It was back on January 6, 1934, that County met Halifax Town in a Third Division (North) fixture, the day they would record their biggest ever win.

The Hatters were enjoying a good season, lying second in the table whilst the Shaymen were only three places behind them.

County beat their Yorkshire visitors 13-0 to enter the Halls of Fame, an achievement that will surely ensure them a place in football records for as long as they are kept.

One of the County heroes that day was Jabez Foulkes. Jabez or 'Jabber' as he was affectionately known, was signed by County from First Division Huddersfield Town in the summer of 1932.

He joined the Terriers as a 16-year-old, being signed by the legendary Clem Stephenson, and after impressing in a few reserve games was offered a contract of £4.10s a week. Speaking to I O County magazine in 1994, he said:  "It was an enormous wage in those days, I was only on 12/6d working down the pit."

Foulkes played in the annual probables v possibles game in 1932 and so impressed County boss Fred Westgarth that he signed him immediately.

Jabez made his debut for the Hatters on August 27, 1932, in the 5-1 victory over Darlington. The County goalkeeper at the time was Tommy Gale, who like Jabez came from Castleford. The two Yorkshiremen used to room together on away trips and Foulkes recalls: "Tommy was always immaculately dressed in spats, nice suit and he also wore a bowler hat and had a walking stick. I well remember the night before we played Barnsley," added Jabber. "Tommy said that if Barnsley got a penalty, Shotton would take it and hit it to one particular side and that he would save it. Sure enough, a penalty came and Tommy saved it. He won 2s off me I'm afraid!"

Jabber reveals that the record-breaking victory against Halifax came as no surprise to many pundits as some two months earlier County had thumped Southport 9-2 at Edgeley Park with Alf Lythgoe hitting four and Jabez notching one himself.

The magnificent eleven against the Shaymen were: McGann, Vincent, Jenkinson, Robinson, Stevens, Jones, Foulkes, Lythgoe, Hill, Stevenson, Downes.

"We were a good team alright," said Jabber. "There were a lot of great players at the club. Alf Lythgoe was a wonderful scorer of goals, as was Joe Hill, and in defence we had Eddie Vincent, Freddie Jenkinson and Len Jones. We also played with two wingers, myself and Percy Downes."

County played the first half against the Shaymen with a strong wind at their backs, and many of the 7305 crowd felt that their 2-0 interval advantage would not be enough. How wrong they were! After the break the Hatters scored an incredible eight goals in a 16 minute spell past a bemused Town keeper Milton, who was making his League debut.

The catalogue of goals reads: Hill (8 mins), Hill (14 mins), Lythgoe (50 mins), Hill (51 mins), Vincent (pen 53), Foulkes (57 mins), Downes (59 mins), Stevenson (61 mins), Downes (65 mins), Downes (66 mins), Lythgoe (80 mins), Stevenson (86 mins), Downes (88 mins).

Jabez was an ever present that season, playing 42 games and scoring 13 goals to help County to 3^rd place in the Division. The Hatters scored a club record 115 goals with Alf Lythgoe creating a club and League record by hitting 46 goals in the season - 52 if you count cup goals.

The club also reached the final of the 3^rd Division North Cup, losing a thrilling game 4-3 to Darlington at Old Trafford. Altogether Jabez played 143 League games for County and scored 30 goals. He eventually left the club in 1936 to join 2^nd Division Bradford for a fee of around £2000.

This article has been produced with the help of Stockport County's Historical Advisors