Newly-promoted Stockport got their season off and running with a deserved 1-0 win against Colchester.
Substitute Kyle Wootton scored the all-important goal to hand last season’s National League champions their first points after back-to-back defeats.
Colchester threatened first when Marley Marshall-Miranda went close with a powerful 20-yard drive.
Back came Stockport, with Antoni Sarcevic planting a free header straight into goalkeeper Sam Hornby’s grateful grasp.
The hosts went on to boss the remainder of the first period, with skipper Paddy Madden seeing a strike from a tight angle saved well by Hornby.
Sarcevic also crashed a smart half-volley narrowly off target as County dominated, while Madden saw a firm strike bravely blocked by U’s skipper Luke Chambers shortly after the restart.
County finally broke the deadlock in the 68th minute when sub Wootton rose superbly to head home Ollie Crankshaw’s measured cross.
Madden forced Hornby into another excellent stop in the latter stages, while Myles Hippolyte also came close to doubling the hosts’ lead.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
line ups
Stock port
formation 3-4-2-1
25Jaros
16Brown31Lewis15Johnson
2Southam Hales8thcamps18Croasdale21Hippolyte
10Sarcevic11crankshaw
9madden
- 25Jaros
- 16Brown
- 31Lewis
- 15Johnson
- 2Southam HalesSubstituted fornewbieat 58′minutes
- 8thcamps
- 18CroasdaleSubstituted forWoottonat 58′minutes
- 21Hippolyte
- 10Sarcevic
- 11crankshawSubstituted forHorsfallat 82′minutes
- 9maddenSubstituted forLemonheight-Evansat 82′minutes
substitutes
- 1hinschliffe
- 6Horsfall
- 7Lemonheight-Evans
- 17Rydel
- 19Wootton
- 20newbie
- 22Quigley
colchester
formation 4-4-2
1Hornby
22Tchamadeu4Chambers18Eastman30kazeem
7Hannant33Marshall Miranda14Chilvers3Clampin
11sears45Noble
- 1Hornby
- 22Tchamadeu
- 4Chambers
- 18Eastman
- 30kazeem
- 7HannantSubstituted fornewbieat 81′minutes
- 33Marshall MirandaBooked at 65minsSubstituted fortovideat 90+2′minutes
- 14ChilversBooked at 21mins
- 3ClampinSubstituted forowensat 69′minutes
- 11sears
- 45NobleSubstituted forAkindeat 81′minutes
substitutes
- 6Dallison-Lisbon
- 13O’Hara
- 19newbie
- 20owens
- 24Akinde
- 27coxe
- 34tovide
live text
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Match ends, Stockport County 1, Colchester United 0.
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Second Half ends, Stockport County 1, Colchester United 0.
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Joe Lewis (Stockport County) wins a free kick in defensive half.
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Foul by Samson Tovide (Colchester United).
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Joe Lewis (Stockport County) wins a free kick in defensive half.
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Foul by Samson Tovide (Colchester United).
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Substitution, Colchester United. Samson Tovide replaces Marley Marshall-Miranda.
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Myles Hippolyte (Stockport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Luke Chambers (Colchester United).
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Foul by Kyle Wootton (Stockport County).
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Thomas Eastman (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Elliot Newby (Stockport County) wins a free kick in defensive half.
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Foul by Marley Marshall-Miranda (Colchester United).
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Attempt blocked. Antoni Sarcevic (Stockport County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kyle Wootton.
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Attempt missed. Charlie Owens (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by John Akinde with a headed pass.
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Foul by Elliot Newby (Stockport County).
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Thomas Eastman (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Joe Lewis (Stockport County) wins a free kick in defensive half.
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Foul by John Akinde (Colchester United).
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Attempt saved. Myles Hippolyte (Stockport County) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Elliot Newby.
