COUNTY HAS NEW BALLS & TACKLE

Stockport County players will be wearing new technical kit and playing with new balls as they warm up and warm the substitutes bench next season.

The Football Conference has announced Surridge Sport as its new technical kit supplier for 2013/14 and the company has signed a 2 year agreement to supply bench wear for each of the 68 clubs throughout the competition.

Based in Burnley, Surridge currently supply Bury, Barnet, Shrewsbury Town and Mansfield Town, amongst an array of pro football teams.

Conference chiefs have also revealed that German-based ball manufacturer Jako will be their new official match-ball supplier for the next 3 seasons.

It is anticipated some 4000 balls will be used across all the competition for the coming season - though how many will actually reach the back of the net remains to be seen.

IS THAT A BOMB IN YOUR SHORTS OR ARE YOU JUST PLEASED TO SEE ME?

Bomb Clothing have signed a deal to be County's shorts sponsors for the up-coming season.

Bomb Clothing make replica and end of line football shirts for many of the biggest clubs in world football and sell product across the globe.

Bomb Clothing owner David Murch collects football shirts, apparently, and is a life-long County fan. He sees the deal as a chance to give something back to the club.

“I’m really excited about being able to sponsor and work with the club. It’s a huge club with unbelievable support and to be a part of it is great.”


Haven't County's shorts always been the bomb...? 

ONLINE CLUB SHOP OPENS...WITH TEETHING PROBLEMS

The Official Stockport County Online Shop is now open for business.

But customers trying to buy via PayPal may be experiencing frustration as the site doesn't seem to want to allow you to pay for orders.

Get over there and take a look.

And more importantly, let us know what you think of it here.

We like what we've seen of the stock so far, plus the site looks crisp and fresh and is easy to navigate.

What a shame they couldn't sort the PayPal issue in time for store opening.

We tried to purchase an adult sized away shirt in large. The store processed the order but then after redirecting to PayPal we weren't able to pay - it failed to recognise our username and password, despite this working on other PayPal purchases today.

We're not sure where the issue lies - with the club shop link to PayPal or with PayPal itself. But, in any case, unhappy customers on day one is not what anyone wanted.

* UPDATE: The issues with PayPal have now been resolved according to the site.

A statement via email from the club shop was issued at 2.30pm on Saturday 6 July. It said: "As you have been aware we have had some technical difficulties with PayPal on the site not accepting all logins. This has now been resolved and you can now purchase from the shop. Thanks for the understanding."

Check the full site here: Official Stockport County Online Shop

CLUB SHOP OPENING POSTPONED TILL 3PM TODAY

The opening time has mysteriously changed.

Originally scheduled for a 10am start the opening of the new Stockport County Online Shop has been put back till 3pm.

How do we know? The poster advertising the opening has been changed. It originally said 10am and now it says 3pm.

Hmmm....Gremlins in the system?

NEW ONLINE CLUB SHOP

It's coming this week.

Check back on Friday 5th July.

And click the link to view the entire new Stockport County range:

http://www.stockportcountyshop.com/

THE UMBRO KIT

Three new kits. Three sponsors. One absolutely outstanding away shirt.

The home shirt:

The away shirt:

The third shirt: