19 to viginti

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Been very ill for a couple of weeks C.G., so I am on catch up

Somewhere inside Anfield

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An away trip to Colchester, saw a Shaun Whalley brace and a clean sheet

Another 3 points for Stanley

100% win rate for 2025

A mere 9 wins to go

ON STANLEY ON

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Down to earth with a bang.....

A 3-0 defeat at home to a very good Notts. County side

Still just 9 wins required

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And back up again with a big bang

Tough away trip to Crewe, saw a battling, defensive and gritty performance

78 years old Shaun Whalley with the only goal of the game - and what a goal!!!

Very, very good, workman like performance and a well deserved 1-0 win

8 wins will do the trick

STANLEY BOYS, STANLEY BOYS..........

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Home to Cheltenham midweek and another point gained

Gutsy performance against a very well organised and 'in your face' team.

Still 8 wins to go, but a point nearer

RED AND WHITE ARMY

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Bad day at the office in Burslem...........

An old cliche, but sometimes it is harder to play against ten...

2-1 defeat against a promotion pushing Vale

We move onto The Wombles next.

Still the 8 wins needed.

ON STANLEY ON

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Another tough home game - Wombles - saw us get another well earned point

League 2 Player of the month was awarded Man of the match, could have gone to Rawson, Walton, or O'Brien to be honest

Back to back home goalless draws - not something we have been accustomed to over recent years

We have now hit the 30 point barrier, so 7 more wins will do it

Two tough away games this week - Bradford and Morecambe

COME ON YOU REDS

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Did not think it would be easy going to Bradford - 7 home wins on the bounce

I hope that 'resting' players (has it come to this in League 2???) gets the desired results.

Not a great deal in the game, but I think the result fair

The newish young lads at the back did OK, but we lack that killer instinct up front...

Conor Grant looked good for the time he was on the pitch

We move onto the next one

The first of the 7 more wins required comes soon

WE'RE THE PRIDE OF LANCASHIRE

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An away trip to Morecambe next - a must not lose game.....

Good solid performance in the first half - a good 'derby' game

A lapse of concentration in the second, saw Morecambe take the lead and then double it, as we tried to get back level.....

See the above post about 'resting' players

Home game next - though this will be as tough.

7 wins to go

FIRST TEAM TO PLAY IN RED......

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A very tough home game against high flying Doncaster Rovers next.

They scored early and could have been out of sight at half time, but we rallied in the second half and got level through Captain Fantastic - Seamus

Killer was going back behind so early, through an unlucky own goal

Last 10/15 minutes we gave it a good go - they went down to ten near the end - but we could not grab another....

It was never going to be easy and on the balance of play Donny deserved their 2-1 win.

Still just need 7 wins, next two away are MUST NOT LOSE!!!!

RED ARMY

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First of two 'must not lose' away trips, saw us travel to Tranmere

The beginning of something I hoped after I saw the team/formation....

Great to see Grant starting and even better four at the back

Stanley started well and finished well and to be honest, they played well in between

This might be a flash in the pan, but I hope we carry on with the back four for the rest of the season

Shaun Whalley - 79 next birthday - with the only goal of the game, to give us a vital win

We are getting ever nearer the finishing line - 6 more wins to go

ON STANLEY ON

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Second of the 'must not lose' games did not go to plan

Not the best of games, saw us lose 2-1 to Harrogate - Josh Woods scoring for us

We still need 6 more wins, at home to out of form MK Dons this midweek next

Put this behind us and move on

WE CONQUERED ALL OF NON-LEAGUE.......................

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Another midweek game and another clean sheet victory

Home to Managerless MK Dons saw a 2-0 victory - despite the back 3..... - goals from Walton and O'Brien-Whitmarsh(what has the world come to???)

Good solid home performance and great result

5 wins to go, we are there............(almost)

10 MEN WENT TO WAR, WENT TO WAR WITH BARROW...........

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Away to Barrow, we lost 2-0, nothing else to say....

We did not play well, we lost both halves 1-0.

5 wins to go.


RED AND WHITE ARMY

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Home to Newport saw Stanley run riot, with a 5-0 victory

Great team performance, with 2 goals from Joe O'Brien-Whitmarsh and Kelsey Mooney (really) plus 1 from the roofer Tyler

Everything came together for once and it was great for the loyal home fans

The end is getting nearer

4 wins to go.



THEY SAID OUR DAYS WERE NUMBERED AND THEY NEARLY SHUT THE DOORS..............