Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Stockport County 5th with 69 points, Gainsborough Trinity 20th with 46, 23 apart. Gainsborough Trinity had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 5th in the league over the last five rounds against 20th overall. Against a league average of 1.49 goals per team per game, Gainsborough Trinity ran at 1.12 scored and 1.74 conceded, Stockport County at 1.79 and 1.36.
The match was played at The Northolme in Gainsborough (capacity 4,304). The referee was J. Oldham, with 89 matches in our database and 2.1 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-3.