2025–26 Stockport County F.C. season

Stockport County
2025–26 season
OwnerMark Stott
ChairmanKen Knott
ManagerDave Challinor
StadiumEdgeley Park

The 2025–26 season is 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 would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Transfers and contracts

In

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 [6]
14 August 2025 CB Brad Hills Norwich City Undisclosed [7]
18 November 2025 RB Jack Hunt Bristol Rovers Free [8]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 19 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Peterborough had ended
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 29 May, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Stoke had ended
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 18 June, and would become official on July 1 once his contract at Doncaster had ended

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
24 June 2025 CB Sam Hughes Peterborough United Undisclosed [9]
2 July 2025 CF Isaac Olaofe Charlton Athletic Undisclosed [10]

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
18 July 2025 RB Corey O'Keeffe Barnsley 31 May 2026 [11]
30 July 2025 CF Nathan Lowe Stoke City [12]
31 July 2025 LB Owen Dodgson Burnley 31 May 2026[a] [13]
1 September 2025 CM Corey Edwards Rochdale 1 January 2026 [14]
CM Tyler Onyango Everton 31 May 2026 [15]
CM Ben Osborn Derby County [16]
  1. ^ Option to buy when loan deal ends

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
25 June 2025 LB Ryan Rydel Exeter City 31 May 2026 [17]
16 August 2025 GK Andrew Wogan Chester 29 August 2025[a] [18][19]
19 August 2025 GK Cian O'Shea Avro 17 September 2025 [20]
1 September 2025 RB Jay Mingi Crewe Alexandra 31 May 2026 [21]
RB Jid Okeke Walsall [22]
5 December 2025 CB Christy Grogan Aldershot Town [23]
  1. ^ On 22 August, Wogan's loan at Chester was extended by an additional seven days

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref.
30 June 2025 CM Will Collar Milton Keynes Dons 1 July 2025 [24]
CB Fraser Horsfall Blackpool [25][26]
CM Cody Johnson FC Halifax Town [27][28]
RB Kyle Knoyle Mansfield Town [27][29]
Macauley Southam-Hales Bristol Rovers [30][31]
LB Ibou Touray Bradford City [32][33]
18 August 2025 CAM Nick Powell 18 August 2025 [34][35]
1 September 2025 LB Danny Andrew Exeter City 1 September 2025 [36][37]

New Contract

Date Pos. Player Contract until Ref.
23 July 2025 CB Nathaniel Mapengu 30 June 2027[a] [38]
29 August 2025 LW Arian Allen 30 June 2027[b] [39]
  1. ^ First professional contract
  2. ^ 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.[40] A fortnight later, a home fixture against Hull City was confirmed.[41] On 12 June, a trip to face Salford City was added.[42]

Also confirmed was an XI side will face Spennymoor Town in a testimonial for Glen Taylor.[43]

  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
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
19 July 2025 Glen Taylor testimonial Spennymoor Town 3–0 Stockport County XI Spennymoor
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: The Brewery Field
Attendance: 757
25 July 2025 Friendly Salford City 1-1 Stockport County Kersal
19:30 BST
Report
  • Trialist A 53'
Stadium: Moor Lane
26 July 2025 Friendly Stockport County 0–1 Hull City Edgeley
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 3,829 (921 away)

Competitions

League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
3 Bradford City 20 10 7 3 29 20 +9 37 Qualification for League One play-offs
4 Stevenage 19 10 5 4 24 15 +9 35
5 Stockport County 20 10 5 5 28 25 +3 35
6 Bolton Wanderers 20 9 7 4 28 19 +9 34
7 Huddersfield Town 21 9 4 8 35 31 +4 31
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. 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[44]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
19 9 5 5 26 24  +2 32 4 3 3 11 12  −1 5 2 2 15 12  +3

Last updated: 13 December 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516117181920
GroundHAAHHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAH
ResultWWDLWDLDWDWWWWLPLDWL
Position53485891087745115546
Points3677101111121516192225282828293232
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.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

3 August 2025 1 Stockport County 2–0 Bolton Wanderers Edgeley
12:00 BST
Report
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
Report
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
Report
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
Report
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
Report 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
Report
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
Report
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 15,719
Referee: Neil Hair
13 September 2025 8 Stockport County 1–1 Cardiff City Edgeley
15:00 BST
Report
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
Report
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
Report
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
Report
Stadium: Kirklees Stadium
Attendance: 18,707
Referee: Ben Toner
11 October 2025 12 Stockport County 1–0 Blackpool Edgeley
15:00 BST
Report
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
Report
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
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.[45]
8 November 2025 15 Stockport County 0–3 Luton Town Edgeley
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 10,090 (1,158 away)
Referee: Josh Smith
15 November 2025 16 AFC Wimbledon Postponed Stockport County Wimbledon
15:00 GMT Stadium: Plough Lane
Note: Fixture was postponed due to international call-ups.[46]
20 November 2025 17 Peterborough United 3–0 Stockport County Peterborough
20:00 GMT
Report
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 Report
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.[45]
9 December 2025 19 Doncaster Rovers 0–2 Stockport County Doncaster
19:45 GMT
Report
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
Report
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 8,898 (232 away)
Referee: Will Finnie

FA Cup

Stockport were drawn away to Tranmere Rovers in the first round[47][48] and at home to Cambridge United in the second round.[49][50]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

1 November 2025 First round Tranmere Rovers 1–3 Stockport County Birkenhead
15:00 GMT
Report
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
Report
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 5,105
Referee: Richard Eley
Penalties

EFL Cup

Stockport were drawn at home to Crewe Alexandra in the first round[51][52] and away to Wigan Athletic in the second round.[53]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 August 2025 First round Stockport County 3–1 Crewe Alexandra Edgeley
19:30 BST
Report
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
Report
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.[54] After finishing second in the group, County were drawn away to Crewe Alexandra in the round of 32.[55][56] and at home to Harrogate Town in the round of 16.[57]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Salford City (A) 3 3 0 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Stockport County (A) 3 1 1 0 1 7 7 0 5
3 ACA Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 (E) 3 1 0 0 2 7 10 −3 3
4 L1 Wigan Athletic (E) 3 0 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2025. Source: EFL
(A) Advance to next round; (E) Eliminated

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 September 2025 North Group A Stockport County 5–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 Edgeley
19:00 BST
Report
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
Report
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
Report
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 1,337 (240 away)
Referee: Scott Oldham
Penalties
3 December 2025 Round of 32 Crewe Alexandra 1–1
(1–4 p)
Stockport County Crewe
19:00 GMT Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 1,535 (636 away)
Referee: Richie Watkins
Penalties
w/c 12 January 2026 Round of 16 Stockport County v Harrogate Town Edgeley
TBC GMT Stadium: Edgeley Park

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 13 December 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

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

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