Match details

Date	Friday 29th August 1997
Competition	Nationwide League Division One
Season	1997/98
League matchday	4
Venue	Edgeley Park
Referee	Anthony Leake
Attendance	6,260 (972 away)
Kick off	19:45

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Lineups and substitutes

Stockport County

Starting line up:

1. Eric Nixon
2. Sean Connelly
3. Colin Woodthorpe
4. Tom Bennett
5. Mike Flynn
6. Jim Gannon
7. Lee Richardson
8. Chris Marsden
9. Brett Angell
10. Alun Armstrong
11. Kevin Cooper

Substitutes bench:

12. Tony Dinning
13. Kieron Durkan
14. Andy Mutch

Changes made

Tony Dinning ON / Mike Flynn OFF	30
Kieron Durkan ON / Lee Richardson OFF	76
Andy Mutch ON / Jim Gannon OFF	82

Birmingham City

Starting line up:

1. Ian Bennett
2. Darren Wassall
3. Michael Johnson
4. Steve Bruce
5. Gary Ablett
6. Martin Grainger
7. Martin O'Connor
8. Steve Robinson
9. Paul Furlong
10. Bryan Hughes
11. Peter Ndlovu

Substitutes bench:

12. Jon Bass
13. Paul Devlin
14. Kevin Francis

Changes made:

Paul Devlin ON / Michael Johnson OFF	32
Kevin Francis ON / Steve Robinson OFF	56

Managers

Stockport County:
Gary Megson

Birmingham City
Trevor Francis

League positions (before / after)

Stockport County:
20th / 20th

Birmingham City:
6th / 3rd

Facts and figures

This was the 13th meeting between the two sides at Edgeley Park. After this game our overall record against Birmingham City at Edgeley Park now reads 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats

This was the 29th meeting between the two sides overall. After this game our overall record against Birmingham City now reads 9 wins, 5 draws and 15 defeats

This was the 1995th game played at Edgeley Park. After this game our record at Edgeley Park now reads 1071 wins, 491 draws and 433 defeats

Before this game the last draw against Birmingham City was on Saturday 24th January 1920

The last draw in the Nationwide League Division One was on Saturday 16th August 1997

This was the 6th time that Gary Megson has been in charge of us. After this game his managerial record now reads 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats

This was the 4th time that Trevor Francis has managed a team against us. After this game his managerial record against us now reads 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats

This was the 6th time that Anthony Leake has officiated a competitive game involving us. After this game, our record against teams when Anthony has officiated now reads 3 wins, 2 draws, and 1 defeat

Eric Nixon made his 1st appearance for the club in this game

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