That's Ray Mathias on the right, not to be confused with Paul Ince!
Ray Mathias was in charge of bottom of the table Stockport County at Accrington and revealed that after a shareholders meeting the day before the 3-0 hammering caretaker boss Peter Ward was asked to vacate his position, and former Wigan manager Mathias requested to please try and stop the rot that could see the Hatters in the Conference before Easter.
Mathias confirmed to the Press Association: "We went to a shareholders meeting on Monday and it was decided that Peter would be stepping down and I was asked to move up. I have taken charge at Accrington but me and Peter will have a good talk on Wednesday about the situation. Peter was shocked, but we are all in this for Stockport County and that's the main thing - trying to keep them up. We have 10 games left and we need 30 points. It is a big issue and I want to think about it."
Mission impossible most would say Ray, and we wish you the best of luck if you take it on; how this affects our loaned out striker Matt Paterson we will await and see, the odds would still be on him staying, he's scoring some goals for the beleaguered club!
Anyway, Mathias concluded: "I was in charge of the performance and it wasn't very good and we've got to improve. We have a massive game on Saturday against Burton Albion and we are working to sort things out. My job is to try to keep Stockport in this division."
League Two Results and Match Reports
Accrington 3 Stockport 0
Aldershot 1 Torquay 0
Barnet 0 Wycombe 1
Bradford 2 Rotherham 1
Burton Albion 3 Lincoln 1
Bury 1 Morcambe 0
Chesterfield 2 Northampton 1
Macclesfield 1 Crewe 0
Shrewsbury 2 Port Vale 2
Southend 2 Gillingham 2
Stevenage 0 Hereford 1
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Fixtures
League Two
Saturday, March 12th; (all kick-offs 15.00): Cheltenham v Aldershot, Crewe v Chesterfield, Gillingham v Accrington Stanley, Hereford v Barnet, Lincoln City v Southend, Morecambe v Bradford, Northampton v Macclesfield, Port Vale v Oxford Utd, Rotherham v Bury, Stockport v Burton Albion, Torquay v Shrewsbury, Wycombe v Stevenage. Home Away Overall # Team Pl W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts EP 1 Chesterfield 36 12 3 3 45 26 8 8 2 24 13 20 11 5 69 39 71 +30 2 Bury 34 7 6 3 24 15 10 3 5 37 20 17 9 8 61 35 60 +26 3 Wycombe Wanderers 35 9 5 4 29 21 8 4 5 22 21 17 9 9 51 42 60 +9 4 Shrewsbury Town 35 8 7 3 26 16 7 4 6 28 21 15 11 9 54 37 56 +17 5 Rotherham United 35 9 6 2 37 20 6 4 8 23 24 15 10 10 60 44 55 +16 6 Port Vale 34 9 4 3 19 13 6 6 6 22 20 15 10 9 41 33 55 +8 7 Gillingham 36 9 5 4 21 14 4 9 5 29 28 13 14 9 50 42 53 +8 8 Torquay United 34 7 5 5 27 21 5 7 5 24 19 12 12 10 51 40 48 +11 9 Southend United 34 7 5 6 27 27 6 4 6 20 16 13 9 12 47 43 48 +4 10 Oxford United 35 8 2 7 22 19 5 6 7 22 26 13 8 14 44 45 47 -1 11 Accrington Stanley 32 8 4 3 31 20 3 9 5 15 24 11 13 8 46 44 46 +2 12 Crewe Alexandra 34 8 4 4 33 15 4 5 9 31 39 12 9 13 64 54 45 +10 13 Stevenage 34 6 9 3 27 17 5 3 8 14 15 11 12 11 41 32 45 +9 14 Cheltenham Town 35 6 5 7 21 25 5 6 6 24 30 11 11 13 45 55 44 -10 15 Aldershot Town 35 5 6 6 17 21 4 9 5 20 23 9 15 11 37 44 42 -7 16 Lincoln City 34 6 4 8 16 25 6 2 8 22 29 12 6 16 38 54 42 -16 17 Northampton Town 35 7 7 4 32 24 2 6 9 14 28 9 13 13 46 52 40 -6 18 Hereford United 33 2 9 6 17 25 8 1 7 24 25 10 10 13 41 50 40 -9 19 Morecambe 35 5 7 5 21 21 5 3 10 21 31 10 10 15 42 52 40 -10 20 Bradford City 34 9 1 7 21 17 3 3 11 12 28 12 4 18 33 45 40 -12 21 Macclesfield Town 32 6 2 8 18 24 4 6 6 22 25 10 8 14 40 49 38 -9 22 Burton Albion 30 7 4 4 24 17 2 4 9 14 27 9 8 13 38 44 35 -6 23 Barnet 35 6 3 9 22 28 1 7 9 17 32 7 10 18 39 60 31 -21 24 Stockport County 36 3 8 7 24 45 4 2 12 15 37 7 10 19 39 82 31 -43