Stockport County moved to Edgeley Park, then home of Stockport Rugby League Club, in 1902, having previously played at Green Lane in Heaton Norris.

Down the years the old ground has seen many greats play on the hallowed turf, including George Best, Bobby Moore, Kevin Keegan, Stan Mortensen amongst many more. As of the end of the 2007/08 season, there had been 5,884 League goals scored at Edgeley Park, 3,672 of those scored by County.

Capacity - 10,832
Cheadle End - 5,043
Main Stand - 2,013
Popular Side - 2,411
Railway End - 1,365

Edgeley Park Moments
1902 - Stockport County move to Edgeley Park
1903 - First Popular Side constructed
1913 - First Main Stand built, a 500-seater timber stand
1923 - Wooden terrace built at the Cheadle End
1927 - Popular Side reconstructed
1934 - The 13-0 victory over Halifax Town
1934 - Popular Side extended further back to hold 16,000
1935 - Main Stand burns down, rebuilt just a year later
1946 - The longest-ever football match
1950 - 27,833 cram in to watch a 5th Round FA Cup game against Liverpool
1956 - First floodlight game, against Fortuna '54 Geleen - County won 3-0 in front of 14,511
1958 - England played at Edgeley Park... twice... on the same day!
1967 - Bench seating installed in Cheadle End, reducing capacity to 1,100
1978 -  The Lacrosse World Cup Final
1978 - Rear of Popular Side dismantled
1985 - Cheadle End demolished following the Valley Parade disaster
1994 - Popular Side made all-seater
1995 - New, 5,000-seater Cheadle End built
2001 - 1,300 seats bolted onto Railway End terrace


 
 
 
 
 
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