Match details

Date	Saturday 29th September 1956
Competition	English Third Division (North)
Season	1956/57
League matchday	13
Venue	Feethams
Attendance	4,680

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Lineups and substitutes

Stockport County

Starting line up:

1. Arthur Barnard
2. Bob Murray
3. Ivor Seemley
4. Trevor Porteous
5. Ken Hodder
6. Frank Clempson
7. Gene Wilson
8. Eddie Moran
9. Ken Finney
10. Arnold Jackson
11. Alan 'Digger' Daley

Darlington

Starting line up:

1. Ron Ward
2. Arthur Nugent
3. Brian Henderson
4. Harry Bell
5. Ron Greener
6. Bill Rutherford
7. Ron Forster
8. Tommy Lumley
9. Bill Tulip
10. Jim Cannon
11. Tom Moran

Managers

Stockport County:
Willy Moir

Darlington
Bobby Gurney

League positions (before / after)

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Facts and figures

This was the 24th meeting between the two sides at Feethams. After this game our overall record against Darlington at Feethams now reads 6 wins, 8 draws and 10 defeats

This was the 49th meeting between the two sides overall. After this game our overall record against Darlington now reads 25 wins, 11 draws and 13 defeats

Before this game the last defeat against Darlington was on Saturday 31st October 1953

The last defeat in the English Third Division (North) was on Saturday 15th September 1956

This was the 13th time that Willy Moir has been in charge of us. After this game his managerial record now reads 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats

This was the 10th time that Bobby Gurney has managed a team against us. After this game his managerial record against us now reads 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats

Bill Rutherford was the first opposition player to score an own goal for us since Brian Heward for Scunthorpe & Lindsey United on 26th April 1956

Ivor Seemley made his 50th appearance for the club in this game

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

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