Stockport County season ticket holders' hopes for new season with team 'not only winning regularly but pushing for titles'

This is going to be Stockport County’s season- at least according to Gareth Eccleston.

After 11 years, the Hatters have officially marked their jubilant return to the Football League with a convincing 2-0 victory over Halifax Town, and with promotion comes even bigger and better ambitions for the club.

However it hasn’t always been an easy ride for Stockport County supporters over the years - a fact that season ticket holder Gareth and his family know all too well, having been there for all the setbacks and triumphs. According to him, the crucial deciding match was a nerve-wracking affair, but a culmination of the momentum that had been building all season and an experience he wanted to share with his whole family.

He said: “I have a season ticket, as do my son and daughter, and I took my wife as well so it was a full family affair at the game. I didn’t want them to miss it really.

“It’s not really like I enjoyed the game either. The anxiety was running through every bone in my body but as soon as we got that second goal to make it 2-0 you almost knew, it was inevitable that it was going to happen. I stayed on in Edgeley afterwards and celebrated long into the night.”

In anticipation for the season ahead, Stockport County has released its early bird discounted season tickets. The lower price is available until Thursday June 23, when they will go on general sale at the standard price.

Purchasing a season ticket for Stockport County FC comes with a number of benefits, including having a chosen seat reserved all season for home games, priority access to ticket sales for away matches, 10 per cent discount in the club shop and matchday catering facilities, along with other exclusive offers.

Gareth added: “If people are on