Match details

Date	Saturday 22nd January 1949
Competition	English Third Division (North)
Season	1948/49
League matchday	25
Venue	Edgeley Park
Attendance	8,446

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Lineups and substitutes

Stockport County

Starting line up:

1. Jack 'Tiger' Bowles
2. Ron Staniforth
3. Fred Kenny
4. Billy McCulloch
5. John Easdale
6. Dewis Brown
7. Len Barker
8. Alec Herd
9. Tom Swinscoe
10. Alex Paterson
11. George Glaister

Bradford City

Starting line up:

1. Brendan McManus
2. Hugh Ferguson
3. Jake Ruecroft
4. Andy McGill
5. George Hinsley
6. Bill Murphy
7. Jock Shearer
8. Derek Hawksworth
9. James 'Buster' Brown
10. Whelan 'Polly' Ward
11. Frank Greenhoff

Managers

Stockport County:
Bob Marshall

Bradford City
David Steele

League positions (before / after)

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Facts and figures

This was the 15th meeting between the two sides at Edgeley Park. After this game our overall record against Bradford City at Edgeley Park now reads 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat

This was the 31st meeting between the two sides overall. After this game our overall record against Bradford City now reads 14 wins, 8 draws and 9 defeats

This was the 750th game played at Edgeley Park. After this game our record at Edgeley Park now reads 443 wins, 164 draws and 143 defeats

Before this game the last win against Bradford City was on Saturday 1st February 1947

The last win in the English Third Division (North) was on Saturday 1st January 1949

This was the 138th time that Bob Marshall has been in charge of us. After this game his managerial record now reads 57 wins, 29 draws and 52 defeats

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

Tom Swinscoe was the first player to score a hat-trick for us since Tom Swinscoe against Tranmere Rovers on 6th November 1948

Alex Paterson scored his 1st goal for the club in this game

John Easdale made his last appearance for the club in this game

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

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