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FC Halifax Town

4 — 2 Oct 13, 2026 · 11:30 PM IST

Stoke City U21

National League Cup Group A · Round 3

Venue The Shay Stadium, Halifax, West Yorkshire

Attendance 238

Player of the Match Tayt-Lemar Trusty 8.6 90' played

Match Events

16' Home ⚽ Tommy McDermott — 1-0

21' Home Will Hugill

31' Home ⚽ Amari Morgan-Smith — 2-0

32' Away ⚽ Tyler Martin — 2-1

39' Away Anas Dauda ↗

HT

46' Home ↔ Owen Bray → Will Hugill

46' Away ↔ Elliot Fearn → Tyler Martin

54' Home ↔ Will Flint → Mackenzie Maltby

57' Away Elliot Fearn

64' Home ↔ Max Bardell → Dylan Crowe

64' Home ↔ David Kawa → Amari Morgan-Smith

65' Away ↔ Tom Midwood ↗ → Anas Dauda ↗

65' Away ↔ Lucas Connell ↗ → Tristan Achu

69' Home ⚽ Connor Douglas — 3-1

70' Away ⚽ Elliot Fearn — 3-2

73' Away ↔ Paul Makavore → Finley Nixon ↗

77' Home ↔ Ben Tollitt → Tommy McDermott

87' Home Cruz Allen

90 + 3' Away Raphael-Pijus Otegbayo

90 + 3' Home Shaun Hobson

90 + 4' Home ⚽ Ben Tollitt — 4-2

FT

Match Stats

61 39

Ball possession

12 14

Total shots

7 3

Shots on target

23 12

Touches in opposition box

3 2

Big chances

0 0

Big chances missed

340 (77%) 199 (72%)

Accurate passes

4 3

Yellow cards

8 4

Corners

Lineups

FC Halifax Town (4-2-3-1)

Coach: John McGrath

Starting XI

1 Sam Johnson 6.1

23 Dylan Crowe 7.2

6 Mackenzie Maltby 6.8

5 Shaun Hobson 7

16 Deniche Hill 7

20 Tayt-Lemar Trusty 8.6

4 Will Hugill 5

24 Tommy McDermott 7.6

27 Cruz Allen 7.8

11 Connor Douglas 8.2

14 Amari Morgan-Smith 8.4

Substitutes

7 Owen Bray 6.1

8 Will Flint 6.5

2 Max Bardell 6.4

22 David Kawa 6.3

17 Ben Tollitt 7.3

33 True Grant

21 Theo Wainman

Stoke City U21 (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Liam Lawrence

Starting XI

1 Lucas Knight 6.4

6 Jaden Mears 5.8

5 Freddie Anderson 6.2

4 Raphael-Pijus Otegbayo 5.7

2 Anas Dauda ↗ 6.2

8 Evan Boulter 6.5

3 Jonathan Whiteley 5.9

7 Tristan Achu 7.5

10 Finley Nixon ↗ 6.4

11 Tyler Martin 7.4

9 Adriel Walker 6.6

Substitutes

14 Elliot Fearn 7.5

12 Lucas Connell ↗ 6.4

18 Tom Midwood ↗ 6.3

15 Paul Makavore 6.2

13 Oscar Hatton ↗

16 Josh McWilliams ↗

19 Rocco Bardsley ↗