Statistics

Match Summary
Biggest Home Win	5-4	30/09/24 v Maine Road (The Macron Cup)
Biggest Away Win	6-2	14/09/24 v AFC Liverpool (Premier Division)
Biggest Home Defeat	2-4	12/08/24 v Glossop North End (Premier Division)
Biggest Away Defeat	1-4	31/08/24 v FC St Helens (Premier Division)
Highest Drawn Home Game	1-1	29/07/24 v West Didsbury & Chorlton (Premier Division)
Highest Drawn Away Game	0-0	21/08/24 v Cheadle Town (Premier Division)
Highest Aggregate Home Scoreline	9	5-4 30/09/24 v Maine Road (The Macron Cup)
Highest Aggregate Away Scoreline	8	6-2 14/09/24 v AFC Liverpool (Premier Division)

 

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	9		10		19
Won	4	44.44%	5	50.00%	9	47.37%
Drawn	1	11.11%	1	10.00%	2	10.53%
Lost	4	44.44%	4	40.00%	8	42.11%
Scored	14	1.56	18	1.80	32	1.68
Conceded	16	1.78	16	1.60	32	1.68

 

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Emirates F.A Cup	Extra Preliminary Round	1-2	1874 Northwich	(H)
The Isuzu FA Vase	1st Round	v	West Didsbury & Chorlton	(A)
	To be played on Sat 19/10/24
The Macron Cup	1st Round	5-4	Maine Road	(H)
Cheshire Senior Cup	1st Round	v	Winsford United	(H)
	To be played on Mon 21/10/24

 

Home Attendance Summary
Average Attendance	9 games	237

 

Number of Games Since
Last Win	0 games
Last Defeat	1 game
Goalless Draw	12 games
Score Draw	17 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	1 game
Clean Sheet	4 games

 

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	5	26.32%	3	15.79%
One	5	26.32%	6	31.58%
Two	6	31.58%	7	36.84%
Three	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Four	1	5.26%	3	15.79%
Five or more	2	10.53%	0	0.00%

 

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	4	12.50%	6	0.00%	4	6.25%
16-30	4	12.50%	2	6.25%	6	9.38%
31-45	8	25.00%	6	18.75%	14	21.88%
46-60	5	15.63%	4	12.50%	9	14.06%
61-75	1	3.13%	9	28.13%	10	15.63%
76-90	10	31.25%	5	15.63%	15	23.44%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
105-120	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%

 

History

Football has been played at the site of Woodley Sports Village for many years including the previous teams of Woodley Sports and Stockport Sports. Both have now ceased to be and the site was redeveloped in 2012 into the modern sports facility you see today. Stockport Town FC began in February 2014 and developed a first-team squad in preparation for the 2014/15 season. The club, led by manager Calum Sykes, proceeded through a campaign of friendly fixtures and the club's first ever non-competitive match at Stockport Sports Village (SSV) came against Stalybridge Celtic in July 2014 although they lost 5-0. The first season included 35 games against various first and reserve teams with 17 wins. In 2015 Town were accepted into the North West Counties Division 1. The first league game at SSV was a 2-2 draw with Widnes FC in front of a crowd of 78. In their first competitive season they achieved an excellent 4th place finish with 63 points. In the following 2016-7 season in December, Town suffered a mauling and their record defeat of 0-10 to AFC Liverpool. Calum Sykes moved on to pastures new at New Mills and was replaced by Dave Wild. Fortunes turned around as they then lost only 4 of the 18 games he was in charge, finishing in 10th with 64 points and scoring 92 goals. The 2017-8 season was similar in many respects, finishing 10th again, on 53 points, but with another heavy defeat (8-1) away at Prestwich Heys and another change of manager in March with Dave Wild and staff joining Mossley. Jake Davies and Tom Upton took charge for 11 games before Alan Lord was named as manager for the next season, with the two of them in support. The 2018-9 season saw the North West Counties League expanded and Division One was divided into North and South. Town were allocated to Division One South and as it happens, yet again, they finished mid table in 10th with 53 points! 10th place was clearly becoming something of a habit now, finishing in that position on 37 points after just 29 games of the 2019-2020 season as it fizzled out, truncated by Covid, although Town did rack up a great 8-2 record (home) win against Maine Road along the way. More managerial and ownership changes were afoot just before the season trickled to that early finish. Robbie Savage joined the club in the November with the object of helping young players who had been released by other clubs to get back into the game. In December 2019 Carlos Roca took over as Chairman and oversaw the season’s premature end and (yet again!) 10th place finish.
Football began to get going again in the 2020-21 season, albeit somewhat chaotically due to various COVID restrictions. Robbie Savage departed for Macclesfield Town in the October and Town finished a theoretical 4th having played 8, won 4 and on 14 points. It is worth saying at this point that through Town’s first half dozen season’s crowds had been modest (generally double-digit figures), changes were coming. In July 2021 Stockport County owner Mark Stott acquired a controlling interest and appointed Matt Jensen as manager, cementing a 2018 agreement between the clubs to share management and coaching knowhow, also signing County legend Paul Turnbull from Curzon Ashton. Mid-season Paul replaced Matt Jensen as player manager with Mike Jeffries as his assistant. Experienced players Tom Morris, Scott Maguire and Sam Hare also joined the squad from 1874 Northwich. Town finished in about their customary mid-table position of 11th on 48 points. The 2022-23 season saw the arrival of James Vincent bringing considerable experience of Scottish topflight football – a 3rd place Premier League finish and two cup finals including scoring the winner against Falkirk in the 2015 Cup Final! Things improved on the pitch seeing Town finish 2nd on 92 points, one short of the champions Wythenshawe. Town lost in the play off semi-final to Cheadle Town 2-0 thanks to very late 83rd and 97th minute goals from the visitors. The 2023-24 season saw Town compete for the first time in the two FA competitions, Cup and Vase, losing in the Cup Extra Preliminary Round 1-0 at home to Ramsbottom Utd and away at Maltby Main3-1 in the Vase. The league that season was dominated by runaway leaders Brocton, but Town finished 2nd and were in the play-offs yet again. By now home crowds were routinely in the mid 200s. After a nail-biting victory over Droylsden in the semi-final, there was heartbreak in losing to Abbey Hey on penalties but in front of a record crowd of 904. Promotion however was still secured unusually by virtue of some league re-organisation liberating another place which was awarded on the basis of points per game. Some notable players left at the end of the 2023-24 season, including top scorer Dan McLaughlin but with many new signings made over the summer and the retention of other key players Town look ahead to the new season with confidence. Town have worked hard to make a family-friendly, inclusive club and a good loyal supporter base has emerged from humble beginnings, earning praise for fairplay awards and even from ground-hopping fans giving it 10/10 for its (Gt North Pie Co) pies and pints! The club is pleased to support local charities including Widowed and Young for which there is an annual fund-raising match. One of the red and black flags displayed at games has the slogan “one man and his dog” – a reference to the modest crowds of the early days, that is no longer the case thankfully!