STOCKPORT COUNTY

("County", "Hatters")

Year formed1883
Turned professional1891
Limited company1908
Previous names

Heaton Norris Rovers: 1883 - 1890

Stockport County: 1890 to date

Ground

Edgeley Park, Hardcastle Road, Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire SK3 9DD

(for pictures of the ground click here)

Pitch measurements114 x 72 yards (104 x 66 metres)
Ground capacity10,832
Record attendance at present ground

27,833 v Liverpool, FA Cup 5th round, 11th February 1950 (lost 1-2)

Record League Cup attendance at present ground

16,533 v Norwich City, League Cup 4th round, 1st November 1972 (lost 1-5)

Lowest League Cup attendance at present ground

1,476 v Carlisle United, Littlewoods Challenge Cup 1st round 1st leg, 18th August 1987 (lost 0-1)

Previous grounds

Local parks in Stockport: 1883 - 1889

Green Lane: 1889 - 1902

Edgeley Park: 1902 to date 

League career

The Combination: 1891 - 1894

Lancashire League: 1894 - 1900

Division Two: 1900 - 1904 (not re-elected)

Midland League: 1904 - 1905

Division Two: 1905 - 1921

Division Three (North): 1921 - 1922

Division Two: 1922 - 1926

Division Three (North): 1926 - 1937

Division Two: 1937 - 1938

Division Three (North): 1938 - 1958

Division Three: 1958 - 1959

Division Four: 1959 - 1967

Division Three: 1967 - 1970

Division Four: 1970 - 1991

Division Three/Two: 1991 - 1997

Division One: 1997 - 2002

Division Two/League One: 2002 - 2005

League Two: 2005 - 2008

League One: 2008 - 2010

League Two: 2010 - 2011

Blue Square Premier: 2011 - 2013

Blue Square North / National League North: 2013 - 2019

National League: 2019 - 2022

League Two: 2022 - 2024

League One: 2024 - .

First Football League game1 September 1900 v Leicester Fosse, Division Two, drew 2-2
  
Honours 
EuropeanNone
Domestic - League

Division Two runners-up: 1996-97

Division Three (North) champions: 1921-22, 1936-37

Division Three (North) runners-up: 1928-29, 1929-30

Division Four / League Two champions: 1966-67, 2023-24

Division Four runners-up: 1990-91

National League champions: 2021-22

Lancashire League champions: 1899-1900

Domestic - Cup

Autoglass Trophy runners-up: 1991-92, 1992-93

Division Three (North) Cup winners: 1934-35

Division Three (North) Cup runners-up: 1933-34

Best League position8th, Division One, 1997-98
Lowest League position

24th, Division Four / League Two, 1964-65, 1973-74, 2010-11

Furthest in FA Cup5th round, 1934-35, 1949-50, 2000-01
Furthest in League CupSemi-final, 1996-97
  
Most League points 
2 for a win

64, Division Four, 1966-67

3 for a win92, League Two, 2023-24
Fewest League points 
2 for a win20, Division Two, 1902-03
3 for a win

25, League One, 2009-10

Most League goals scored

115, Division Three (North), 1933-34

Most League goals conceded

102, Division One, 2001-02

Fewest League goals scored

27, Division Three, 1969-70

Fewest League goals conceded21, Division Three (North), 1921-22
Most wins in a League season

28, Division Three (North), 1928-29, 1929-30

Fewest wins in a League season

5, League One, 2009-10

Most draws in a League season

21, Division Four, 1988-89

Fewest draws in a League season2, Division Three (North), 1946-47
Most losses in a League season

32, Division One, 2001-02

32, League One, 2004-05

Fewest losses in a League season

5, Division Three (North), 1936-37

Record League win

13-0 v Halifax Town, Division Three (North), 6 January 1934

Record Cup win

5-0 v Lincoln City, FA Cup 1st round, 11 November 1995

Record League Cup win

6-3 v Mansfield Town, Coca-Cola Cup 1st round 2nd leg, 26 August 1997

Record defeat

1-8 v Chesterfield, Division Two, 19 April 1902

Record League Cup defeat

0-7 v Crystal Palace, League Cup 2nd round 2nd leg, 4 September 1979

0-7 v Sheffield Wednesday, Littlewoods Challenge Cup 2nd round 2nd leg, 6 October 1986

  
Highest number of League goals scored 
in a season

46, Alf Lythgoe, Division Three (North), 1933-34

in total132, Jack Connor, 1951-56
  
Most League goals scored in one match

5, Joe Smith v Southport, Division Three (North), 7th January 1928

5, Joe Smith v Lincoln City, Division Three (North), 15th September 1928

5, Frank Newton v Nelson, Division Three (North), 21st September 1929

5, Alf Lythgoe v Southport, Division Three (North), 25th August 1934

5, Billy McNaughton v Mansfield Town, Division Three (North), 14th December 1935

5, Jack Connor v Workington, Division Three (North), 8th November 1952

5, Jack Connor v Carlisle United, Division Three (North), 7th April 1956

Top League Cup goalscorer8, Alun Armstrong, 1994-98
Most League appearances489, Andy Thorpe, 1978-86 and 1988-92

Most capped player

9, Jarkko Wiss for Finland

Youngest League playerPaul Turnbull, 16 years 97 days v Wrexham, 30th April 2005
Highest transfer fee received£1,600,000 for Alun Armstrong to Middlesbrough, February 1998
Highest transfer fee paid

£800,000 for Ian Moore from Nottingham Forest, July 1998