Edgeley Park - Stockport County

Away fans are normally housed on one side of the Popular Side Stand, where up to 900 seats can be allocated across two blocks. This stand is covered; however, several supporting pillars could impede your view if there is a large turnout. But really, for most visiting teams, this area is more than adequate. You can access the entrance to this stand by walking behind the Railway End.

For the really big games, visiting supporters can also be allocated to all or part of the Railway End, where the capacity is 1,366. This former terrace has been converted to accommodate all seating but lacks a roof, so you are at the mercy of the weather. The facilities within the ground are pretty good, with modern toilets, whilst the refreshment kiosk staffed by friendly faces offers a good range of pies. As Stockport County are a well-supported club, this can make for a lively atmosphere within the ground.

If you are an airplane spotter, this is your ground. During the game, many large planes fly over Edgeley Park, having taken off from nearby Manchester Airport!

Edgeley Park meeting deferred following car park objections

The plan to expand Edgeley Park to a capacity of 18,000 has faced another delay. This expansion is aligned with the club’s ambitions following their promotion to League One. After achieving two consecutive promotions, the club is now aiming for the Championship.

A crucial meeting scheduled for 3 July 2025, was cancelled when councillors, who failed to attend, cited the short notice for the information provided. Before the cancellation, a handful of Stockport fans had gathered at Stockport Town Hall.

It was reported that the Edgeley Wildlife Reserve Group, involved in negotiations for the expansion of Edgeley Park, sent the meeting notice to council members just a day prior. The wildlife campaign group has criticized the construction of a car park behind the South Park at Edgeley Park, claiming it would result in the loss of green space vital to local wildlife and the community.

The rescheduled meeting took place on 14 August 2024, but no final approval was obtained, with councillors requesting further assessments of the environmental impact of the plans, particularly the effects of new car parking facilities on local biodiversity and drainage.

The club have been asked to provide additional mitigation strategies in this regard as well as traffic management proposals.

We are now in the midst of a public consultation period over the plans, which will run until late November 2025, inviting further opinions from local residents and environmental groups, while the club continues to emphasise an expansion to an 18,000 capacity is vital for sustaining growth and meeting Championship requirements.

Edgeley Park is more than just a football stadium; it has also hosted numerous celebrities, entertainers, and sports legends. Here is a look at some of the famous people who have been seen at Edgeley Park in recent years.

Vicky Myers

Actress Vicky Myers, known for her role as DC Lisa Swain on Coronation Street, made a surprise visit to Edgeley Park in August 2025. During her visit, she personally presented a first-team jersey to superfan Barrie Clayton at Stockport County’s 90 Minute Club event.

Stockport even announced Myers’ visit on their official website. She is a well-known supporter of Stockport County and frequently shares posts about the club on social media.

Yes! @StockportCounty

— Vicky Myers (@VixMyers) May 14, 2025

Nathan Aspinall

Nathan Aspinall is a darts champion and a well-known supporter of Stockport County. In his youth, he had a trial with the club and has since remained a dedicated fan. He occasionally appears in Sky Sports content filmed at the Stockport County Training Centre.

In terms of view, the best place to watch football at Edgeley Park is the Danny Bergara Main Stand, which is named after one of the club’s most famous managers. The stand only runs around two-thirds of the length of the pitch, but it covers the halfway line, which is where you are going to want to be for the best view. Aim to get as high up the stand as possible for the best vantage point.

The other stands at Edgeley Park are as follows:

Cheadle End Stand

The Cheadle End Stand towers over the rest of the stadium. This stand, which was opened at the beginning of the 1995-96 season, is two-tiered, covered, and all-seated. It has a large lower tier and a smaller upper tier above. The stand is ‘encased’ by large, red, tubular steel supports and is flanked by two large, modern-looking floodlight pylons.

Railway End

Opposite is the Railway End, a former open terrace converted to a seating area in 2001. Above the Railway End is an electronic scoreboard. Both sides are pretty old-looking stands that are both covered and all seated.

Together Stand

On the other side is the Popular Side, known as the Together Stand, a former covered terrace later rebuilt and made all-seated in 1993.

There are multiple entrances at Edgeley Park for home supporters to use, including turnstiles at:

• Cheadle End
• Danny Bergara Stand
• Railway End
• Together Stand (Blocks 1-3)

On the other hand, the away fans’ entrance point is located behind the Railway End. Travelling supporters can use turnstiles 1-4 in this section, each of which is situated on Hardcastle Road.

Conveniently, coaches also stop on this road, making the ground even easier to navigate for away fans.

Several pubs are along a shopping area, across the main road from the away end. Away fans will get a warm welcome in the Sir Robert Peel halfway up Castle Street. Meanwhile, The Grapes is another popular pub with away supporters – as you come up the hill from the station, the pub is on the left at the top of Castle Street.

Stockport County fans have been enjoying themselves more than ever in recent years as their club have won two titles in three years. As a result, Edgeley Park has been bouncing the past few seasons with the following chants being commonplace:

• We’re the famous Stockport County
• We’re Stockport County, we’re on our way back
• The scarf me father wore

Below is a video of the Stockport faithful belting out one of their favourite songs.

What is clear abotu Edgeley Park is the great selection of food. We all love a pie, and for £5.50 that’s a decent looking portion of pie and mash for us. A hand little pot to put it in as well and you’re all set.

If Curry is more your style, don’t worry, you can also get that inside a cup.

Steak and ale pie with mash, gravy and peas at Stockport County (@StockportCounty @GreatNorthPieCo)

? £5.50 pic.twitter.com/JHXtPG2YBJ

— Footy Scran (@FootyScran) March 31, 2023

Curry in a cup at Stockport County (@StockportCounty)

? £7.65 WITH a pint pic.twitter.com/UvATxAKrgm

— Footy Scran (@FootyScran) January 16, 2023

The Edgeley Park ground is well signposted around the area.

By train

Stockport Railway Station is half a mile from Edgeley Park, about a ten-minute walk. It has two entrances/exits. Do not use the main entrance/exit but the smaller one on the western side. Then turn left up Station Road and continue up the hill towards the roundabout. Go straight over the roundabout and turn left into Caroline Street for the ground.

By car

From the south

M6 to Junction 19. Take the A556 towards Manchester/Altrincham. Then, join the M56 towards Manchester Airport. After a few miles, leave the M56 and join the M60 towards Stockport. Leave the M60 at Junction 2 (the A560 Cheadle turn-off), and at the roundabout, take the A560 towards Stockport. At the traffic lights (with the Farmers Arms pub on the right-hand corner), turn right onto the B5465 Edgeley Road.

Continue along Edgeley Road, passing a Morrisons supermarket on your left and continue straight on at the mini roundabout. Go through two sets of traffic lights, and as the road bends around to the right, the ground’s floodlights can be seen on the right-hand side. Turn right into Caroline Street, and the ground is at the bottom of this street.

From the east

M62 to junction 18. Take the M60 towards Stockport. Leave the M60 at Junction 1 and head towards Stockport. Turn right at the second set of traffic lights to go onto the A560 towards Cheadle. Then turn left into the B5465 Edgeley Road (with the Farmers Arms pub on the left-hand corner). Then as ‘From the south. ‘

From the north

M6 to Junction 20A, then take the M56 towards Manchester Airport, and then join the M60 towards Stockport. Then, as ‘From the south’.

Where to park your car near Edgeley Park

Mostly street parking, although beware of some new residents-only parking areas introduced recently.

• Post code for Sat-Nav: SK3 9DD

The Sykes family originally donated the land where Edgeley Park currently sits to Stockport in the late 1800s for sporting use. The stadium was first built as a rugby stadium for Stockport RFC. Stockport County moved to Edgeley Park in 1902 to find a bigger stadium following their promotion to the football league two years earlier. Stockport County’s first match at Edgeley Park ended in a 1-1 draw against Gainsborough Trinity. The Sykes family sold the land to Stockport County in 1932 for £1,600.

Unfortunately, the main stand burned down in 1935, destroying all of Stockport County’s records. This understandably resulted in a huge renovation of the site, and the ground has been redeveloped on a large scale multiple times in its history.

Perhaps most notable were the 1985 renovations. Following a horrific tragedy at Bradford’s home stadium, which saw an array of wooden structures catch fire, Stockport, along with every other professional football club in England, was required to remove all such structures from their grounds. This massively improved the venue’s safety, but it also reduced the site’s maximum capacity.

2015 Edgeley Park’s ownership was handed to Stockport City Council, but in 2022, the Hatters struck a deal that saw the club secure ownership of the site on a 250-year lease.

Edegeley Park, then, is a ground with a rich history that has become integral to its community. Rather interestingly, it has also hosted two separate England matches on the same day, January 14, 1958.

Edgeley Park has a capacity of 10,852, all of which are seated. The stadium became all-seated in 2001 when The Railway End was fully converted. This took the stadium to the capacity we see today, while the club continue to push for an expansion to take the capacity to 18,000.

Record attendance

27,833 vs Liverpool
FA Cup Fifth Round, 11 February 1950

Modern all-seated attendance record
10,273 vs Leeds United League One, 28 December 2008

Average attendance

• 2024-2025: 9,602 (League Two)
• 2023-2024: 9,230 (League Two)
• 2022-2023: 8,790 (League Two)
• 2021-2022: 7,126 (National League)

Stockport County have announced plans to extend and improve Edgeley Park. Ken Knott, the Non-Executive Chairman at Stockport County has said that the club has aims to reach the Championship and with that, they want to increase the capacity to 18,000.

The plan is to deliver new stands in phases which will reduce the impact on the club and their neighbours while still playing their home games at Edgeley Park.

An application for those improvements has now been submitted, confirming the exact order in which these multiple phases will be introduced.

The first will see developments made to both the East and North Stands – providing an extra 600 seats in the latter and 3,083 in the former.

An expansion of the South Stand would follow, which would see the capacity of this section of Edgeley Park increased to approximately 5,500. Another renovation in the North Stand, this time in the Western proportion, would see another 600 seats added to the ground.

Speaking via a club statement, Knott explained the reason behind the proposal, saying: “The ground means a great deal to the fans and the local community, and we want to ensure that the stadium matches our level of ambition so it can continue to provide a first-rate home for the Club and the local community for many years to come.”

The outlined improvements would certainly be a positive change for residents in the local area, with a total of 25 new core job roles expected to be created, and an additional 160 casual members of staff likely needed on matchdays.

Should the previously mentioned public consultation period go smoothly and approval obtained, construction would likely begin in mid-2026 in a phased plan.

Several UK football stadiums have hosted both local and international concerts, and Edgeley Park, home to Stockport County, is no exception.

Being able to host at least 10,000 spectators means Edgeley isn’t a small stadium, so a history of staging some big concerts shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Sounds of the 80s, which featured performers from the West End in London, treated revelers to the 1980s disco experience at Edgeley Park in May 2014.

In June 2019, the stadium hosted Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott concerts when the artists performed at the Stockport Stadium for two nights between June 20 and June 21. The concert was dubbed Wood-Stockport, and it attracted thousands of people.

Earlier in June 2019, Edgeley Stadium hosted Blossoms’ Homecoming Concert. This remains the largest gig for Blossoms and it featured popular performers such as The Coral, Fuzzy Sun, Blinders and Cabbage.

On 30 May 2025, Tina the Musical, Motown the Musical and Sister Act performed Tina Turner, James Brown, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder classics.

Most of Stockport County’s rivals are based in the Cheshire area/Greater Manchester. The main rivals are:

Rochdale

Rochdale are notably the biggest rivals of Stockport County. The animosity between these teams is rooted in tradition and is popularly known as the A6 Derby, named after a road that links the two towns. Unfortunately, there will be no league encounter during the 2025/26 season as Rochdale currently play in the National League.

Oldham Athletic

Oldham Athletic are another team in Greater Manchester whose rivalry with Stockport County is fueled by geographic proximity. Oldham play in League Two during the 2025/26 season, while Stockport are currently a League One outfit.

Altrincham

A clash with Altrincham usually attracts local interest as this matchup is considered a local derby. However, with Stockport in League One currently and Altrincham playing in the National League during the 2025/26 season, it will take some time for these teams to lock horns in a league encounter soon.

The last league meeting between Stockport and Altrincham took place in the 2021/22 season of the National League.

Stockport County are committed to ensuring everyone has equal access to facilities at Edgeley Park. Through the club’s County Collective initiative, they provide fans with the assistance they need based on individual requirements.

Wheelchair and ambulant supporters who visit Edgeley Park should be able to download their matchday guide from the club’s official website.

Supporters with sensory issues have access to a quiet room on matchday. There is also an in-stadium live commentary service for visually impaired supporters. ‘Keep me safe’ wristbands are also available to ensure disabled fans do not get lost during matches at Edgeley Park. For more information on Edgeley Park accessibility, visit the Stockport County website.

The League One 2025/26 season is here, which means it is time to plan your matchday visits to Edgeley Park. All you need is either a 2025/26 season ticket or a single-match ticket for home games.

General sale for  2026/25 season tickets as well as renewals is now closed. That means your next option is single-match tickets for the fixtures already listed on Stockport County’s website.

You can also opt for hospitality tickets, starting from £75.50, with the highest currently priced at £106.50 at Edgeley Park. Most importantly, you should have signed up for a Stockport County account to purchase the tickets. Meanwhile, single match tickets at Edgeley Park are priced as follows:

• Adult £24-£26
• Over 65 £18-£10
• Student £18-£19
• Youth (14-17) £11-£13
• Junior (6-13) £0-£10
• Child (0-5) £2-£4
• Disabled £18-£19