Gannon Concerned As County Head To South Shields

The National League North club face a demanding visit to the well-backed Evo-Stik NPL Premier leaders.

It is one of the ties of the round and Gannon just doesn’t want to become a story.

“We have to be concerned about the opposition as they are top of the Evo-Stik Premier, they’re at home and they’ve got a lot of experience,” he said in the build up to the game.

“They’re the next wave of Darlingtons and Spennymoors. They’ve attracted a lot of players from the National League North.

“They are a big, strong side and it’s obviously a tasty one for them, they’ll be relishing Stockport County coming to their place.

“We’ve learned a lot of lessons from the likes of Blyth and Darlington last season, Spennymoor. they were all tough games.

“Travel has an effect on it, you’re on a coach for three or four hours, you’re having to feed lads.

“It’s a tough fixture but we’ll deal with all that and make sure we are ready.

“We will do things as professionally as possible all week, do things right on the day, then you just pick your strongest side in terms of having the physicality and mentality to be aware it will be a hard game.”