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Stockport 5-3 Bolton | Hatters leave Bolton feeling battered

Publish Date:17/11/2021
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Stockport County stun Bolton Wanderers in the FA Cup - Credit: Stockport County FC

Dave Challinor’s first win as Stockport County manager came in the most dramatic of fashions, as his Hatters side triumphed 5-3 in extra-time to stun League One Bolton Wanderers. 

Ollie Crankshaw’s finish capped off a memorable night of football for Stockport County, who came from behind twice to leave Bolton Wanderers of League One feeling battered and bruised in an FA Cup tie for the ages. 

Scott Quigley’s lobbed effort put the Hatters in front during the first half of extra-time, with substitute Crankshaw sealing the win in the dying stages.

Goals from Elias Kachunga and an Ash Palmer own-goal had given the visitors a comfortable, but not assured 2-0 lead after five minutes.

Lilian Chan
2021-11-17 22:38
English 5th-tier side Stockport County are in delirium, defeating 3rd-tier Bolton Wanderers 5-3 in the FA Cup. Goal. Ollie Crankshaw scores for StockportCounty 5-3 Wanderers dumped out of the FA Cup by non-league Stockport . https://t.co/jNgxJaBSGH
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Positive play from Stockport saw them handed a lifeline after 24 minutes, when Paddy Maden converted calmly from the spot to reduce the deficit to one, but any dreams of a Hatters' comeback were seemingly squashed when a defensive mix-up presented Amadou Bakayoko with an empty net to score Bolton’s third.

There still would be hope for the Hatters at the break, when Scott Quigley flicked home with his head to set up a tense second period, where redemption for own-goal scorer Palmer eventually came in the shape of an equaliser with five minutes to play. 

Bolton bully absent County defence in disappointing first half

Cup fever may have caught Stockport ahead of the historic FA Cup tie against League One Bolton, but it was a different type of sickness the home support were feeling after five minutes of the clash. 

Behind after just two minutes, Kachunga backed up his goal in the first fixture by opening the scoring early on at Edgeley Park. 

County defenders stood off and allowed the former Huddersfield Town forward to dance his way through their midfield, before tucking a right-footed strike beyond a frozen Ethan Ross in the Hatters goal.

If the opener wasn’t cheap enough, the hosts would find themselves two goals down moments later, when the ever-reliant Palmer bundled into his own net. A tough moment for the 29-year-old in front of the Cheadle End. 

Goals aplenty in classic cup tie for the ages

Despite the troublesome first-half performance from the hosts, a sold-out Edgeley Park continued to urge their side on, and the Hatters faithful were treated to a spirited Stockport response.

After the initial shock of conceding two early goals, Challinor’s side began to settle into the game and came close through former-Wanderers captain Antoni Sarcevic.

Breaking through in behind the Bolton defence, Sarcevic’s hesitancy allowed Dixon the time and space to smother his lofted effort. 

Their opportunity to cut the deficit arrived from 12-yards, after Ryan Rydel was bundled down inside the Bolton penalty area.

Madden stepped up to slot home and ignite what looked set to be the start of a Stockport comeback.

Alas, the tribulations weren’t to end there for a Stockport team intent on making life as easy as they possibly could for their League One opponents. 

Confusion between Ross and tracking defender Mark Kitching led to the latter nodding the ball back beyond the on-rushing goalkeeper, leaving an empty net for an almost equally-shocked Bakayoko to slide home into and make it 3-1.  

Just as it looked as if the visitors would enter the break with a comfortable two-goal lead, County struck back once more, with Quigley also adding to his returns from the first meeting.

A glanced header snuck its way past Dixon in the Bolton goal, setting up a finely poised final 45 minutes of football. 

Popping up at the same net he had turned past his own goalkeeper 80 minutes prior, Palmer rifled a header into the roof of the net to restore parity.

What had been a gutsy second-half performance from the hosts was duly rewarded, having dominated for much of the period. 

County prevail in extra time

Lofting a cute lob over Joel Dixon in the Bolton goal, breathes were bated on all four sides of Edgeley Park, as Quigley’s second of the evening hovered above the goal line.

Moments after the ball had left his foot, the dominative striker was wheeling away in celebration - closely followed by a contingent of Stockport players - having put County ahead for the first time in the tie.

Ollie Walton
2021-11-17 22:42
Stockport vs Bolton…the magic of the FA Cup is well and truly alive. Has to be the best game of football I’ve ever been to as a neutral. #SCFC https://t.co/QJKTVYSuXr
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More dragged than taken off at half-time of extra time, there was little more Quigley could’ve left out on the pitch, with the former Barrow man looking to have finally found his rhythm in the County side.

The victory was sealed in the dying stages of the tie, when Crankshaw broke beyond a despondent Bolton defence to sneak home County’s fifth and cap off a historic victory for the non-league side.

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