Bolton Wanderers 4-1 Stockport County: Highlights, man of the match, stats as Dalby scores stunner

Bolton Wanderers booked their Championship instrumentality with a 4-1 triumph against Stockport County successful the League One play-off last connected Sunday afternoon.

Bolton Wanderers flew into an aboriginal pb arsenic Ruben Rodrigues scored wrong 3 minutes, but Stockport County responded brilliantly to going behind, having a extremity chalked disconnected by VAR earlier Adama Sidibeh equalised aft 30 minutes, leaving the crippled level astatine the break.

The 2nd fractional continued to present plentifulness of action, with Bolton yet taking the pb erstwhile Kyle Wootton turned into his ain net, and substitute Sam Dalby past sealed the triumph with a stunning overhead kick. 

Stockport's clip lone got worse successful the last minutes, erstwhile Josh Dacres-Cogley was sent disconnected for a hairsbreadth pull, with Rodrigues adding a 4th from the punishment spot, ensuring Bolton's instrumentality to the Championship.

SPORTS MOLE'S VERDICT

Stockport County were acold amended than the 4-1 people suggests, but they conceded respective brushed goals that yet proved the quality successful the League One play-off final. 

Although David Challinor's broadside responded good to going down aboriginal successful the game, an own-goal, a ace onslaught and a punishment proved their undoing successful a disastrous 2nd 45 minutes. 

Steven Schumacher deserves immense recognition for his changes successful the 2nd half, peculiarly the instauration of Dalby, who played a cardinal relation successful the 2nd earlier netting a fantastic overhead footwear to marque it three. 

The eventual 4-1 triumph ends Bolton's seven-year lack from the Championship, portion Stockport are consigned to different agelong play successful League One. 

BOLTON WANDERERS VS. STOCKPORT COUNTY HIGHLIGHTS

Ruben Rodrigues extremity vs. Stockport County (3rd min, Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Stockport County)

Bolton are disconnected to a flyer! Rodrigues gives them an aboriginal lead!

Thierry Gale's long-ranged effort is parried backmost into play by Corey Addai, and Max Burstow tries to play a walk crossed goal. 

The shot is flicked distant by Ethan Pye and falls to Rodrigues, who fires into the backmost of the nett to springiness Bolton the pb wrong 3 minutes.

Adama Sidibeh extremity vs. Bolton Wanderers (29th min, Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Stockport County)

Sidibeh volition not beryllium denied this time! Stockport are level!

Odin Bailey receives the shot connected the close wing, cuts wrong onto his near ft and whips a transverse into the box. 

The transportation perfectly picks retired Sidibeh, and the striker delicately flicks the shot into the bottommost near corner, pulling Stockport level.

Kyle Wootton ain extremity vs. Stockport County (64th min, Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Stockport County)

A infinitesimal to hide for Stockport arsenic Kyle Wootton puts Bolton ahead! ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/H9glMr9VqL

Wootton turns into his ain goal! Bolton are backmost successful the lead!

A flicked walk sets Amario Cozier-Duberry done connected goal, and the winger fires a right-footed changeable astatine goal. 

Addai's flimsy manus flicks the shot into Wootton, who fails to benignant retired his feet arsenic the shot strikes his limb and bounces into the backmost of the net.

Sam Dalby extremity vs. Stockport County (81st min, Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Stockport County)

Bolton's Player of the Year Sam Dalby with a cracker of a extremity astatine Wembley!! ? pic.twitter.com/iVNqA4Wil0

Dalby scores and Bolton person surely won it!

A agelong free-kick is fired into the container and headed backmost into the information area, wherever John McAtee heads the shot precocious into the air.

Dalby excellently shields the falling shot and acrobatically overhead kicks past Addai into the backmost of the nett - ace onslaught from the striker!

93rd min: Josh Dacres-Cogley (Stockport County) reddish card

Dacres-Cogley receives his marching orders and that is surely crippled implicit for Stockport!

The shot flies implicit the defender's caput and helium pulls connected Ibrahim Cissoko's hair, with the referee awarding the reddish paper and a punishment aft a little VAR check. 

Ruben Rodrigues extremity vs. Stockport County (94th min, Bolton Wanderers 4-1 Stockport County)

Rúben Rodrigues scores from the spot and puts the cherry connected the apical for Championship-bound Bolton! pic.twitter.com/Z5ncWa72od

Rodrigues scores from the spot!

Rodrigues steps up to instrumentality the penalty, calmly placing to the close of the extremity arsenic Addai is sent the incorrect way. 

MAN OF THE MATCH - SAM DALBY

The striker came connected successful the 62nd infinitesimal and made an contiguous impact, helping pb Bolton to the Championship. 

Dalby's flick acceptable up Cozier-Duberry successful the build-up to Wootton's eventual own-goal, earlier the guardant scored a stunning acrobatic effort to seal the 3-1 triumph connected the day. 

Rodrigues besides deserves a mention, scoring the archetypal and past extremity to assistance guarantee Bolton's promotion.

BOLTON WANDERERS VS. STOCKPORT COUNTY MATCH STATS

Possession: Bolton Wanderers 58%-42% Stockport County

Shots: Bolton Wanderers 18-7 Stockport County

Shots connected target: Bolton Wanderers 9-4 Stockport County

Corners: Bolton Wanderers 5-2 Stockport County

Fouls: Bolton Wanderers 8-11 Stockport County

WHAT NEXT?

Bolton's Wembley triumph secures their spot successful the Championship for the 2026-27 season. 

Meanwhile, Stockport are consigned to different agelong play successful England's 3rd division.