Congratulations to Stockport on their League Two play-off success last term, but let’s not get carried away into thinking this is small club that is over-achieving.

Back in the 1990s, Stockport were regularly challenging for promotion to Division One, and in 1997 they finally achieved it. It was the same season they reached the League Cup semi-finals. During their five years in Division One, Stockport attracted crowds of over 8,000 and went to White Hart Lane for an FA Cup fifth round tie against Spurs (which they lost, 4-0).

As is so often the case in football, one relegation led to another, and before you could say Edgeley Park Stockport had dropped two divisions. And, despite last season’s play-off win, it’s hard to escape the conclusion that County’s recent history has an air of under-achievement about it.