the march was stolen on two off side goals against us.

KYLE Dempsey’s second-half thunderbolt kept Wanderers on course for a Wembley return – but they were made to work for their place in the last eight at Accrington.

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Cameron Jerome scored his first Bolton goal and Aaron Morley converted a penalty to give Ian Evatt’s side a solid 2-0 lead – but when Alex Henderson snatched one back before half time the game remained awkwardly poised until Dempsey’s 82nd minute punctuation point.

The trophy defence is still on and Ian Evatt will be pleased that having made seven changes, his side still showed durability.

Jerome came in for only his second start of the season up front. Joel Coleman, Luke Matheson, Jack Iredale, Zac Ashworth, Aaron Morley and Jon Dadi Bodvarsson also came into the team, which took a while to warm up on a chilly night.

Jack Nolan, playing on the right side of the attack, looked Stanley’s best bet early on, sending a couple of sighters towards Coleman’s goal.

Already with eight goals to his name this season, the former Reading youth’s persistence caused a few problems for Iredale and Ashworth, with Bolton unable to settle into any rhythm and bring the ball out from the back in their usual way.

Former Wanderers youth product Joe Pritchard also made Coleman work in the opening 15 minutes, the midfielder now thankfully through the injury issues that have dogged his career over the last few years.

Bodvarsson and Jerome had never before started a game together – but moments after Pritchard’s effort they exploded into life, the former flicking the ball on for his strike partner to hassle a mistake out of Brad Hills and then lift the ball over the advancing Joe Walsh for his first goal for the club.

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