Saints 2 Stockport County 0

Well, it wasn't pretty but it was effective. We won and are up to 11th - still 13 points off the play-offs. We had two of our new defenders making a debut playing alongside another new one and Fish Mills making up the back four. I have to say Mills was atrocious for the first 20 minutes or so. he miss-kicked, he gave the ball away, he missed tackles, his corners were poor. Thankfully he improved. The whole team seemed to be stuck in reverse gear. Back pass after back pass and Kelvin Davis looked less than confident kicking out.

Over the whole game, possession was recorded as 50/50 but we had 14 shots on goal compared to their 4. Most of ours were so weak that had the goalkeeper not gathered them, they probably wouldn't have crossed the line! Rickie Lambert looked tired, although he did score his 22nd goal of the season - off his back in a goal-moth scramble. It wasn't until Papa Waigo came on as a sub that the game sparked to life. He forced a corner from his first involvement and it was from that that Rickie Lambert scored. He then went on to bring down a cross with good control and score. A good substitution.

Well done the 300 or so Stockport faithful who travelled down. Over 18,000 for such a low-key game was a good gate.

COYR