Stockport County are one game away from leading the Hatters full circle back to the Championship, with manager Dave Challinor aiming to end the club's second-tier exile after 24 years. Since their relegation from the old Division One in 2001-02, they have dropped out of the EFL to non-league and regional football before slowly clawing their way back up the pyramid. In large part, that revival has been kick-started by owner Mark Stott, who took over the club in 2020. Challinor has had an impressive managerial career, with seven promotions and four league titles to his name. He has wrapped up seven promotions as manager, including one at Colwyn Bay in his first campaign in charge, two with Fylde, one with Hartlepool and two with Stockport. Asked about his immense promotion record, Challinor was diplomatic in his assessment to BBC Radio Manchester: "A whole host of people work so hard and go through so much to give ourselves the opportunity and we've got that opportunity. "So we have to do everything now to make sure we do what we can to grab it."