A pink giraffe, poop on the Pop Side, and a posse of stewards

19 photos from Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off against Burton Albion

Mar 30, 2025

Sunday 30 March 2025

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NEXT HOME GAME: Stevenage – Tuesday 1 April, 7.45pm

NEXT AWAY GAME: Exeter City – Saturday 5 April, 3pm

Dear County fans, Stopfordians, Burton supporters, and anyone else from The Football Family joining us today, a very warm welcome to your Sunday edition of The Scarf My Father Wore.

County made hard work of it, but they picked up another three huge points yesterday in their quest to book a play-off spot. With Bolton and Huddersfield losing, we’re now seven points clear of 7th, which is a pretty sizeable gap going into April (unfortunately, so is the nine-point gap to Wrexham in 2nd). Match report from the Burton game tomorrow, photos today.

A big thank you to MAN v FAT for sponsoring today’s edition. You can register for just £1 using the code TSMFW.

Finally, I’m currently walking every street in Stockport to raise money for mental health charity Mentell. If you’d like to make a donation to help me reach my target, please click here.

Total distance so far: 253.75 miles

Total steps so far: 418,084

Total raised so far: £2,292

Total completed streets so far: 474 (Click here for the full list, which includes reports and photos from every day of the walk.)

Further information on the walk can be found by clicking here.

Des Junior

Have you managed to stick to your 2025 New Year’s resolutions?

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A supportive community of likeminded men, all keen to make lasting changes whilst having a kickabout once a week. Some incredible friendships have been made by the lads in the clubs around the Greater Manchester area so, if you’re looking to freshen up your social scene too, MAN v FAT may well be the answer.

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Anthony Hadley / Lee Earnshaw / Terry Smith

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And there’s soon to be a MAN v FAT rugby club launched in the area too, in Wigan!

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Photo of the day

Somewhere along the promenade in Blackpool

A great big Happy Mother’s Day to all the County mums out there. Here’s three of them enjoying their trip to Blackpool earlier this season, before County’s 3-0 win at Bloomfield Road.

Today in SK

🎬 Cinema

One film at The Savoy Cinema (SK4) today. Black Bag (15) at 7.45pm.

➡️ Click here for tickets.

🍴 Food and drink

Enjoy a delicious Sunday roast at The Crown (SK2) or The Three Tunnes (SK7) with homemade Yorkshire puddings and all the trimmings. Served till 6pm.

A number of venues are featured on The Scarf My Father Wore such as The Dog & Partridge (SK2), The Alexandra (SK3), The Crown Inn (SK6), The Cross Keys (SK8) and The Ram’s Head (SK12). Support them this month by popping in for a few drinks and a bite to eat.