16:59
A grim-faced David Moyes provides Jim Gannon a respectful nod. He is aware of his group have been compelled to dig deep for that slender victory. Stockport look extraordinarily disillusioned, understandably so given their efforts, and the way shut they got here to taking West Ham to additional time. West Ham’s goalscoring hero Craig Dawson tells BT Sport it was a “robust recreation … the pitch was troublesome for either side, however we caught to our process … it’s been some time since I performed on a pitch like that, however we moved the ball properly and it was good to get a aim on the finish … it was a fantastic clear sheet.”
16:55
FULL TIME: Stockport County 0-1 West Ham United
Randolph claims a Hail Mary, and the ultimate whistle goes. Craig Dawson’s late header sends the Hammers into the fourth spherical, the place they’ll host Doncaster Rovers. Stockport must make do with the information that they pushed a Premier League aspect all the best way. Very good on the again, they have been undone by one lapse in focus.
16:54
90 min +3: Palmer practically loops a monster backpass over Hinchliffe’s head. The keeper does extraordinarily properly to carry the ball down from the sky and skelp clear.
16:53
90 min +2: No matter occurs, this has been an heroic effort by fifth-tier Stockport County. And it was in all probability time for some West Ham success within the head-to-head. They haven’t crushed County since 1958!
16:52
90 min +1: The primary of 4 additional minutes sees Rice step throughout Bennett to assert possession on the nook of the West Ham field. Bennett claims hopefully, desperately, for a penalty, however he’s by no means getting one.
16:51
90 min: Benrahma received’t be getting that first West Ham aim tonight. He’s substituted, together with Antonio, Fornals and Odubeko taking their locations.
16:50
89 min: West Ham take care of it simply sufficient. “What a aid,” sighs Nick Boonstra. “Humorous, although – first thought is the elation of scoring; second thought is reflection upon the truth that Craig Dawson obtained his first Hammers aim earlier than Mentioned Benrahma. Such is life in claret and blue.”
16:48
88 min: Kitching works his means down the left and wins a nook. Stockport ship everybody bar the keeper into the field.
16:47
86 min: One nook results in one other. Earlier than the second might be taken, Stockport swap Rooney, Williams and Minihan for Hinchy, Thomas and Palmer. The second nook is a non-event.
16:46
85 min: Soucek has made an enormous distinction since approaching. He barges his means into the field down the appropriate. Keane hangs out a leg. Soucek goes over. There’s contact. It ought to be a penalty, however the referee is lenient. Only a nook.
16:44
GOAL! Stockport County 0-1 West Ham United (Dawson 83)
A protracted ball down the appropriate for Soucek, who wins a nook. The set piece is taken quick by Rice, with Stockport snoozing a bit. Bowen curls a scrumptious inswinger in the direction of the far publish. Dawson breaks from deep and heads downwards, into the underside left. A fantastic aim, and a few very fast considering, however the hosts can be kicking themselves for going to sleep.
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16:42
82 min: Coufal curls in from the appropriate. Soucek fires a header huge from six yards. Frustration written throughout West Ham faces. Stockport change Jennings with Southam-Hales.
16:41
81 min: Cresswell wriggles into the Stockport field from the left however his low cross evades everyone. Nothing’s clicking for the Hammers up entrance, although they’ve at the least upped the tempo in the end.
16:40
79 min: Hogan slices backwards, excessive into the sky. Hinchliffe hares out to catch, and misses the ball altogether. Bowen can’t attain the free ball, although, and Keane clears. A few indicators that Stockport are starting to really feel the warmth, anxious of undoing all of their night’s good work.
16:38
77 min: Benrahma, to the appropriate of the D, crosses to completely no person. The ball bounces sadly out for a aim kick. Further time turns into an increasing number of a practical prospect. This can be a fantastic effort by County.
16:36
75 min: Stockport have seemed nerveless all night, however right here’s the primary signal of a wee jangle, as Hinchliffe shanks a clearance straight to Benrahma, who makes an attempt to return into an unguarded internet. His effort sails huge proper, a innocent miss, although even had it been heading in the right direction, Hogan was working again to cowl and would have had greater than half an opportunity of blocking on the road.
16:35
74 min: Dawson is successful a foot race with Bennett down the Stockport left … then loses all rhythm, permitting Bennett to whip the ball off his toe. He seems to be for Rooney within the center. Ogbonna, taking no probabilities, comes throughout to blooter out for a throw. From that throw, Rooney tries to fox Randolph at his close to publish, however the keeper’s to not be crushed.
16:32
72 min: After a really spectacular first quarter-hour, West Ham have achieved the sq. root of naff all in assault. Stockport have been extraordinarily spectacular.
16:30
70 min: A reminder that this goes to additional time if there’s no winner throughout the 90 minutes. “I’m truly getting extra of a Sunday League vibe right here,” writes Daniel Barnett. “Trying ahead to seeing Lanzini sat on Rice’s shoulders to take the nets down on the finish.”
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16:29
68 min: Stockport waste one more set piece. They load the field for a free kick on the appropriate, a futile gesture given the supply that follows. On the touchline, Jim Gannon melts down but once more. All that training-ground planning, and for this?
16:28
67 min: David Moyes has seen sufficient. He replaces Lanzini and the ineffectual Yarmolenko with Bowen and Soucek.
16:27
66 min: Williams loops lengthy from the left. Randolph does properly to assert. He launches lengthy. Stockport come once more! Kitching breezes down the left and crosses low. Rooney tees up Williams with a cute backheel. Williams takes a snapshot. Ogbonna blocks and clears. Stockport are starting to hold a correct risk. This could possibly be on, .
16:24
64 min: The rain continues to bucket down. The pitch turns into heavier and heavier. All of the situations for a shock, proper right here. And maintain on, what’s this? Jennings and Minihan combining crisply down the appropriate, the previous having a shot from a decent angle that’s blocked by Dawson. A giant warning to West Ham, proper there.
16:23
63 min: Rice curls a harmful ball in from the appropriate. No one in West Ham black has gambled on a run. Hinchliffe has had valuable little to do that night.
16:22
62 min: Stockport make their first change, changing Reid up entrance with Bennett.
16:21
60 min: One thing of a lull. Stockport can be delighted with the best way that is panning out. West Ham will start to really feel the nerves jangling quickly. “We’d like three replays actually to finish the 70s aesthetic.” Richard Hirst making a good level there.
16:19
58 min: A sensational driving run by Rice, who picks the ball up in his personal half and surges down the appropriate, powering into the field and solely being stopped from taking pictures on the final minute by a Hogan-Keane pincer motion. Superb defending, however what a aim that would have been!
16:17
57 min: The pitch is slowly turning right into a peaty quagmire, giving this third-round match a distinctly Seventies really feel. We simply want just a few youngsters in parkas up a close-by tree to finish the aesthetic.
16:15
55 min: Yarmolenko’s intelligent reverse go down the appropriate is totally misinterpret by Coufal. The wing-back’s hesitation presents Kitching the chance to clear.
16:13
53 min: Within the dugout, Stockport boss Jim Gannon throws an emotional match, clearly unimpressed by his group’s set-piece supply. By all accounts they’ve been working exhausting on their set items all week, so you’ll be able to maybe perceive his tackle the outcomes to this point.
16:12
52 min: The hosts are trying full of life. Jennings swaggers down the center and slips a go down the left for Williams. The ball screeches to a halt in a puddle, permitting Williams to win a nook that’s subsequently wasted.
16:11
51 min: It wasn’t value ready for. Rooney curls it harmlessly into the arms of Randolph. The rain continues to lash down.
16:09
48 min: The nook is a waste of everybody’s time. Right here’s Rick Parfett: “Perhaps not a feast of soccer for the impartial, however proud of that first half from a Stockport perspective; dogged and disciplined. The fantastic factor is that this match is a bonus. After years of falling down the leagues, to the purpose the place we have been enjoying part-time soccer, County legend Jim Gannon and a superb group of gamers led us again to the Nationwide League. Now, with an bold and wise new proprietor, some shrewd additions and Gannon nonetheless in cost, the longer term seems to be brilliant. So pleased with the boys tonight and each week.”
16:08
47 min: A gradual begin to the second half. Then all of a sudden Coufal skitters down the appropriate and earns the primary nook of the second half.
16:06
West Ham get the second half underway. No adjustments. In the meantime, concerning these first-half fireworks: they have been launched in help of Khia Whirehead, a 15-year-old from Stockport at the moment in intensive care after being knocked down by a automotive. Right here’s to the younger man getting higher very quickly.
15:49
Half-time leisure. A reminder of tonight’s draw for the fourth and fifth rounds.
HALF TIME: Stockport County 0-0 West Ham United
Two minutes of spectacular fireworks; the rest has been a damp squib. Like Stockport will care: they’ve kept West Ham at arm’s length easily enough. A reminder that this will go to extra time and penalties if nobody can find a winner.
15:47
45 min +1: A rare Stockport attack sees Minihan force a corner down the right. Reid’s delivery is no good whatsoever and harmlessly files straight out of play, fluttering the side netting.
15:43
43 min: Rice drifts in from the left and looks for the top right. Nope.
15:42
42 min: There’s very little urgency in West Ham’s play at the moment. Stockport are quite happy to let them have it, 30 yards out. There’s no way through.
15:40
40 min: Antonio drives across the face of the Stockport box, left to right, and tries a curler towards the bottom right. A deflection takes the ball off target and out for a corner. Ogbonna meets the set piece with a weak header that dribbles apologetically pas the left-hand post.
15:38
38 min: Some good end-to-end fun as Antonio nearly scoots clear through the middle, only to miscontrol, allowing Kitching to take the ball off his toe. Reid goes up the other end and wins a corner off Dawson. Nothing comes of the set piece.
15:37
37 min: Hogan tries to play out from the back, and is closed down by Noble. The Stockport centre-back is extremely pleased to see the ball deflected across the face of goal and out of reach of the nearby Antonio.
15:36
36 min: Benrahma tries to release Yarmolenko down the inside right. There’s a little too much pace on the pass; there’s a little hesitation by Yarmolenko too. The net result is a goal kick.
15:35
35 min: Reid launches a solo sortie down the right. West Ham are light at the back, but Reid has neither the speed nor savvy to jink his way past Ogbonna, who holds his line and eventually takes the ball off his opponent.