WILLIAMS FULL OF ADULATION FOR MAJESTIC TOP HATTERS
The Football League Paper|December 24, 2023
NOTTS County boss Luke Williams branded Stockport the best League Two side he has seen.
Gareth Smith
WILLIAMS FULL OF ADULATION FOR MAJESTIC TOP HATTERS

Goals from front Kyle Wootton and Paddy Madden put the Hatters in control, but a late David McGoldrick strike set up a nervy finish as Stockport remain six points clear at the top of the standings.

Williams said: “They are the best League Two team I’ve ever seen because even when you’re putting the pressure on them they don’t crumble.

“When you watch them get a foothold in the game like we saw them last week and many times before this season, they can just crush a team.

“In order to be a really top team, you have to be able to be consistent and you have to be able to play when you’re the second best team on the pitch for a moment, and to weather the storm, not crumble and come back and be the best team on the pitch. Or you can take a game by the scruff of the neck and run away with it. They can do everything like that.

“I think when a team win 12 league games back-to-back, it’s hard to imagine that they’re not an incredible team.”

It took just seven minutes for Stockport to take the lead following a set-piece off the training ground when Kyle Knoyle’s low corner was steered in by Wootton.

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