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Originally formed as the Heaton Norris Rovers in 1883, the Stockport County Football Club merged with the Heaton Norris Football Club and adopted their current name. The club was given the nickname of the Hatters by their supporters and shared the nickname with Luton Town, the center of the Victorian hat- making industry of the time.
Stockport County Football Club or F.C. sports their traditional blue and white kit on their home field at Edgeley Park since 1902. This park was built originally in 1901 on Hardcastle road in Edgeley, Stockport, as a rugby field. However, once the rugby league became defunct in 1902 the Stockport County F.C., who at the time, was looking to acquire a larger stadium, have since been calling Edgeley Park home. After a 109 year history as the home of the Stockport County F.C., the 10,800 seat stadium is now also called home by the rugby union club the Sale Sharks.
In 1935, the main stand, a wooden structure which seated 500 fans was annihilated by fire. A year later it was reconstructed as a traditional stand from brick and steel, a common style for stadiums of its kind in Association Football and now seating over 2,000 supporters. Unlike most Association Football stadiums of today, which run the length of the pitch, this main stand is a mere 70 meters long.
Originally built in 1923 the Cheadle End is the most modern section of the entire stadium, as well as the largest. Greatly cutting its capacity from 3,000 to 1,100 when in1967 this end of the stadium was turned to an all seater. In 1985, due to the Bradford City stadium fire and replaced with uncovered terracing, which despite its minimal seating arrangement, was very popular among supporters throughout its ten year life span, because of its traditional feel. Replacing the small terrace in 1995 with a 5,200 all-seater, state of the art facility, was the decision of the then Stockport chairman Brendan Elwood.