Story of the day: Hartlepool United 2-2 Wycombe Wanderers – League One side twice come from behind to force FA Cup replay
and live on Freeview channel 276
Pools twice led through Mark Cullen and Luke Molyneux only for a Chris Forino header and Joe Jacobson penalty see The Chairboys force a first round replay.
The draw does mean Pools are still in the hat for Monday night’s second round draw.
Advertisement
Hide AdAdvertisement
Hide AdRefresh the page and scroll through our live blog to see how events unfolded…
A message from the Football Clubs Editor
Our aim is to provide you with the best, most up-to-date and most informative Hartlepool United coverage 365 days a year.
This depth of coverage costs, so to help us maintain the high-quality reporting that you are used to, please consider taking out a subscription to our new sports-only package here.
Your support is much appreciated. Richard Mennear, Football Clubs Editor
FULL-TIME: Hartlepool United 2 (Cullen 45+1, Molyneux 65) Wycombe Wanderers 2 (Forino 63, Jacobson pen 74)
Key Events
- Pools XI: Mitchell; Ogle (Odusina 90), Byrne, Liddle, Hendrie, Ferguson; Featherstone, Daly, Holohan (Shelton 77); Molyneux, Cullen (Grey 77)
- Pools subs: Boyes, Odusina, Francis-Angol, Shelton, Jones, Crawford, Grey, Fondop, Goodwin
- Pools bookings: Daly (71), Mitchell (73)
- Wycombe XI: Przybek; Jacobson, Gape (Mehmeti 70), Wheeler, Thompson, Vokes (Hanlan 84), Kai Kai (Scowen 70), Horgan (De Barr 90), Obita, McCarthy, Forino
- Wycombe subs: Hanlan, Mehmeti, Scowen, De Barr, Pendlebury, Parsons
- Wycombe bookings: Jacobson (69), Obita (83)
- Referee: Darren Drysdale
- Attendance: 4,271 (186 Wycombe)
Wycombe boss Gareth Ainsworth on Pools
“Saturday is a different type of challenge but one we’re looking forward to,” Ainsworth told the Wycombe club website.
“We’ve had some good battles with Hartlepool down the years and it’s great to see them back in the EFL, and going strong this season.
“They’re a bit of an unknown quantity because of their change of manager recently, but we’ll be doing our homework as usual and going there looking to get back to winning ways and progressing to the second round.
“I’ll never be one to underestimate the FA Cup or say it doesn’t matter because it’s a great competition and we’re a club that wants to win every time we cross the white line.
“I know it’s another long trip for our fans and hopefully we can put on a performance, get the win and then look forward to the second round draw and the home games that we’ve got coming up.”
Antony Sweeney expecting a tough test against Wycombe today
“I expect them to come at us, press high and I don’t envisage they’ll make many changes,” Sweeney said.
“I think even if they did make changes they still play in a way that has been really successful for them.
“Even though they were relegated from the Championship on the last day, that for their football club was a massive achievement to be competitive at that level.
“I don’t see why they’ll change their style in any way, they’ll come at us, press high and play for set-plays with some really powerful players.
“So take away any sort of tactical element, formation, style of play, we’re going to have to go man for man against them and win that battle and hopefully impose our style on the game.”
FA Cup prize money 2021-22
First round proper winners(40)£22,629
Second round proper winners(20)£34,000
Third round proper winners(32)£82,000
Fourth round proper winners (16) £90,000
Fifth round proper winners(8)£180,000
Quarter-final winners(4)£360,000
Semi-final winners(2)£900,000
Semi-final losers(2)£450,000
Final runners-up(1)£900,000
Final winners(1)£1,800,000
Welcome back to our Pools live blog!
We’re back at Victoria Park as Hartlepool United are in FA Cup first round action against Wycombe Wanderers this afternoon.
Antony Sweeney will take charge of the side once again after leading them to victory against Everton under-21s in the Papa John’s Trophy in midweek.
Pools were knocked out at the first round stage by Salford City this time last year but reached the third round the year prior only to be knocked out by League One Oxford United.
They face League One opposition this afternoon in Wycombe as they look to secure their place in Monday’s draw.
If the score is level after 90-minutes, a midweek replay will take place at Wycombe.