National League North

HATTERS FAIL TO DELIVER THE PRIZE

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
30 April 2017

Play-off dreams are ended

By CHRIS PRATT

STOCKPORT COUNTY 1
Lloyd 56
GLOUCESTER CITY 1
Kotwica 72

THAT’S MINE! Stockport scorer Danny Lloyd challenges for possession

Zack Kotwica broke Hatters’ hearts as his second-half equaliser ensured Stockport could not make the play-offs.
The script needed no embellishing on a day when County had to win to secure a play-off position and hope that results at Salford City and Chorley went their way.
In his programme notes, Jim Gannon said his players needed to “play the game and not the occasion” but the throbbing atmosphere...

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