide of the target.

With today`s attendance at 2802 the fans could defiantly see a improvement in some of the players attitudes. County new boy Joe Connor defiantly made a positive impact towards the midfield today making it a lot stronger, but with constant defensive mistakes County were lucky not to have been beaten today.

Sean McConville still keeps on shining and today`s Man of The Match Performance defiantly was one to remember for the ex-Accrington lad. Tom Elliot also played with some more passion today, although the question does have to be asked if his body contains a football minded brain.

The overall improvement to the squad means that the fans went home with a point in their minds, this point the first for Jim. Lets hope for more and lets hope our season starts from here.

Animo Et Fide