Stockport County 4-2 Accrington Stanley

Last updated on 20 April 2024.From the section League Two47

Kyle Wootton's double helped Stockport get their championship party up and running with a home win against Accrington.

County, who wrapped up the League Two title in midweek with victory at Notts County, recorded their eighth straight win with Connor Lemonheigh-Evans and Antoni Sarcevic also netting.

Wootton struck County's first goal after an opening nine minutes of total dominance, Louie Barry's neat reverse pass allowing him to beat Radek Vitek at his near post.

Accrington started to find their feet and went close through Jack Nolan, who fired narrowly wide after a searching ball from Tommy Leigh.

Leigh was also involved in Accrington's equaliser after 16 minutes. He found Shaun Whalley in space and the veteran forward sent a fierce finish into the top corner.

However, Stockport led at the break thanks to Lemonheigh-Evans, who slid in to turn home Paddy Madden's inch-perfect ball across the six-yard box.

Both goalkeepers made important saves at around the hour mark, County's Ben Hinchcliffe getting to Leigh's speculative snapshot and Vitek out quickly to save when Lemonheigh-Evans homed in on goal.

But Vitek was helpless in the 62nd minute when Wootton timed his run into the box to head in Myles Hippolyte's cross from the left wing.

Nolan gave Accrington hope when he made it 3-2 13 minutes from time with a long-range strike that seemed to deceive Hinchcliffe.

Moments later Sarcevic dashed those hopes as he cashed in on an error in the Stanley defence to score the champions' fourth.

Report supplied by PA Media.

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Line-ups

Stockport

Formation 4-2-2-2

1Hinchliffe
2KnoyleBooked at 27minsSubstituted forRichardsat 74'minutes
6Horsfall
15Pye
23BristowSubstituted forHippolyteat 45'minutes
8CampsSubstituted forPowellat 45'minutes
10Sarcevic
24Lemonheigh-Evans
20BarryBooked at 44minsSubstituted forBaileyat 45'minutes
19Wootton
9MaddenSubstituted forCroasdaleat 45'minutes

Substitutes

5Byrne
11Powell
12Smith
18Croasdale
21Hippolyte
22Richards
27Bailey

Accrington

Formation 4-2-3-1

21Vítek
38O'Brien
5HillsBooked at 80mins
16Gubbins
2ShipleyBooked at 87mins
28ConneelyBooked at 56minsSubstituted forWoodsat 69'minutes
6CoyleSubstituted forMartinat 45'minutes
17NolanSubstituted forWoodsat 87'minutes
30HendersonSubstituted forLoweat 80'minutes
7WhalleySubstituted forPritchardat 69'minutes
18Leigh

Substitutes

1Savin
8Woods
9Lowe
10Pritchard
12Quirk
22Martin
39Woods

Referee:: Simon Mather
Attendance:: 10,180

Match Stats

Home TeamStockportAway TeamAccrington

Possession: Home61%; Away39%

Shots: Home17; Away9

Shots on Target: Home7; Away3

Corners: Home4; Away3

Fouls: Home3; Away15

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Post update
Match ends, Stockport County 4, Accrington Stanley 2.
90'+5'
Full Time
Second Half ends, Stockport County 4, Accrington Stanley 2.

90'+2'
Post update
Offside, Stockport County. Antoni Sarcevic is caught offside.
90'
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Offside, Stockport County. Myles Hippolyte is caught offside.
89'
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Attempt saved. Myles Hippolyte (Stockport County) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ethan Pye.
87'
Booking
Lewis Shipley (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card.
87'
Substitution
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Josh Woods replaces Jack Nolan.
86'
Post update
Attempt saved. Kyle Wootton (Stockport County) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Antoni Sarcevic with a cross.
85'
Post update
Odin Bailey (Stockport County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
85'
Post update
Foul by Ben Woods (Accrington Stanley).
84'
Post update
Fraser Horsfall (Stockport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84'
Post update
Foul by Tommy Leigh (Accrington Stanley).
83'
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Connor Lemonheigh-Evans (Stockport County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
83'
Post update
Foul by Joe Pritchard (Accrington Stanley).
80'
Booking
Brad Hills (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80'
Post update
Kyle Wootton (Stockport County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
80'
Post update
Foul by Brad Hills (Accrington Stanley).
80'
Substitution
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Matt Lowe replaces Alex Henderson.
79'
Goal!
Goal! Stockport County 4, Accrington Stanley 2. Antoni Sarcevic (Stockport County) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Odin Bailey.
78'
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Attempt missed. Alex Henderson (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tommy Leigh.

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Comment posted by groenemeyer, at 15:49 20 Apr
It's not even half-time, yet HYS is open, at 3.44.

Is this the BBC's apology for always reporting first on Wrexham from our division?
Reply posted by barca06, at 15:54 20 Apr
barca06 replied:
There's more sense in the HYS section than the actual articles they write. Both are dire but I skip straight to the HYS on this website cause the journalist's bias is too strong here.
Comment posted by Rob Davies, at 17:04 20 Apr
Brilliant result and season, local owner doing it for his local team. Top man wont be long before United fans are flocking to Edgeley Park for proper football.
Reply posted by red manc, at 17:56 20 Apr
red manc replied:
It would be better if we just swopped United for a well run club like Stockport and let them play at OT in our shirts. Always enjoyed my Friday nights at Edgeley Park when United were away. Best hot dogs in the North West.
Comment posted by Clear as mud, at 17:02 20 Apr
A club points record as well just for good measure.
Well done County. A credit to our glorious town.
Reply posted by AltPoV, at 03:07 21 Apr
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Sunday Times ‘Best Place to Live’ North West 2024.
Comment posted by This name is awaiting moderation, at 18:00 20 Apr
Great to see Stockport go up as Champions and have success at last. I'm a Walsall fan and in the old fourth division days Stockport fans always made us welcome. Lovely ground just like our old Fellows Park ground used to be. I think that Doncaster will deservedly make the playoffs instead of our inconsistent bunch!

Let's. See you make the Championship !
Comment posted by darren, at 18:18 20 Apr
Well done Stockport. Proper football club. See you next week at the racecourse
Comment posted by Roy G, at 19:02 20 Apr
Well done Stockport. You and Wrexham enjoy the day. Ps would appreciate a bit of help to aid is in getting second place. But no worries if you don’t. Once again congratulations. Mansfield supporter.
Reply posted by Nick 10, at 19:19 20 Apr
Nick 10 replied:
5 Goals needed to break the 100 goals scored in the league mark, I'm sure Paddy Madden Kyle Wootton and Louie Barry will relish the chance to do it.
Comment posted by Valiant54, at 19:11 20 Apr
Congrats to Stockport County. Proper club.
Comment posted by Big Al, at 00:56 21 Apr
Mansfield fan. Deserved champions ,hope you had a good day celeberating . Certainly enjoyed celeberating our promotion and we will cross paths again next season.

All the best
Reply posted by Sparky, at 13:35 21 Apr
Sparky replied:
Thankyou buddy and yeah I'm really hungover today see ya next season
Comment posted by Tony ratcliffe, at 21:38 20 Apr
I first watched County when they won thec4th division(Frank Lord Billy Haydock etc) and followed them for years thru good (stuffing bobby moores west ham) and the bad. Cant buy a ticket anymore but absolutely delighted for a true community club. GO GO COUNTY
Reply posted by Northmancant , at 14:48 21 Apr
Northmancant replied:
Well done County lol I haven't seen the words Go Go County for a long time. Thanks for sharing lol 👍
Comment posted by Nick 10, at 19:09 20 Apr
A game which at ttźizqes a Exhibition match, some great goals from County with some outrageous passing from Powell when he came on.
Players involved & out of contact g-ave Chally food for thought.
Two good goals for Accy, and very sporting to give a guard of honour onto the Edgeley Park turf.
It will be interesting to see next Saturday if County's opposition show the same sportsmanship 👀
Comment posted by Youknowwhatimeanharry, at 18:38 20 Apr
Well done Stockport!
Comment posted by barca06, at 15:47 20 Apr
Perfect time to take the lead 👌🏼
Comment posted by Paul, at 16:59 20 Apr
I o county
Comment posted by Griswald, at 20:09 20 Apr
Marvellous!!!
Comment posted by Nick 10, at 16:18 20 Apr
HYS Open before the end of the game! 👀
Comment posted by BRYAN THOMPSON, at 23:21 20 Apr
Champions Again OLE OLE
Comment posted by john, at 16:08 20 Apr
Started the HYS early, because the texted my slurred later with all the celebrating.
Comment posted by bigjim, at 00:31 21 Apr
Well done Stockport you walked it. Hope we don't play you next season but if we do don't play sarcevic at Bolton for Christ's sake .
Comment posted by Sparky, at 13:34 21 Apr
Great result yesterday to cap off a fantastic day the Party in Edgeley was mint and I'm suffering today roll on Next Sunday for the fan parade guna be a cracking day SCFC
Comment posted by Mike , at 22:39 20 Apr
Great to get the party started with a well deserved win, let's round the season off in style with a win at Wrexham next Saturday. As for next season I'll settle for consolidation in mid table before building a squad to get into The Championship.
COME ON COUNTY

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Stockport	45	27	11	7	95	46	49	92
2	Mansfield	45	24	13	8	89	46	43	85
3	Wrexham	45	25	10	10	87	51	36	85

4	MK Dons	45	23	8	14	79	64	15	77
5	Crewe	45	19	13	13	68	64	4	70
6	Barrow	44	18	14	12	60	53	7	68
7	Crawley	45	20	7	18	71	67	4	67

8	Doncaster	44	20	7	17	67	65	2	67
9	Walsall	45	18	11	16	68	68	0	65
10	Bradford	44	17	12	15	55	57	-2	63
11	Gillingham	45	18	9	18	44	55	-11	63
12	Wimbledon	45	16	14	15	59	50	9	62
13	Harrogate	45	17	11	17	58	67	-9	62
14	Notts County	45	18	7	20	89	85	4	61
15	Tranmere	45	17	6	22	66	66	0	57
16	Morecambe	45	17	9	19	64	78	-14	57
17	Newport	45	16	7	22	61	72	-11	55
18	Accrington	45	15	9	21	59	70	-11	54
19	Swindon	45	14	11	20	74	80	-6	53
20	Salford	45	13	11	21	64	80	-16	50
21	Grimsby	45	11	16	18	57	72	-15	49
22	Colchester	44	11	11	22	57	75	-18	44

23	Sutton United	45	9	14	22	55	80	-25	41
24	Forest Green	45	10	9	26	43	78	-35	39

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