Match details

Date	Saturday 16th April 1927
Competition	English Third Division (North)
Season	1926/27
League matchday	38
Venue	Edgeley Park
Attendance	10,546

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Lineups and substitutes

Stockport County

Starting line up:

1. John Turner
2. Bill Bocking
3. Len Williams
4. Roly James
5. Evan Hooker
6. Ernest Helliwell
7. Tommy Scurr
8. Harry Broome
9. Harry Burgess
10. Billy Johnston
11. Bert Pearson

Nelson

Starting line up:

1. Fred Mace
2. James Pearson
3. Clem Rigg
4. Ambrose Harris
5. George Wilson
6. Ronald Mitchell
7. Lew Bedford
8. Bert White
9. Jimmy Hampson
10. John Stevenson
11. Harry Taylor

Managers

Stockport County:
Lincoln Hyde

Nelson
Percy Smith

League positions (before / after)

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Facts and figures

This was the 4th meeting between the two sides at Edgeley Park. After this game our overall record against Nelson at Edgeley Park now reads 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats

This was the 17th meeting between the two sides overall. After this game our overall record against Nelson now reads 6 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats

This was the 417th game played at Edgeley Park. After this game our record at Edgeley Park now reads 212 wins, 108 draws and 97 defeats

Before this game the last win against Nelson was on Monday 27th August 1923

The last win in the English Third Division (North) was on Saturday 26th March 1927

This was the 39th time that Lincoln Hyde has been in charge of us. After this game his managerial record now reads 20 wins, 6 draws and 13 defeats

This was the 3rd time that Percy Smith has managed a team against us. After this game his managerial record against us now reads 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat

Harry Burgess was the first player to score a hat-trick for us since Harry Burgess against Wrexham on 5th March 1927

Ernest Helliwell made his 1st appearance for the club in this game

After this game, our last 10 results in all competitions was LWLDWLLDLW

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