County v Burton

Eight games to go, as County face a Burton side fighting for their lives in the relegation scrap

Mar 29, 2025

Saturday 29 March 2025

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NEXT HOME GAME: Burton Albion – Today, 12.30pm

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 Saturday edition of The Scarf My Father Wore.

Dan Culverwell and Nick Lee join us this morning, with County looking to bounce back from last week’s defeat at Wrexham.

Today’s edition is sponsored by Lynx Taxis. A big thank you to Ehsan.

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

Dan Culverwell, The Scarf Bergara Wore

County 3 Burton 0

Brad Hills is suspended today, even though the PGMOL have apologised to County as he shouldn’t have been sent off. What would you do with our defence this afternoon?

I think the big question is will it be a back four or a three.

Back four then it’s Connolly and Pye in a central defence pairing; back three then you introduce Horsfall into the middle. I think going forward after today we’ll see Hills playing more as a right-sided centre-back in a three. For this afternoon’s game I’m going with Horsfall in a back three. Or you could have Knoyle play RCB with Connolly and Pye and Feveier as a RWB. Oh I don’t know - why do you give me the hard questions?!

➡️ Dan is part of The Scarf Bergara Wore team, hosting live County podcasts every Wednesday at 8pm. Click here for links.

Nick Lee, SK3 TV

County 3 Burton 0

You bared your naked chest on the podcast this week. Did viewing figures go up or down?

I think you're doing me a disservice to say I bared my chest. Not only was it a little more nuanced than that, but there was also a fairly sizeable gut as well as some thigh. My only regret is that I didn't have time to get a bit more trim. When Chris Pratt got cast in Guardians of the Galaxy, I'd imagine he had more than an hour's notice.

Weirdly, viewing figures were up, so imagine just how high they would have been if I'd not displayed my gut and my flabby man breasts. It would have been up there with the death of a major royal or the televised hunt for a serial killer.

➡️ Nick’s one of the co-hosts of SK3 TV, a new podcast for the 2024-25 season, with live episodes every Monday at 8pm. Click here for links.

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Photo(s) of the day

The Fingerpost, Offerton

A huge thank you to everyone who came to the launch night of Desmond’s Comedy Club yesterday. We had a fantastic line-up of comedians, with Chris Washington, Katie Slater, Fat Theo and Mike Newall entertaining 50+ guests. A few references to County too, with lots of Hatters in the room! I’m hosting my next night on Friday 25 April. Get in touch if you’d like to join us.

Today in SK

🎬 Cinema

Three films at The Savoy Cinema (SK4) today. Dog Man (U) at 12.15pm, Conclave (12A) at 3pm, and Black Bag (15) at 8.30pm.

➡️ Click here for tickets.

🍺 Food and drink

Enjoy a hearty breakfast at Covent Garden Café (SK1) to set you up for the weekend. 9am - 2pm.

All pints £2.50 at The Cross Keys (SK8) from 6pm till 9pm.

A number of venues are featured on The Scarf My Father Wore such as The Crown (SK2), The Dog & Partridge (SK2), The Alexandra (SK3), The Steelworks (SK6), The Three Tunnes (SK7), Flute & Firkin (SK12) and The Ram’s Head (SK12). Support them this month by popping in for a few drinks and a bite to eat.