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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Whaddon Road Ground
  • Attendance: 3796
  • Referee: Langford, O

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Goal!! Stockport have scored with Michael Raynes putting it in the back of the net.

85mins

Stuart Fleetwood is replaced by Gavin Caines.

82mins

Stockport are replacing Leon McSweeney with James Vincent.

82mins

Stockport are replacing Stephen Gleeson with Carl Baker.

69mins

The referee has booked Michael Townsend.

67mins

Gareth Owen is being taken off, Michael Rose has come on in his place.

66mins

Goal!! Cheltenham have scored with Josh Payne putting it in the back of the net.

61mins

Paul Connor is replaced by Ashley Vincent.

61mins

Lewis Montrose is being taken off, Ben Gill has come on in his place.

55mins

Goal!! Peter Thompson scores for Stockport.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

32mins

Goal!! Cheltenham have scored with Stuart Fleetwood putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, September 27th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Cheltenham Town have never beaten Stockport County and a last minute equaliser from Hatters defender Michael Raynes prevented them from doing so in this latest meeting.

New manager Martin Allen has shaken things up at Whaddon Road with five new signings in under two weeks since taking over and his new look team gave a good account of themselves against newly-promoted County.

New loan signing Stuart Fleetwood took only 32 minutes of his debut to find the back of the net.

Running onto a laser-guided pass from midfielder Alex Russell, he took the most delicate of first touches to bring the ball under control before rolling a shot from the edge of the area beyond County goalkeeper Owain Fon Williams.

That goal was the highlight of a scrappy first half in which County kept possession well enough without really going anywhere.

Prior to the goal, Cheltenham had another good chance of the same making when Russell's long through ball was taken down by Fleetwood, but this time the on-loan Charlton Athletic marksman shot wide.

The second half proved far more entertaining for the 3,796 crowd with County striker Peter Thompson stooping to head in an Anthony Pilkington cross 10 minutes after the break.

It was a very open game at this point with both sides battling for the initiative, but Cheltenham got the next break when Fleetwood was hauled down in the box by goalkeeper Williams.

Scott Murray's initial penalty was saved and his follow-up header hit the crossbar, but on-loan West Ham youngster Josh Payne followed up to force the ball over the line.

County hit back strongly in the last 15 minutes but it took them until the final seconds of the 90 to draw level again.

Left-back Jim McNulty crossed from the left, defender Gavin Caines could only flick the ball on and Raynes arrived at the far post to head in a late but deserved equaliser.

Cheltenham Town

Stockport County

Corners

45

Fouls

176

Goal attempts

75

Shots off target

21

Offsides

23

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