Alan Lord has named seven players with first-team experience for tonight's friendly against Rossendale United.

Paul Ennis, Oli Johnson and Paul Turnbull, who all came off the bench at Northampton on Saturday, start alongside Gary Dicker, James Vincent, Danny Pilkington and Josh Thompson.

County: Astbury; Halls, S Barnes, J Thompson, L Barnes; Turnbull, Dicker; J Vincent, Pilkington, Johnson; Ennis.

Subs: Green, Bell, Jackson, Molyneux, Holmes.

Kick-off time at Dark Lane is 7.30pm and reports will appear here on stockportcounty.com at half-time and again on the final whistle.

Directions
Simply follow the M60 north to J18, then take the M66 & follow it as it becomes the A56. At the end, take the right into Rawtenstall along the A682, and at the Haslingden Road/Bury Road roundabout carry on along the A682. After 500 yards turn right onto Newchurch Road, and follow it for about a mile - Newchurch is past Cloughold. When in Newchurch, turn right onto Top Barn Lane, then take the first left on to Windsor Avenue. At the end, turn right and the entrance to Dark Lane is almost immediately on your left. 

The postcode for Dark Lane is BB4 7UA. Click here for a map.