2022–23 Stockport County F.C. season

The 2022–23 season is the 141st season in the existence of Stockport County Football Club and the club's first season back in League Two. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

Stockport County F.C.

2022–23 season
Chairman	Mark Stott
Manager	Dave Challinor
Stadium	Edgeley Park
League Two	4th (qualified for play-offs)
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Second round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Paddy Madden (9) All: Paddy Madden (10)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
17 June 2022	CB	Joe Lewis	Torquay United	Undisclosed	[1]
1 July 2022[a]	CB	Fraser Horsfall	Northampton Town	Free Transfer	[2]
1 July 2022[b]	AM	Connor Lemonheigh-Evans	Torquay United	Free Transfer	[3]
1 July 2022[c]	CM	Akil Wright	York City	Free Transfer	[4]
1 July 2022[d]	CF	Kyle Wootton	Notts County	Free Transfer	[5]
4 July 2022	CM	Callum Camps	Fleetwood Town	Free Transfer	[6]
2 September 2022	LB	Chris Hussey	Port Vale	Free Transfer	[7]
2 September 2022	CF	Daniel Okwute	Kerry	Undisclosed	[8]
8 October 2022	LB	Calum Macdonald	Tranmere Rovers	Free Transfer	[9]
13 December 2022	RB	Phil Bardsley	Burnley	Free Transfer	[10]
1 January 2023[e]	CF	Isaac Olaofe	Millwall	Undisclosed	[11]
6 January 2023	CB	Neill Byrne	Tranmere Rovers	Undisclosed	[12]
7 January 2023	CF	Jack Stretton	Derby County	Undisclosed	[13]
13 January 2023	RB	Kyle Knoyle	Doncaster Rovers	Undisclosed	[14]
20 February 2023	DM	Jacob Davenport	Lincoln City	Free Transfer	[15]

1. The transfer was announced on 27 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Northampton Town contract expired
2. The transfer was announced on 14 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Torquay United contract expired
3. The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1, once his York City contract expired
4. The transfer was announced on 9 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Notts County contract expired
5. The transfer was announced on 30 December, and would become official on January 1, once the transfer window re-opens.

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
10 June 2022[a]	DF	Scott Holding	Watford	Undisclosed	[16]
30 June 2022	LW	Millenic Alli	FC Halifax Town	Released	[17][18]
30 June 2022	CB	Liam Hogan	Oldham Athletic	Released	[17][19]
30 June 2022	DM	Lois Maynard	Oldham Athletic	Released	[17][20]
30 June 2022	GK	Joshua Schofield	Unattached	Released	[17]
30 June 2022	CB	Jamie Stott	FC Halifax Town	Released	[17][21]
30 June 2022	LM	Tom Walker	AFC Fylde	Released	[17][22]
12 July 2022	CB	Jordan Keane	FC Halifax Town	Free Transfer	[23]
21 July 2022	LM	Ben Whitfield	Barrow	Free Transfer	[24]
28 July 2022	RB	Sam Minihan	FC Halifax Town	Free Transfer	[25]
20 October 2022	LB	Mark Kitching	Oldham Athletic	Mutual Consent	[26][27]
22 November 2022	CF	Alex Reid	Oldham Athletic	Undisclosed	[28]
1 January 2023	RM	Elliot Newby	Barrow	Undisclosed	[29]
31 January 2023	CF	Connor Jennings	Hartlepool United	Free Transfer	[30]
31 January 2023	LB	Calum Macdonald	Bristol Rovers	Free Transfer	[31]

1. The transfer was announced on 19 May, and would become official on June 10 once the transfer window opened

Loans in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	On loan until	Ref
4 July 2022	GK	Vítězslav Jaroš	Liverpool	End of Season	[32]
29 July 2022	RB	James Brown	Blackburn Rovers	9 January 2023[a]	[33][34]
31 January 2023	RB	Aaron Rowe	Huddersfield Town	End of Season	[35]
1 February 2023	CB	Joe Grayson	Barrow	End of Season	[36]

1. On 9 January, Brown was recalled back to Blackburn

Loans out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	On loan until	Ref
1 July 2022	CF	Alex Reid	Solihull Moors	22 November 2022[a]	[37][28]
1 July 2022	GK	Ethan Ross	York City	End of Season	[38]
4 July 2022	CB	Ben Barclay	Carlisle United	End of Season	[39]
23 July 2022	CB	Ethan Pye	Gateshead	End of Season	[40]
1 September 2022	CF	Scott Quigley	Rochdale	End of Season	[41]
3 November 2022	RM	Elliot Newby	Altrincham	1 January 2023	[42]
7 November 2022	CF	Connor Jennings	Altrincham	7 December 2022	[43]
12 January 2023	RW	Ollie Crankshaw	Motherwell	End of Season	[44]
27 January 2023	FW	Keane Barugh	Banbury United	1 March 2023	[45]
27 January 2023	MF	Cody Johnson	Banbury United	1 March 2023	[45]
10 February 2023	CB	Ellis Farrar	Finn Harps	30 November 2023	[46]
10 February 2023	CF	Daniel Okwute	Finn Harps	30 November 2023	[46]
23 February 2023	AM	Connor Lemonheigh-Evans	Notts County	24 March 2023	[47][48]

1. On 22 November, Alex Reid joined Oldham Athletic on a permanent basis.

Pre-season and friendlies

On May 23, County announced their first three pre-season friendlies, against Nuneaton Borough, Chorley and Curzon Ashton.^[49] A week later a fourth fixture, against Altrincham was confirmed.^[50] Also included was a behind-closed-doors friendly against Bolton Wanderers.^[51]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Nuneaton Borough v Stockport County

2 July 2022 Friendly	Nuneaton Borough	0–4	Stockport County	Nuneaton
15:00 BST		Report	Kitching 23' Jennings 28' Collar 33' Pye 41'	Stadium: Liberty Way

Stockport County v Bolton Wanderers

5 July 2022 Friendly	Stockport County	2–2	Bolton Wanderers	Carrington
13:00	Collar 62' Hippolyte 76'	Report	Kachunga 63' Bradley 65' Afolayan  84'	Stadium: Carrington Training Centre Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

Huddersfield Town XI v Stockport County

9 July 2022 Friendly	Huddersfield Town XI	2–3	Stockport County	Huddersfield
12:00 BST	Jones 23', 27'	Report	Collar 11' Madden 53' Rydel 73'	Stadium: Canalside Sports Complex Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

Chorley v Stockport County

15 July 2022 Friendly	Chorley	0–5	Stockport County	Chorley
19:30 BST		Report	Whitfield 32' Quigley 47' Crankshaw 53' Rydel 60' Johnson 85'	Stadium: Victory Park Attendance: 1,028

Curzon Ashton v Stockport County

16 July 2022 Friendly	Curzon Ashton	Cancelled	Stockport County	Ashton-under-Lyne
15:00 BST				Stadium: Tameside Stadium
Note: Fixture was cancelled due to concerns over the pitch at Tameside Stadium.[52]

Manchester City U21s v Stockport County

16 July 2022 Friendly	Manchester City U21s	0–2	Stockport County	Bradford-with-Beswick
15:00 BST		Report	Sarcevic 6' Horsfall 85'	Stadium: Etihad Campus Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)

Altrincham v Stockport County

23 July 2022 Friendly	Altrincham	0–2	Stockport County	Altrincham
15:00 BST		Report	Madden 11' (pen.) Horsfall 21'	Stadium: Moss Lane Attendance: 2,119

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League Two	30 July 2022	May 2023	Matchday 1		49	23	14	12	68	39	+29	046.94
FA Cup	5 November 2022	8 January 2023	First round	Third round	4	2	1	1	10	5	+5	050.00
EFL Cup	9 August 2022	23 August 2022	First round	Second round	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	050.00
EFL Trophy	30 August 2022	18 October 2022	Group stage	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	033.33
Total					58	27	16	15	81	47	+34	046.55

Last updated: 21 February 2023
Source: [ Soccerway]

League Two

Main article: 2022–23 EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Leyton Orient (C, P)	46	26	13	7	61	34	+27	91	Promotion to EFL League One
2	Stevenage (P)	46	24	13	9	61	39	+22	85
3	Northampton Town (P)	46	23	14	9	62	42	+20	83
4	Stockport County	46	22	13	11	65	37	+28	79	Qualification for League Two play-offs
5	Carlisle United (O, P)	46	20	16	10	66	43	+23	76
6	Bradford City	46	20	16	10	61	43	+18	76
7	Salford City	46	22	9	15	72	54	+18	75

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^[53]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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
45	22	12	11	64	36	+28	78	11	8	3	30	16	+14	11	4	8	34	20	+14

Last updated: 29 April 2023.
Source: [ Soccerway]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W
Position	16	21	16	18	21	19	18	18	16	17	19	16	16	16	16	14	14	12	14	12	11	10	13	10	10	12	10	7	7	7	6	4	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2023. Source: [ Soccerway]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.^[54]

Stockport County v Barrow

30 July 2022 1	Stockport County	2–3	Barrow	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Sarcevic 49' Hippolyte  51' Madden 70',  89'	Report	Gordon 6' Neal  15' Whitfield 20' Waters 33' Foley  45+3' Warren  90+2' Rooney  90+2'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,011 Referee: Ollie Yates

Stevenage v Stockport County

6 August 2022 2	Stevenage	2–1	Stockport County	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Rose  85' Norris 88' (pen.) Reid 90+5'	Report	Palmer  10'  87' Camps 58' Horsfall  66' Sarcevic  75'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 2,973 Referee: Adam Herczeg

Stockport County v Colchester United

13 August 2022 3	Stockport County	1–0	Colchester United	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Wootton 67'	Report	Chilvers  21' Marshall  65'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 7,826 Referee: David Rock

Doncaster Rovers v Stockport County

16 August 2022 4	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Stockport County	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Miller 35' Agard 90+1' Knoyle  90+5'	Report	Southam-Hales  21' Rydel 46' Crankshaw  86' Jaroš  90'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 6,309 Referee: Declan Bourne

Mansfield Town v Stockport County

20 August 2022 5	Mansfield Town	2–1	Stockport County	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Clarke  5', 56' Swan 55'	Report	Sarcevic 53' Camps  70'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 6,924 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Stockport County v Swindon Town

27 August 2022 (2022-08-27) 6	Stockport County	1–1	Swindon Town	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Brown  52' Jennings  66' Madden  80' Sarcevic 84'	Report	Blake-Tracy 49',  50' Reed  70'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,233 Referee: Sam Allison

Stockport County v AFC Wimbledon

3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 7	Stockport County	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Horsfall 11',  53'	Report	Pell  4'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,073 Referee: Sunny Gill

Tranmere Rovers v Stockport County

9 September 2022 (2022-09-09)	Tranmere Rovers	Postponed	Stockport County	Birkenhead
19:45 BST				Stadium: Prenton Park
Note: Fixture was postponed as a mark of respect, for the passing of Elizabeth II.[55]

Crawley Town v Stockport County

13 September 2022 (2022-09-13) 8	Crawley Town	3–2	Stockport County	Crawley
19:45 BST	Tilley 5',  53' Telford 35' Tsaroulla 56' Addai  90+7'	Report	Crankshaw 17' Hussey 52'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,187 Referee: Neil Hair

Stockport County v Harrogate Town

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 9	Stockport County	0–0	Harrogate Town	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Croasdale  32'	Report	Folarin  49' McArdle  66' Austerfield  90+3'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 7,863 Referee: Ross Joyce

Northampton Town v Stockport County

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 10	Northampton Town	2–1	Stockport County	Sixfields
14:00 BST	Guthrie  39' Hoskins 48' Lintott 63' Hylton  65'	Report	Horsfall 12' Wright  37'  90+4' Sarcevic  40' Wootton  80'	Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium Attendance: 5,632 Referee: Darren Handley

Stockport County v Walsall

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 11	Stockport County	1–1	Walsall	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Madden 27'	Report	Kinsella  30' Comley  37' Cashman  87' Williams 88'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,805 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Bradford City v Stockport County

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 12	Bradford City	0–1	Stockport County	Bradford
15:00 BST	Smallwood  38' Angol  61'	Report	Madden 26' (pen.) Horsfall  61' Hippolyte  74'	Stadium: University of Bradford Stadium Attendance: 18,615 Referee: Leigh Doughty

Stockport County v Grimsby Town

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 13	Stockport County	1–3	Grimsby Town	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Madden 41'  57' Camps  72'	Report	Clifton 24' Holohan 30' Green  40' Glennon  55' Efete  67' Taylor  90+3' Hunt 90+5' Crocombe  90+5'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,464 Referee: Alan Young

Salford City v Stockport County

22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 14	Salford City	0–2	Stockport County	Salford
15:00 BST	Eastham  40' Galbraith  53'	Report	Collar 45+2' Madden 78'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 3,633 Referee: Scott Oldham

Stockport County v Carlisle United

25 October 2022 (2022-10-25) 15	Stockport County	2–0	Carlisle United	Edgeley
19:45 BST	Hippolyte 20' Wootton 57'	Report	Back  73' Gibson  85'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,418 Referee: Ben Speedie

Stockport County v Sutton United

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 16	Stockport County	3–0	Sutton United	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Brown  1' Wootton 19' Madden 57' Collar 72'	Report	Bugiel  3' John  38' Hart  90+2'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,091 Referee: Simon Mather

Tranmere Rovers v Stockport County

1 November 2022 (2022-11-01) 17	Tranmere Rovers	0–0	Stockport County	Birkenhead
19:45 GMT	O'Connor  34'	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Bobby Madden

Newport County v Stockport County

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 18	Newport County	1–2	Stockport County	Newport
15:00 GMT	Lewis 45'  67' Drysdale  56'	Report	Hussey 54' Madden 74'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,753 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Stockport County v Leyton Orient

19 November 2022 (2022-11-19) 19	Stockport County	1–2	Leyton Orient	Edgeley
15:00 GMT	Hippolyte 5'	Report	Pratley 20',  65' Beckles 67' Brown  75'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,368 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Hartlepool United v Stockport County

3 December 2022 (2022-12-03) 20	Hartlepool United	0–5	Stockport County	Hartlepool
15:00 GMT		Report	Wootton 16', 20' Hippolyte  24' Croasdale  47' Madden 61' Camps 67' Collar 85'	Stadium: Suit Direct Stadium Attendance: 5,079 Referee: Ben Toner

Rochdale v Stockport County

10 December 2022 (2022-12-10)	Rochdale	Postponed	Stockport County	Rochdale
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Crown Oil Arena
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[56]

Stockport County v Gillingham

17 December 2022 (2022-12-17)	Stockport County	Postponed	Gillingham	Edgeley
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Edgeley Park
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.

Stockport County v Crewe Alexandra

26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) 21	Stockport County	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Edgeley
15:00 GMT	Madden 55' Collar 68'	Report	Thomas  52'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,837 Referee: Martin Woods

Walsall v Stockport County

29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) 22	Walsall	0–2	Stockport County	Bescot
19:45 GMT	Gordon  21' Kinsella  30' White  89'	Report	Wootton 33', 65' Brown  80'	Stadium: Poundland Bescot Stadium Attendance: 6,455 Referee: Craig Hicks

Grimsby Town v Stockport County

1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) 23	Grimsby Town	1–0	Stockport County	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Khan 51' Green  78' Clifton  81'	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,490 Referee: Adam Herczeg

Stockport County v Northampton Town

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 24	Stockport County	2–0	Northampton Town	Edgeley
15:00 GMT	Collar  24' Sarcevic 33' Sowerby 68' (o.g.)	Report	Pinnock  36'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,732 Referee: Rebecca Welch

Crewe Alexandra v Stockport County

21 January 2023 (2023-01-21)	Crewe Alexandra	Postponed	Stockport County	Crewe
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Mornflake Stadium
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[57]

Stockport County v Bradford City

24 January 2023 (2023-01-24) 25	Stockport County	0–0	Bradford City	Edgeley
19:45 GMT	Rydel  86'	Report	Smallwood  87'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,991 Referee: Martin Coy

AFC Wimbledon v Stockport County

28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) 26	AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Stockport County	Wimbledon
15:00 GMT	Pell  10', 49' Woodyard  63' Little  71' Chislett  76' Biler  87'	Report	Wright  16' Hippolyte 32' Byrne  75'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium Attendance: 8,511 Referee: James Oldham

Crewe Alexandra v Stockport County

31 January 2023 (2023-01-31) 27	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Stockport County	Crewe
19:45 GMT	O'Riordan 44'	Report	Wootton 48' Rydel  84' Byrne  86'	Stadium: Mornflake Stadium Attendance: 5,877 Referee: Tom Reeves

Stockport County v Tranmere Rovers

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 28	Stockport County	3–2	Tranmere Rovers	Edgeley
15:00 GMT	Knoyle 19' Wootton 45+1' Collar 78'	Report	Hemmings 41' (pen.) Davies  75' Morris 84'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,231 Referee: Christopher Pollard

Harrogate Town v Stockport County

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 29	Harrogate Town	1–3	Stockport County	Harrogate
15:00 GMT	Hinchliffe 63' (o.g.)	Report	Hippolyte 19' Olaofe 34',  58' Croasdale  60' Collar 73'	Stadium: The EnviroVent Stadium Attendance: 2,404 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Stockport County v Crawley Town

14 February 2023 (2023-02-14) 30	Stockport County	2–1	Crawley Town	Edgeley
19:45 GMT	Croasdale  8' Wootton 12', 51' Hippolyte  90'	Report	Powell 9' Telford  56'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 7,020 (155 away) Referee: Andy Haines

Stockport County v Stevenage

18 February 2023 31	Stockport County	2–0	Stevenage	Edgeley
15:00 GMT	Collar 34' Rydel 90+5'	Report	Gilbey  57' Sweeney  76' Smith  78'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,412 (270 away) Referee: Bobby Madden

Rochdale v Stockport County

21 February 2023 32	Rochdale	1–2	Stockport County	Rochdale
19:45 GMT	Rodney 85' Lloyd  87'	Report	Knoyle  19' Collar 56' (pen.), 58'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 4,604 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Barrow v Stockport County

25 February 2023 33	Barrow	1–0	Stockport County	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Garner  45+1' Kay 69'	Report	Stretton  90+5'	Stadium: So Legal Stadium Attendance: 4,164 (625 away) Referee: Ollie Yates

Stockport County v Doncaster Rovers

5 March 2023 34	Stockport County	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	Edgeley
15:00 GMT	Davenport  9' Rydel  65'	Report	Molyneux  81' Close  90'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,942 (1,154 away) Referee: Robert Lewis

Stockport County v Gillingham

7 March 2023 35	Stockport County	0–0	Gillingham	Edgeley
19:45 GMT		Report	Jefferies  75' Tutonda  77'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 8,168 Referee: Ben Toner

Colchester United v Stockport County

11 March 2023 36	Colchester United	0–1	Stockport County	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Kelleher  47' Huws  78'	Report	Wootton 37' Olaofe  87' Johnson  89'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 3,530 (473 away) Referee: Declan Bourne

Stockport County v Mansfield Town

18 March 2023 37	Stockport County	1–1	Mansfield Town	Edgeley
15:00 GMT	Madden 30' Byrne  66' Sarcevic  90+5'	Report	Akins 90+3'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,155 (1,407 away) Referee: Paul Howard

Swindon Town v Stockport County

25 March 2023 (2023-03-25) 38	Swindon Town	0–1	Stockport County	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Wakeling  1' Hepburn-Murphy  3' Brynn  60' Williams  62'	Report	Madden 2' Rydel  45+4' Lewis  48' Knoyle  49' Lemonheigh-Evans  64' Croasdale 80' Wootton  90+4'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 9,446 (712 away fans) Referee: Alan Young

Stockport County v Salford City

31 March 2023 39	Stockport County	1–1	Salford City	Edgeley
19:45 BST	Lemonheigh-Evans 6' Hussey  71'	Report	Hendry 51' Mallan  67'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,305 (584 away) Referee: Adam Herczeg

Sutton United v Stockport County

7 April 2023 40	Sutton United	0–1	Stockport County	Sutton
15:00 BST	Smith  29' Hart  83'	Report	Croasdale  28' Stretton 53' Collar  65' Hippolyte  85'	Stadium: VBS Community Stadium Attendance: 4,253 (702 away) Referee: Neil Hair

Stockport County v Newport County

10 April 2023 41	Stockport County	4–0	Newport County	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Wootton 9', 45+3' Stretton 65' Knoyle 89'	Report	Norman  42'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,179 (344 away) Referee: Carl Brook

Gillingham v Stockport County

15 April 2023 42	Gillingham	1–1	Stockport County	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Masterson  16' Ehmer  23' Lapslie 54' Alexander  84' Dieng  87'	Report	Collar 89' Knoyle  90'	Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,810 (519 away) Referee: Martin Woods

Carlisle United v Stockport County

18 April 2023 43	Carlisle United	2–2	Stockport County	Carlisle
19:45 BST	Whelan  27' Senior  41' Mellish 54',  90+2' Moxon 83'	Report	Hippolyte 31' Wright  38' Lemonheigh-Evans 86'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 7,198 (1,052 away) Referee: Thomas Parsons

Stockport County v Rochdale

22 April 2023 44	Stockport County	1–0	Rochdale	Edgeley
15:00 BST	Olaofe 45+8' Lemonheigh-Evans  52' Byrne  65'	Report	Ebanks-Landell  59'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,319 (824 away) Referee: Scott Oldham

Leyton Orient v Stockport County

29 April 2023 45	Leyton Orient	0–3	Stockport County	Leyton
15:00 BST	Hunt  20' Smyth  33'	Report	Wright 5' Camps 10' Hippolyte  45+2' Lemonheigh-Evans 81' Hussey  90+1'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,615 (1,214 away) Referee: Ollie Yates

Stockport County v Hartlepool United

8 May 2023 46	Stockport County	1–1	Hartlepool United	Stockport
12:30	Camps 39' (pen.)	Report	Cooke 62'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,118 Referee: Tom Reeves

League Two play-offs

Main articles: 2023 English Football League play-offs and 2023 EFL League Two play-off final

Salford City v Stockport County

13 May 2023 Semi-final 1st leg	Salford City	1–0	Stockport County	Salford
19:45 BST	Smith 17'	Report		Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 3,923 Referee: Tom Nield

Stockport County v Salford City

20 May 2023 Semi-final 2nd leg	Stockport County	2–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Salford City	Stockport
12:30 BST	Olaofe 68' Stretton 115'	Report	Mallan 112'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,023 Referee: Ben Toner
	Penalties
	Madden Croasdale Collar Sarcevic		Lund Mariappa Barry Mallan

Stockport County v Carlisle United

28 May 2023 (2023-05-28) Final	Stockport County	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Carlisle United	Wembley Stadium, London
13:30 BST	Mellish 34' (o.g.)	Report	Patrick 84'	Attendance: 34,004 Referee: Tom Nield
	Penalties
	Lemonheigh-Evans Rydel Hippolyte Stretton Collar		Dennis Mellish Edmondson Moxon Charters

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

County were drawn at home to Swindon Town in the first round,^[58] away to Charlton Athletic in the second round^[59] and at home again to Walsall in the third round.^[60]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Stockport County v Swindon Town

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) First round	Stockport County	4–0	Swindon Town	Edgeley
15:00 GMT	Sarcevic 11', 29' Wright 16' Rydel 58' Brown  79'	Report	Khan  1' Hutton  29' Reed  88'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 4,534 Referee: Marc Edwards

Charlton Athletic v Stockport County

26 November 2022 (2022-11-26) Second round	Charlton Athletic	2–2	Stockport County	Charlton
15:00 GMT	Kirk  6' Lewis 23' (o.g.) Morgan 39'	Report	Hussey 3' Southam-Hales  52' Horsfall  70' Hippolyte 90+7'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 3,889 Referee: Lee Swabey

Stockport County v Charlton Athletic

7 December 2022 (2022-12-07) Second round replay	Stockport County	3–1	Charlton Athletic	Edgeley
19:45 GMT	Collar 25', 73', 81' (pen.) Rydel  66'	Report	Wright 7' (o.g.) Campbell  49' Forster-Caskey  69' Mitchell  77' Dobson  80' Clare  80'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 6,242 Referee: Scott Oldham

Stockport County v Walsall

8 January 2023 (2023-01-08) Third round	Stockport County	1–2	Walsall	Edgeley
14:00 GMT	Madden 88',  90+4'	Report	Johnson 63' Williams 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,178 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

EFL Cup

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Stockport County were drawn away to Harrogate Town in the first round and at home to Leicester City in the second round.^[61][62]

Harrogate Town v Stockport County

9 August 2022 First round	Harrogate Town	0–1	Stockport County	Harrogate
19:45 BST		Report	Croasdale  39' Jennings 53' (pen.) Brown  70' Hippolyte  90+2'	Stadium: The EnviroVent Stadium Attendance: 1,534 Referee: Thomas Kirk

Stockport County v Leicester City

23 August 2022 Second round	Stockport County	0–0 (1–3 p)	Leicester City	Stockport
19:45 BST	Quigley  90+4'	Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 10,301 Referee: Samuel Barrott
	Penalties
	Sarcevic Quigley Croasdale Wootton		Tielemans Maddison Barnes Pérez Dewsbury-Hall

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Trophy

On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Stockport County with Shrewsbury Town and Port Vale.^[63] Three days later, Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s joined Northern Group C.^[61]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Port Vale	3	3	0	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	3	2	0	0	1	4	4	0	6
3	L2	Stockport County	3	1	0	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	L1	Shrewsbury Town	3	0	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Port Vale v Stockport County

30 August 2022 Group stage	Port Vale	1–0	Stockport County	Burslem
19:30 BST	Hussey 64' McDermott  83'	Report		Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,980 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Stockport County v Wolverhampton Wanderers U21

20 September 2022 Group stage	Stockport County	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Edgeley
19:30 BST	Lemonheigh-Evans  43' Jennings 90+3'	Report	Harkin 20' Roberts 71'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 1,398 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Stockport County v Shrewsbury Town

18 October 2022 Group stage	Stockport County	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Edgeley
19:30 BST	Johnson 2'  56' Macdonald  48'	Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 1,054 Referee: Lewis Smith

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