Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Stockport County 1st with 94 points, Eastleigh 19th with 46, 48 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Eastleigh 1.18 scored and 1.68 conceded per game, Stockport County 1.98 and 0.86, with the league averaging 1.37.
Eastleigh were winless in 9. Stockport County came in having won eight on the spin, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 1/15 points for Eastleigh against 15/15 for Stockport County.
Silverlake Stadium in Eastleigh, capacity 3,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.