Story of the night: Wycombe Wanderers 0-1 Hartlepool United – heroic defensive display sees Pools secure FA Cup second round spot
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Mark Cullen’s fifth goal in six starts was enough to see Pools through following a heroic defensive display as Wycombe hit the woodwork on three occasions.
The win sees Pools net £22,000 in prize money and set up a second round trip to Lincoln City next month.
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FULL-TIME: Wycombe Wanderers 0 Hartlepool United 1 (Cullen 19’)
Key Events
- Wycombe XI: Stockdale; Grimmer (McCarthy 86), Jacobson, Stewart, Thompson, Vokes, Horgan, Hanlan, Akinfenwa (Mehmeti 78), Obita, Scowen (Wheeler 72)
- Wycombe subs: Pryzbek, Wheeler, Mehmeti, McCarthy, Pendlebury, Forino, Parsons
- Wycombe bookings: Jacobson (67), Stewart (84), Wheeler (90)
- Pools XI: Killip; Sterry, Byrne, Liddle, Francis-Angol, Ferguson; Featherstone, Shelton (Smith 88), Daly (Crawford 88); Molyneux (Fondop 90), Cullen (Grey 74)
- Pools subs: Mitchell, Odusina, Hendrie, Crawford, Ogle, Smith, Grey, Fondop, Olomola
- Pools bookings: Liddle (55), Featherstone (90)
- Referee: Christopher Pollard
- Attendance: 1,582 (112 Pools)
Sweeney not looking ahead to second round draw
The winners of tonight’s match face Lincoln City in the second round.
“It’s a tough draw for us, tough to get through,” Hartlepool interim manager Antony Sweeney admitted.
“It’s never easy in the competition but if you want to get to the stages we want to, we have to expect to come up against these sort of teams.
“Having said that, Lincoln shouldn’t be on anyone’s mind at the moment because we’ve got a really tough game at Wycombe first and our away form isn’t great so that will be really difficult too.
“It’s a chance for us to go there with minimal pressure or expectation but there is a belief and an expectancy within the group itself for us to perform because if we do that we’re more than capable of winning.”
The previous meeting between the sides saw Pools match Wycombe throughout as The Chairboys had to twice come from behind to force a replay. Pools were left feeling frustrated as to how they didn’t progress on the day.
But instead of it becoming another hard-luck story, Sweeney wants his players to take confidence from the match into Tuesday’s replay.
“We should take confidence from the last match,” he added. “Wycombe were a difficult side to play against and we matched them.
“The fact we went toe to toe with a difficult League One team and played some good football that left us disappointed not to win the tie outright, that bodes well for us.
“But they’ll have some important players back for the replay and it’s a new game and another opportunity to impress and hopefully get through to the next round of the competition.”
Good evening! Welcome back to our Pools live blog
We’re here at Adams Park this evening for Hartlepool United’s FA Cup first round replay against Wycombe Wanderers.
Antony Sweeney is hoping to guide Pools to a place in the second round and bounce back from Friday’s agonising 2-1 defeat against Newport County at Victoria Park.
The previous meeting between Pools and Wycombe came just over a week ago as Mark Cullen and Luke Molyneux’s goals weren’t enough to secure a place in the second round as strikes from Chris Forino and Joe Jacobson saw The Chairboys force a replay.
Tonight’s tie must be settled on the night with extra-time and penalties if necessary. The winners will face a trip to Lincoln City in the second round.
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