2025–26 Stockport County F.C. season

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The 2025–26 season was the 144th season in the history of Stockport County Football Club and their second consecutive season in League One. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

OwnerMark Stott

ChairmanKen Knott

ManagerDave Challinor

StadiumEdgeley Park

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Stockport County

2025–26 season

Owner

Mark Stott

Chairman

Ken Knott

Manager

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League: Kyle Wootton (18)
All: Kyle Wootton (20)

Highest home attendance

10,172 (vs. Bolton Wanderers, 3 August 2025)

Lowest home attendance

1,014 (vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers U21, 2 September 2025)

Average home league attendance

9,503

Biggest win

0–4 (vs. Port Vale, 10 February)

Biggest defeat

0–3 (vs. Luton Town, 8 November)
3–0 (vs. Peterborough United, 20 November)
3–0 (vs. Burton Albion, 24 February)

Home colours

Away colours

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Transfers and contracts

In

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Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2025^[a]	LB	Tayo Edun	Peterborough United	Free	^[1]
1 July 2025^[b]	CB	Christy Grogan	Stoke City		^[2]
1 July 2025^[c]	CB	Joseph Olowu	Doncaster Rovers		^[3]
2 July 2025	LW	Malik Mothersille	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	^[4]
21 July 2025	CB	Arttu Hoskonen	Cracovia	Free	^[5]
2 August 2025	LB	Danny Andrew	Cambridge United	Free	^[6]
14 August 2025	CB	Brad Hills	Norwich City	Undisclosed	^[7]
18 November 2025	RB	Jack Hunt	Bristol Rovers	Free	^[8]
15 January 2026	RB	Josh Dacres-Cogley	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed	^[9]
27 January 2026	CF	Adama Sidibeh	St Johnstone	Undisclosed	^[10]

[a]
The transfer was announced on 19 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Peterborough had ended
[b]
The transfer was announced on 29 May, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Stoke had ended
[c]
The transfer was announced on 18 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Doncaster had ended

Out

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Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
24 June 2025	CB	Sam Hughes	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	^[11]
2 July 2025	CF	Tanto Olaofe	Charlton Athletic		^[12]
31 January 2026	CAM	Ashton Mee	Buxton		^[13]

Loaned in

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Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
18 July 2025	RB	Corey O'Keeffe	Barnsley	5 January 2026^[a]	^[14]^[15]
30 July 2025	CF	Nathan Lowe	Stoke City	6 January 2026^[b]	^[16]^[17]
31 July 2025	LB	Owen Dodgson	Burnley	31 May 2026^[c]	^[18]
1 September 2025	CM	Corey Edwards	Rochdale	31 May 2026^[d]	^[19]^[20]
	CM	Tyler Onyango	Everton	31 May 2026	^[21]
	CM	Ben Osborn	Derby County		^[22]
6 January 2026	CAM	Josh Stokes	Bristol City		^[23]
23 January 2026	RB	Roman Dixon	Everton		^[24]
28 January 2026	CF	Tanto Olaofe	Charlton Athletic		^[25]
2 February 2026	LW	Louie Barry	Aston Villa		^[26]

[a]
On 5 January, O'Keeffe's season-long loan from Barnsley was terminated
[b]
On 6 January, Lowe's season-long loan from Stoke was terminated due to sustaining an injury
[c]
Option to buy when loan deal ends
[d]
On 6 January, Edwards' loan from Rochdale was extended until the end of the season

Loaned out

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Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
25 June 2025	LB	Ryan Rydel	Exeter City	31 May 2026	^[27]
16 August 2025	GK	Andrew Wogan	Chester	29 August 2025^[a]	^[28]^[29]
19 August 2025	GK	Cian O'Shea	Avro	17 September 2025	^[30]
1 September 2025	RB	Jay Mingi	Crewe Alexandra	23 January 2026^[b]	^[31]^[32]
1 September 2025	RB	Jid Okeke	Walsall	5 January 2026^[c]	^[33]^[34]
5 December 2025	CB	Christy Grogan	Aldershot Town	12 April 2026^[d]	^[35]^[36]
20 January 2026	CM	Owen Moxon	Wigan Athletic	31 May 2026	^[37]
23 January 2026	RB	Jay Mingi	Forest Green Rovers		^[32]
28 January 2026	RW	Jayden Fevrier	Charlton Athletic		^[38]
2 February 2026	RB	Jid Okeke	Walsall		^[39]
20 February 2026	GK	Max Metcalfe	Oxford City	26 April 2026	^[40]

[a]
On 22 August, Wogan's loan at Chester was extended by an additional seven days
[b]
On 23 January, Mingi was recalled from his season-long loan at Crewe Alexandra and subsequently joined Forest Green Rovers on loan
[c]
On 5 January, Okeke was recalled from his season-long loan at Walsall
[d]
On 12 April, Grogan was recalled from his half-season loan at Aldershot Town

Released / Out of Contract

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Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	CM	Will Collar	Milton Keynes Dons	1 July 2025	^[41]
	CB	Fraser Horsfall	Blackpool		^[42]^[43]
	CM	Cody Johnson	FC Halifax Town		^[44]^[45]
	RB	Kyle Knoyle	Mansfield Town		^[44]^[46]
	RB	Macauley Southam-Hales	Bristol Rovers		^[47]^[48]
	LB	Ibou Touray	Bradford City		^[49]^[50]
18 August 2025	CAM	Nick Powell	Bradford City	18 August 2025	^[51]^[52]
1 September 2025	LB	Danny Andrew	Exeter City	1 September 2025	^[53]^[54]
19 January 2026	RB	Jack Hunt	Wigan Athletic	2 February 2026	^[55]^[56]

New Contract

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Date	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
23 July 2025	CB	Nathaniel Mapengu	30 June 2027^[a]	^[57]
29 August 2025	LW	Arian Allen	30 June 2027^[b]	^[58]
7 April 2026	SS	Bruno Cina	30 June 2027^[a]	^[59]

[a]
First professional contract
[b]
Option for an additional year

Pre-season and friendlies

On 23 May, Stockport County announced a six-day training camp in San Pedro del Pinatar which included a fixture against Bristol Rovers.^[60] A fortnight later, a home fixture against Hull City was confirmed.^[61] On 12 June, a trip to face Salford City was added.^[62]

Also confirmed was an XI side will face Spennymoor Town in a testimonial for Glen Taylor.^[63]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

12 July 2025 Friendly	Stockport County	3–2	Bristol Rovers	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
11:30 CEST	Norwood 32' Bate 50' Gardner 89'	Report	Dewsbury 63' Thomas 67'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

19 July 2025 Glen Taylor testimonial	Spennymoor Town	3–0	Stockport County XI	Spennymoor
15:00 BST	Doherty 71' Heaney 85' Butler 88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: The Brewery Field Attendance: 757

25 July 2025 Friendly	Salford City	1-1	Stockport County	Kersal
19:30 BST	Ashley 82'	Report	Trialist A 53'	Stadium: Moor Lane

26 July 2025 Friendly	Stockport County	0–1	Hull City	Edgeley
15:00 BST		Report	Burstow 75'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 3,829 (921 away)

Competitions

League One

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lincoln City (C, P)	46	31	10	5	89	41	+48	103	Promotion to EFL Championship
2	Cardiff City (P)	46	27	10	9	90	50	+40	91	Promotion to EFL Championship
3	Stockport County	46	22	11	13	71	58	+13	77	Qualification for League One play-offs
4	Bradford City	46	22	11	13	58	51	+7	77
5	Bolton Wanderers (O, P)	46	19	18	9	70	52	+18	75

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[64]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	22	11	13	71	58	+13	77	13	4	6	38	26	+12	9	7	7	33	32	+1

Last updated: 2 May 2026.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	33	34	32²	35	37	38	39	40	41	42	16¹	44	36³	45	43⁴	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A
Result	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W
Position	5	3	4	8	5	8	9	10	8	7	7	4	5	1	1	5	5	4	6	5	6	4	4	6	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3
Points	3	6	7	7	10	11	11	12	15	16	19	22	25	28	28	28	29	32	32	35	35	38	39	39	42	45	46	49	52	53	53	56	56	56	56	59	60	63	66	67	70	71	71	74	74	77

Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

¹ Matchday 16 (vs. AFC Wimbledon) was postponed due to international call-ups.
² Matchday 32 (vs. Burton Albion) was postponed due to opposition's FA Cup progression to the fourth round.
³ Matchday 36 (vs. Mansfield Town) was postponed due to opposition's FA Cup progression to the fifth round.
⁴ Matchday 43 (vs. Port Vale) was postponed due to progress to the EFL Trophy final.

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

3 August 2025 1	Stockport County	2–0	Bolton Wanderers	Edgeley
12:00 BST	Mothersille 45+2' Diamond 68' Moxon 74' Wootton 89'	Report	Simons 77'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,172 (1,205 away) Referee: Elliott Bell

9 August 2025 2	Wycombe Wanderers	1–2	Stockport County	High Wycombe
15:00 BST	Harvie 19' Lowry 60' Taylor 65' Mullins 74' Leahy 78'	Report	Wootton 9' Diamond 51' Bailey 81'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 5,590 (861 away) Referee: Oliver Yates

16 August 2025 3	Leyton Orient	2–2	Stockport County	Leyton
15:00 BST	Connolly 21', 57' Happe 35' O'Neill 90+3'	Report	Norwood 21' Lowe 29' Diamond 34' Olowu 36'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 7,651 (702 away) Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

19 August 2025 4	Stockport County	1–2	Bradford City	Edgeley
19:45 BST	Moxon 16', 74'	Report	Tilt 43' Swan 49' Sarcevic 72' Leigh 90+1'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,641 (1,199 away) Referee: Thomas Parsons

23 August 2025 5	Stockport County	2–1	Burton Albion	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Hills 31' Fevrier 54' Pye 58' Diamond 69' Norwood 77' Moxon 90+1'	Report	Godwin-Malife 24'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,649 (294 away) Referee: Seb Stockbridge

30 August 2025 6	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Stockport County	Wigan
15:00 BST	Saydee 78' Smith 90+1'	Report	Fevrier 4' Connolly 63' Andrew 90'	Stadium: Brick Community Stadium Attendance: 11,078 (2,669 away) Referee: Ross Joyce

6 September 2025 7	Plymouth Argyle	4–2	Stockport County	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Mitchell 8' Wotton 24' (o.g.) Watts 39' Ibrahim 48' Sorinola 62' Tolaj 75'	Report	Fevrier 35' Norwood 45+1' (pen.) Wootton 90+5'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 15,719 Referee: Neil Hair

13 September 2025 8	Stockport County	1–1	Cardiff City	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Norwood 34' (pen.)	Report	Ng 40' Salech 90+7'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,956 (1,158 away) Referee: Simon Mather

20 September 2025 9	Rotherham United	0–1	Stockport County	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Jules 12' Hugill 13' Kelly 88'	Report	O'Keeffe 23' Wootton 53', 60'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,784 (1,547 away) Referee: David Rock

27 September 2025 10	Stockport County	1–1	Reading	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Wootton 22' Bailey 75'	Report	Marriott 72' Burns 74'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,249 (885 away) Referee: Oliver Mackey

4 October 2025 11	Huddersfield Town	1–2	Stockport County	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	Castledine 18' Roosken 82' Radulović 90+2'	Report	Norwood 45+4' (pen.) Onyango 48' 53' Hills 64' Bailey 78'	Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Attendance: 18,707 Referee: Ben Toner

11 October 2025 12	Stockport County	1–0	Blackpool	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Olowu 63'	Report	Evans 9' Brown 85'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,091 (1,158 away) Referee: Jacob Miles

18 October 2025 13	Stockport County	1–0	Exeter City	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Lowe 24' Norwood 69'	Report	Cole 20'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,190 (504 away) Referee: Aaron Bannister

27 October 2025 14	Port Vale	0–3	Stockport County	Burslem
20:00 GMT			Lowe 13', 40' Wootton 23' Diamond 29'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 8,452 Referee: Edward Duckworth
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 25 October, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[65]

8 November 2025 15	Stockport County	0–3	Luton Town	Edgeley
15:00 GMT	Dodgson 20' 81' Lowe 56'	Report	Naismith 30' Richards 34' Bramall 38', 41' Saville 54' Keeley 65' Jones 69'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,090 (1,158 away) Referee: Josh Smith

20 November 2025 17	Peterborough United	3–0	Stockport County	Peterborough
20:00 GMT	Woods 5' Leonard 8' Lisbie 37' Khela 76'	Report	Connolly 13'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 6,681 (574 away) Referee: Matthew Russell

29 November 2025 18	Stockport County	1–1	Barnsley	Edgeley
12:30 GMT	Connolly 89'	Report	Yoganathan 27' Connell 30'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,861 (1,154 away) Referee: Criag Hicks
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 25 October, but was rescheduled for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[65]

9 December 2025 19	Doncaster Rovers	0–2	Stockport County	Doncaster
19:45 GMT	Sharp 38' Broadbent 40' Molyneux 55' Bailey 90+6'	Report	Olowu 10' Osborn 59', 83' Wootton 66'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 7,929 (1,077 away) Referee: Martin Woods

13 December 2025 20	Stockport County	1–3	Stevenage	Edgeley
15:00 GMT	Wootton 62' Hunt 83'	Report	Campbell 22' Reid 53' Thompson 64' Freestone 79' Phillips 85'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,898 (232 away) Referee: Will Finnie

20 December 2025 21	Mansfield Town	1–2	Stockport County	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Wootton 28' (o.g.) Evans 41' Oshilaja 66'	Report	Pye 20' Sweeney 42' (o.g.) Hills 61' Diamond 69'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 8,016 (1,053 away fans) Referee: Alan Young

26 December 2025 22	Stockport County	1–2	Lincoln City	Edgeley
15:00 GMT	Onyango 30' Norwood 52', 63' Fevrier 52'	Report	Hackett 26', 28' Hamer 50' Street 90+2'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,690 (631 away) Referee: Paul Marsden

29 December 2025 23	Stockport County	4–2	Doncaster Rovers	Edgeley
19:45 GMT	Norwood 29' (pen.), 66' Edun 38' Wootton 60', 83' Bailey 80' Senior 90+8' (o.g.)	Report	Molyneux 25' Senior 28' Bailey 74' Sharp 90+6'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,629 (732 away)

1 January 2026 24	Northampton Town	0–0	Stockport County	Sixfields
15:00 GMT	Taylor 81'	Report	Pye 10' Fevrier 53' Norwood 90'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,050 (838 away) Referee: Darren Drysdale

4 January 2026 25	Reading	1–0	Stockport County	Reading
15:00 GMT	O'Connor 65' Wing 89'	Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 11,703 (816 away) Referee: Jacob Miles

10 January 2026 26	Stockport County	1–0	Huddersfield Town	Edgeley
12:30 GMT	Bailey 45+2' Pye 58' Norwood 90+2' Andrésson 90+6'	Report	Gooch 90+5'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,486 (1,158 away) Referee: David Rock

17 January 2026 27	Stockport County	3–2	Rotherham United	Edgeley
15:00 GMT	Raggett 13' (o.g.) Edun 24' Stokes 53' Dawson 56' (o.g.) Norwood 71' Andrésson 76'	Report	Olowu 42' (o.g.) Rafferty 55' Nombe 60' Spence 89'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,141 (634 away) Referee: Aaron Bannister

24 January 2026 28	Cardiff City	1–1	Stockport County	Leckwith
12:30 GMT	Wintle 27' Colwill 45+7' Bagan 49' Kellyman 74'	Report	Wootton 10', 45+2' Stokes 87'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 19,684 (1,353 away) Referee: Paul Howard

27 January 2026 29	Blackpool	1–2	Stockport County	Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Brown 65' Bowler 90+7'	Report	Wootton 31' Diamond 33' Osborn 62'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 9,708 (1,669 away) Referee: Benjamin Speedie

31 January 2026 30	Stockport County	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Edgeley
15:00 GMT	Wootton 69', 85'	Report	Watts 20', 42' Sorinola 45' Edwards 49' Sarpong-Wiredu 74'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,117 (1,160 away) Referee: Sam Allison

7 February 2026 31	Stockport County	0–0	Leyton Orient	Edgeley
15:00 GMT	Dacres-Cogley 38' 80' Pye 51'	Report	Happe 27' Forrester 90+12'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,162 (478 away) Referee: Andrew Humphries

17 February 2026 33	Bradford City	1–0	Stockport County	Bradford
19:45 GMT	Tilt 24' Wheatley 42' Sarcevic 48' Jackson 90+3'	Report	Sidibeh 14' Bailey 90+5'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 22,488 (2,094 away) Referee: Ross Joyce

21 February 2026 34	Stockport County	4–2	Wigan Athletic	Edgeley
15:00 GMT	Hills 5' Sidibeh 41' Norwood 82' Wootton 90+2', 90+10'	Report	Taylor 2', 11' Sessegnon 37' 60' Costelloe 57' Asamoah 90+4'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,938 (1,161 away) Referee: Matt Corlett

24 February 2026 32^[66]	Burton Albion	3–0	Stockport County	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Shade 47', 64' Evans 55' Lofthouse 83'	Report	Hills 23' Pye 61' Sidibeh 70' Bate 81'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,224 (833 away) Referee: Stephen Parkinson
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 14 February, but was rearranged due to Burton's FA Cup fourth round progression.^[67]

28 February 2026 35	Stevenage	2–1	Stockport County	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Piergianni 35' Thompson 55' Phillips 57'	Report	Stokes 9' Sidibeh 29', 74' Diamond 66' Hills 83' Pye 87'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 3,974 (592 away) Referee: Jamie O'Connor

14 March 2026 37	Lincoln City	3–1	Stockport County	Lincoln
12:30 GMT	Moylan 10' Towler 14' Hamer 70' Darikwa 87' Lloyd 90+4'	Report	Diamond 68' Norwood 78'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 9,759 (1,185 away) Referee: Charles Breakspear
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was brought forward for Sky Sports broadcasting.^[68]

17 March 2026 38	Stockport County	2–1	Northampton Town	Edgeley
19:45 GMT	Stokes 2' Olaofe 11' Wootton 58'	Report	McGeehan 42' Hoskins 74'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,085 (214 away) Referee: Scott Oldham

21 March 2026 39	Luton Town	1–1	Stockport County	Luton
12:30 GMT	Lawrence 28' Al-Hamadi 77'	Report	Osborn 45+2' Edun 62' Norwood 78'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 10,791 Referee: Bobby Madley
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was brought forward for Sky Sports broadcasting.^[69]

28 March 2026 40	Stockport County	3–0	AFC Wimbledon	Edgeley
15:00 GMT	Sidibeh 2' Wootton 39' Bate 71' Norwood 90+7'	Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,530 (555 away) Referee: Craig Hicks

3 April 2026 41	Stockport County	3–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Bailey 20', 54' Diamond 30' Olaofe 41' Pye 52' Sidibeh 82'	Report	Henderson 56'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,476 (561 away) Referee: Elliot Bell

6 April 2026 42	Bolton Wanderers	2–2	Stockport County	Horwich
15:00 BST	Kenny 39' Osborn 79' (o.g.)	Report	Sidibeh 45+3', 80' Edun 51' Barry 89' 90+4'	Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium Attendance: 23,855 (2,445 away) Referee: Stephen Martin

15 April 2026 16^[70]	AFC Wimbledon	0–2	Stockport County	Wimbledon
19:45 BST	Reeves 22'	Report	Pye 45+1' Stokes 59' Wootton 62' Edun 72' Dixon 86' Norwood 89'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 8,040 (708 away) Referee: Darren Drysdale
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 15 November, but it was postponed due to international call-ups.^[71]

18 April 2026 44	Exeter City	3–3	Stockport County	Exeter
15:00 BST	Cole 35' Tuterov 70' Bycroft 90+6'	Report	Mothersille 9' Edun 16' Stokes 29' Bailey 77'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 6,653 (491 away) Referee: Kirsty Dowle

21 April 2026 36^[72]	Stockport County	0–1	Mansfield Town	Edgeley
19:45 BST	Osborn 37' Wootton 90+5'	Report	McLaughlin 42' Knoyle 45' Sweeney 49' Roberts 63' Evans 71' Blake-Tracy 82'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,763 (839 away) Referee: Scott Jackson
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 7 March, but was postponed due to Mansfield in FA Cup fifth round involvements.

25 April 2026 45	Stockport County	3–1	Peterborough United	Edgeley
12:30 BST	Barry 28', 48', 64' Bailey 53' Edun 57'		Leonard 13' Mills 45+1'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,432 Referee: Jacob Miles
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was brought forward for live Sky Sports broadcasting.^[73]

28 April 2026 43	Stockport County	1–2	Port Vale	Edgeley
19:45 BST	Gardner 36' Bailey 86' Osborn 90+1'	Report	Sherif 4' Gabriel 23'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,884 (601 away) Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 11 April, but was rearranged due to progression to the EFL Trophy final.

2 May 2026 46	Barnsley	1–3	Stockport County	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Bland 12' Phillips 52'	Report	Sidibeh 23' Norwood 71', 90+6' Fiorini 90' Andrésson 90+9' Pye 90+9'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,940 (2,609 away) Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Play-offs

Stockport finished 3rd in the regular season and were drawn against 6th place Stevenage.

9 May 2026 Semi-finals first leg	Stevenage	0–1	Stockport County	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Roberts 58' Piergianni 63'	Report	Sidibeh 53' Osborn 90+4'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 7,321 (1,339 away) Referee: Charles Breakspear

13 May 2026 Semi-finals second leg	Stockport County	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Stevenage	Edgeley
20:00 BST	Barry 14' Wootton 28' Norwood 68'	Report	Goode 41' Kemp 67'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,243 (1,051 away) Referee: Josh Smith

24 May 2026 Final	Bolton Wanderers	4–1	Stockport County	Wembley
13:00 BST	Rodrigues 3', 90+4' (pen.) Wootton 64' (o.g.) Dalby 81'	Report	Sidibeh 29' Wootton 60' Bailey 80' Dacres-Cogley 90+2'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 48,268 Referee: Josh Smith

FA Cup

Stockport were drawn away to Tranmere Rovers in the first round^[74]^[75] and at home to Cambridge United in the second round.^[76]^[77]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

1 November 2025 First round	Tranmere Rovers	1–3	Stockport County	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Patrick 71' Smallwood 88' Finley 90+3'	Report	Diamond 55' Norwood 74' Lowe 90+1'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,164 (1,504 away) Referee: Simon Mather

6 December 2025 Second round	Stockport County	0–0 (4–5 p)	Cambridge United	Edgeley
15:00 GMT	Hunt 26'	Report	Watts 109' Hoddle 117'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 5,105 Referee: Richard Eley
	Penalties
	Moxon Osborn Diamond Wootton O'Keeffe		Smith Watts McConnell Mayor Gibbons

EFL Cup

Stockport were drawn at home to Crewe Alexandra in the first round^[78]^[79] and away to Wigan Athletic in the second round.^[80]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round	Stockport County	3–1	Crewe Alexandra	Edgeley
19:30 BST	Andrew 31' Wootton 49' Lowe 52' Connolly 56' Fiorini 77'	Report	Tezgel 86'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 4,945 (908 away) Referee: Scott Jackson

26 August 2025 Second round	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Stockport County	Wigan
19:45 BST	Murray 84'	Report	O'Keeffe 45+3'	Stadium: Brick Community Stadium Referee: Tom Reeves

EFL Trophy

Stockport were drawn against Salford City, Wigan Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 in the group stage.^[81] After finishing second in the group, County were drawn away to Crewe Alexandra in the round of 32,^[82]^[83] at home to Harrogate Town in the round of 16,^[84] away to Port Vale in the quarter-finals^[85]^[86] and away to Doncaster Rovers in the semi-finals.^[87]^[88]

More information Pos, Div ...

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Salford City	3	3	0	0	0	9	3	+6	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Stockport County	3	1	1	0	1	7	7	0	5	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	3	1	0	0	2	7	10	−3	3
4	L1	Wigan Athletic	3	0	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: EFL

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 September 2025 North Group A	Stockport County	5–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Edgeley
19:00 BST	Lowe 20' 24' Grogan 23' Bailey 52' Hills 66' Astles 79' 83'	Report	Edozie 9' Mané 12' Holman 54' Okoduwa 57' Lopes 74'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 1,014 Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis

7 October 2025 North Group A	Salford City	3–1	Stockport County	Kersal
19:00 BST	Austerfield 34' Butcher 44' Bird 55' (pen.) Cesay 70'	Report	O'Keeffe 74' Bailey 85'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 1,429 (472 County fans) Referee: Jamie O'Connor

11 November 2025 North Group A	Stockport County	1–1 (6–5 p)	Wigan Athletic	Edgeley
19:00 GMT	O'Keeffe 32' Moxon 74'	Report	McManaman 14' Costelloe 39' Brenan 50'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 1,337 (240 away) Referee: Scott Oldham
	Penalties
	Fiorini Dodgson Fevrier Moxon O'Keeffe Addai Cina		Murray Kerr Aimson Costelloe Fox Bettoni Weir

3 December 2025 Round of 32	Crewe Alexandra	1–1 (1–4 p)	Stockport County	Crewe
19:00 GMT	Thibaut 5'	Report	Andrésson 33'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 1,535 (636 away) Referee: Richie Watkins
	Penalties
	Tezgel March Agius		Dodgson Moxon Fevrier Diamond

13 January 2026 Round of 16	Stockport County	2–1	Harrogate Town	Edgeley
19:00 GMT	Stokes 77', 90+4'	Report	Cursons 49'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 1,442 (111 away) Referee: James Oldham

10 February 2026 Quarter-finals	Port Vale	0–4	Stockport County	Burslem
19:00 GMT	Heneghan 72' Shipley 81'	Report	Edun 27' Sidibeh 36', 59' Amos 83' (o.g.) Norwood 89' Diamond 90+1'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,577 (483 away) Referee: Peter Wright

3 March 2026 Semi-finals	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Stockport County	Doncaster
20:00 GMT	Pearson 79' Molyneux 90'	Report	Norwood 11' Dixon 53'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 5,418 (1,179 away) Referee: Will Finnie

12 April 2026 Final	Luton Town	3–1	Stockport County	Wembley
15:00 BST	Lawrence 22' Wells 39', 90+1', 90+2' Richards 76' Jones 78'	Report	Sidibeh 11' Pye 37'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 49,517 Referee: Martin Coy

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 13 May 2026

Players with no appearances are not included on the list; italics indicate a loaned in player

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		League One play-offs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Ben Hinchliffe	28	0	25+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Josh Dacres-Cogley	17	0	15+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Owen Dodgson	25	0	9+7	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	3+2	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Lewis Bate	17	0	4+10	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Joseph Olowu	41	2	24+7	2	1+1	0	1+0	0	7+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	ENG	Jack Diamond	57	8	36+9	6	2+0	1	0+2	0	5+1	1	0+2	0
8	MF	NIR	Callum Camps	11	0	5+5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Tanto Olaofe	21	1	8+8	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+2	0	0+2	0
10	FW	ENG	Jayden Fevrier	28	2	7+14	2	2+0	0	0+2	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
11	FW	JAM	Malik Mothersille	38	2	15+15	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	5+1	0	0+1	0
12	DF	ENG	Roman Dixon	9	0	2+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
14	DF	ENG	Tayo Edun	30	2	17+7	2	0+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Ethan Pye	54	0	46+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
16	MF	ENG	Callum Connolly	19	1	12+3	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	ENG	Jay Mingi	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	SCO	Lewis Fiorini	15	1	0+9	0	0+0	0	2+0	1	3+0	0	0+1	0
19	FW	ENG	Kyle Wootton	54	20	44+2	18	1+1	0	1+0	1	2+1	0	2+0	1
20	FW	ENG	Louie Barry	9	4	3+3	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	2+0	1
21	MF	ENG	Owen Moxon	27	1	11+10	1	1+1	0	0+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
22	FW	ISL	Benoný Breki Andrésson	22	4	8+9	3	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	1	0+2	0
23	MF	ENG	Ben Osborn	44	2	32+6	1	1+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	1
24	MF	ENG	Tyler Onyango	13	0	10+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF	NIR	Oliver Norwood	49	10	41+0	8	1+0	1	1+1	0	3+0	1	2+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Odin Bailey	56	6	32+11	4	2+0	0	2+0	0	3+4	2	2+0	0
28	MF	ENG	Josh Stokes	25	5	13+7	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	2	2+0	0
29	FW	GAM	Adama Sidibeh	24	9	13+6	6	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	3	2+0	0
33	DF	ENG	Brad Hills	31	1	27+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
34	GK	JAM	Corey Addai	32	0	21+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	7+0	0	2+0	0
41	DF	GER	Jid Okeke	5	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
42	MF	ENG	Corey Edwards	5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	4+1	0	0+0	0
44	DF	WAL	Rhys Watson	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
45	DF	IRL	Christy Grogan	4	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
46	DF	ENG	Nathaniel Mapengu	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
47	FW	MSR	Arian Allen	4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
48	FW	ENG	Che Gardner	18	0	5+5	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	4+1	0	0+0	0
49	FW	ENG	Marcus Kouam	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
56	FW	ENG	Bruno Cina	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
58	MF	ENG	Saul Gardner	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
60	DF	ENG	Jake Lewis	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
65	FW	ENG	Joe Astles	4	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+4	2	0+0	0
Players who featured but departed the club during the season:
2	DF	IRL	Corey O'Keeffe	23	1	10+6	0	0+2	0	2+0	0	3+0	1	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Nathan Lowe	26	7	8+11	3	1+1	1	2+0	1	3+0	2	0+0	0
23	DF	ENG	Danny Andrew	7	0	1+4	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	DF	ENG	Jack Hunt	13	0	2+8	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
40	MF	ENG	Ashton Mee	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0

2025–26 Stockport County F.C. season

Transfers and contracts

In

Out

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Loaned out

Released / Out of Contract

New Contract

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

League One

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Play-offs

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

Statistics

Appearances and goals

References

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Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	22	11	13	71	58	+13	77	13	4	6	38	26	+12	9	7	7	33	32	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	22	11	13	71	58	+13	77	13	4	6	38	26	+12	9	7	7	33	32	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	22	11	13	71	58	+13	77	13	4	6	38	26	+12	9	7	7	33	32	+1