Match details

Date	Saturday 24th January 1998
Competition	FA Cup (Rd 4)
Season	1997/98
Venue	St Andrews
Referee	Gary Willard
Attendance	15,882 (1,306 away)
Kick off	15:00

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Lineups and substitutes

Stockport County

Starting line up:

1. Eric Nixon
2. Sean Connelly
3. Damon Searle
4. Tom Bennett
5. Mike Flynn
6. Martin McIntosh
7. Jim Gannon
8. Paul Cook
9. Brett Angell
10. Alun Armstrong
11. Kevin Cooper

Substitutes bench:

12. Ian Gray
13. Colin Woodthorpe
14. Tony Dinning
15. Chris Byrne
16. Simon Travis

Changes made

Tony Dinning ON / Sean Connelly OFF	64
Chris Byrne ON / Damon Searle OFF	64
Simon Travis ON / Paul Cook OFF	64

Birmingham City

Starting line up:

1. Ian Bennett
2. Jon Bass
3. Martin Grainger
4. Steve Bruce
5. Gary Ablett
6. Chris Marsden
7. Jon McCarthy
8. Martin O'Connor
9. Paul Furlong
10. Bryan Hughes
11. Nicky Forster

Substitutes bench:

12. Kevin Poole
13. Michael Johnson
14. Peter Ndlovu
15. Kevin Francis
16. Steve Robinson

Changes made:

Peter Ndlovu ON / Paul Furlong OFF	46
Kevin Francis ON / Jon Bass OFF	66
Steve Robinson ON / Martin Grainger OFF	76

Managers

Stockport County:
Gary Megson

Birmingham City
Trevor Francis

League Divisions

Stockport County:
Nationwide League Division One / tier 2

Birmingham City:
Nationwide League Division One / tier 2

Facts and figures

This was the 15th meeting between the two sides at St Andrews. After this game our overall record against Birmingham City at St Andrews now reads 2 wins, 2 draws and 11 defeats

This was the 32nd meeting between the two sides overall. After this game our overall record against Birmingham City now reads 10 wins, 5 draws and 17 defeats

Before this game the last defeat against Birmingham City was on Wednesday 17th September 1997

The last defeat in the FA Cup was on Saturday 25th January 1997

This was the 33rd time that Gary Megson has been in charge of us. After this game his managerial record now reads 15 wins, 5 draws and 13 defeats

This was the 7th time that Trevor Francis has managed a team against us. After this game his managerial record against us now reads 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat

This was the 3rd time that Gary Willard has officiated a competitive game involving us. After this game, our record against teams when Gary has officiated now reads 0 wins, 2 draws, and 1 defeat

Brett Angell was the first player to be sent off for us since Alun Armstrong against AFC Bournemouth on 1st April 1997

Brett Angell was sent off in the 25th minute

Martin McIntosh was sent off in the 53rd minute

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