[spireitematt]

I`d argue with you, Matt, about the first half being even; I thought we were pretty much in charge for nearly all of it. We controlled midfield and limited Stockport to a few breakaways, but couldn`t take advantage, which is always ominous.  Apart from a header that Maguire put over the bar and that he really should at least have got on target and a shot from the edge of the area (I think it was Boden) that I was right behind the line of and I swear was going in off the post but for a full-length finger-tip save from their `keeper, we really didn`t create many clear-cut chances. It was also noticeable that nearly all of our threat was coming down our right wing, but as soon as Stockport sussed this out and doubled up on McGlashan even that was nullified to a great extent.

I wouldn't say we controlled the first half. We managed to stop them in the first half because we had everyone running back to defend, Boden kept running back down the left hand side and was defending like a LB at one stage. We wasted an opportunity at one stage when we hit a long ball to Boden but it bounced over him and went for a Goal kick. Maguire was unlucky not to get that in. It was Rowley not Boden who forced there keeper to make a decent save.

The reason why we went down the right wing a lot was because Stockport were vulnerable on the left. They did have a good LB called Duxbury but he went to AFC Fylde. A Stockport fan I know told me that their keeper has been involved in either a playoff campaign or a promotion in 6 of the last 7 seasons, two with Stockport, four with AFC Fylde.

---

The sad thing is that, apart from the second half, the result (obviously) and one other thing laddo and I had a really good day out. We got the train from Newtown to Stockport so could have a few pints before the game; there were several very hospitable pubs within a few hundred yards of the ground, all with both sets of supporters mingling and not the slightest hint of any aggro; just like it should be. I realised that I`d never been to Edgeley Park before – I don`t know why; I should have – but it did remind me an awful lot of the atmosphere around Gigg Lane.

Newtown New Mills Station?