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FA Cup reaction: Stockport County 5 - 3 Bolton Wanderers

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 Non-league Stockport County beat League One Bolton Wanderers in a thrilling FA Cup first-round replay. The chaotic match saw pitch invasions, a lost shirt and a missing corner flag.  Stockport boss Dave Challinor told the media: "Unbelievable game, this competition has provided things like that in the past but you'll go a long way to match something like that." Bolton boss Ian Evatt was critical of his side's performance: "They wanted it more, played with a better tempo and credit to them, they were fantastic. We were very poor." "This is what can happen in the FA Cup, if you are not how it should be at full tilt for a war, you will get beaten and that is what happened." A special page dedicated to the FA Cup (eurosuperfootball.blogspot.com) Highlights You can watch the highlights of the match in the video below. One person commented on the video: "Absolute class performance from the second half onwards for Stockport, they made it look easy

EFL Trophy: Bolton 4 - 1 Liverpool Under-21s

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Liverpool Under-21s suffered a heavy loss in the EFL Trophy on a difficult night for the youngsters The Reds side featured defender Nat Phillips but were still comfortably beaten by their League One opponents. You can watch the highlights in the video below. A second successive win for Bolton in the competition has taken them to the top of Group D. They are now on the verge of progression to the next stages of the competition. You'd have to wonder if their fans are already dreaming of a trip to Wembley? Port Vale’s late winner at Rochdale denied guaranteed progress for Bolton. They very much have their destiny in their own hands ahead of their final group game at Spotland in a few weeks. A point will guarantee a place in the knock-out phase. You can find more news from the EFL by clicking here Reaction to the match Bolton manager Ian Evatt told the club's website: “It took us a bit of time to figure out where we needed to press and how we needed to press but once we did I th

From the archives: Do you remember when Bolton were in Europe

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Looking at the tables of the English Football League in recent seasons, it's really hard to believe that Bolton Wanderers were once playing in European competition. The match itself Because Bolton were actually in a relegation battle at the time, Gary Megson selected a weakened side for the match. This was how they lined up: Bolton: Al Habsi, Andrew O'Brien, Cid, Michalik, Gardner, Alonso (Giannakopoulos 56), Nolan, Guthrie, McCann, Braaten (Teymourian 77), Davies. Bolton shocked the German giants eight minutes into the game. Ricardo Gardner's effort was deflected past the iconic Oliver Kahn to give them an unlikely lead. It was Gardner's first goal in almost five years. As expected, Bayern eventually upped their game, with Lucas Podolski, Franck Ribery and Bastian Schweinsteiger terrorising the Bolton defence. 30 minutes into the game, Bayern were level as Podolski beat Al-Habsi with a driven shot. Just four minutes into the second half, Podolski scored his s