A goal in either half from midfielder Tommy Rowe on 26 minutes and centre-forward Chris Coward on 51 minutes condemned the young Cumbrians to defeat and leaves them with only the league and the FA Youth Cup, which they will enter at the first round proper stage at the beginning of November, to concentrate on this season.
Stockport line-up :
Craig Duncan, Liam Foster, Ashley Crank, Michael Bowler (Adam Stuart), James Tunnicliffe, Gianluca Havern (Williams), Michael Raynes, Greg Tansey, Chris Coward (Dan Ellis), Bruce Desmond, Tommy Rowe.
Unused subs : Josh Bowman, Fielding.
United line-up :
Adam Bradley, Ashley Combe, Martin Stewart, Matty Bell, Matthew Blake, Martin Graham, Richard Hoban, Paul Gardiner, Shaun Vipond, Rob Bainbridge, Andy Hardman.
Subs (all used) : James Earl, Mike Stewardson, Gary Baker.
Other results :
Northern Section
Blackpool 2-3 Bradford
Bury 2-4 Shrewsbury
Doncaster 3-2 Scunthorpe
Grimsby 1-2 Chester
Mansfield 3-4 Hartlepool
Oldham 2-1 Lincoln
Port Vale 0-0 Preston (Preston won 4-1 on penalties)
Rochdale 0-0 Notts County (Rochdale won 5-3 on penalties)
Rotherham 1-3 Burnley
Stockport 2-0 Carlisle
Tranmere 2-0 Macclesfield
Walsall 1-2 Hull
Wigan 1-0 Chesterfield
Wrexham 4-0 York
Southern Section
Group 1
Exeter 2-3 Wycombe
Plymouth 2-1 Luton
Swansea 0-2 Brighton
Group 2
Brentford 2-1 Bristol Rovers
Leyton Orient 2-1 Portsmouth
Yeovil 0-3 QPR
Group 3
Bournemouth 0-2 Gillingham
Hereford 0-7 Swindon
Northampton 4-3 Southend
Group 4
Cambridge 1-3 Cheltenham
Cirencester 0-0 Rushden
Colchester 3-1 Oxford