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Formed in 1883 Stockport, Greater Manchester, the Stockport County Football Club was an English football club. From 1905 to 2011 they were ongoing competitors in the Football League. While they were to be found in the lower rungs of competing football teams, they experienced some measure of success in the 1990′s. Due to team instability, though, they quickly fell from grace and down into the lower divisions again.

The team name was originally the Heaton Rovers eventually adopting the nickname, “The Hatters.” This was due to the fact that Stockport was known for its role as the center of hat-making in Victorian industry.

One of their more notable players was a man named Jack Connor. Connor set some great goal scoring club record with 140 goals, with instances of four to five goals in a match. Of the 140 goals 13 were “hat tricks,” which is a term used to describe the success of a positive deed three times in the course of a game. In his career Connor held a total of 17 hat tricks.

Stockport County currently holds the record for winning the most consecutive matches without the concession of a goal. This record ran for several months in 2007, with the manager at the time, Jim Gannon, coming up twice as a candidate for manager of the month.

In the passed few years the team has faced some challenging financial issues. For starters, in 2009 they were placed in administration after fighting with creditors about debts that were owed. There was one loan amount of 300,000, and there was also an issue of back taxes in the amount of 250,000. In 2009 the team had to put its training grounds up for sale.

In 2010, after 106 years in the Football League, Stockport was relegated after a 2-0 away defeat.