Stockport County v Preston North En @ Edgeley Park 15/7/2017
After spending the week at a training camp in Ireland, North End will return to action with a friendly at former football league club Stockport County.
The sides last met in a League Cup tie in 2011 whena very young North End side ran out easy winners 5-0 at Edgeley. Since then County have been in free fall and are now a part time club. The demise of the home side coincided when they were taken over by the owners of Sale Sharks Rugby Union club, it wasn't the best of marriages with the rugby club seeming to be the only winners.
The home side now play in the Conference North with their main local rivals being FC United of Manchester and that ever so plastic of non league clubs Salford City who are so non league they were have rumoured to offer our ex keeper Lindegaard a deal.
Now managed by Jim "Loose Cannon" Gannon they narrowly missed out on theplay off last season, they will be hoping for better this season.
As with last week expect most of the squad to get a run out although difference from last week is that this is Neil's first match in charge. Word is he expects us to attack more. Will be there matchblog possibly Saturday night.
After spending the week at a training camp in Ireland, North End will return to action with a friendly at former football league club Stockport County.
The sides last met in a League Cup tie in 2011 whena very young North End side ran out easy winners 5-0 at Edgeley. Since then County have been in free fall and are now a part time club. The demise of the home side coincided when they were taken over by the owners of Sale Sharks Rugby Union club, it wasn't the best of marriages with the rugby club seeming to be the only winners.
The home side now play in the Conference North with their main local rivals being FC United of Manchester and that ever so plastic of non league clubs Salford City who are so non league they were have rumoured to offer our ex keeper Lindegaard a deal.
Now managed by Jim "Loose Cannon" Gannon they narrowly missed out on theplay off last season, they will be hoping for better this season.
As with last week expect most of the squad to get a run out although difference from last week is that this is Neil's first match in charge. Word is he expects us to attack more. Will be there matchblog possibly Saturday night.
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