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Hornchurch 1-2 Blackpool (AET): Ian Evatt’s joy as Josh Bowler makes the difference

Josh Bowler comes off the bench to inspire Blackpool’s comeback against spirited Hornchurch, setting up the equaliser before scoring a dramatic extra-time winner.

Blackpool’s Josh Bowler scores the winner past Hornchurch goalkeeper Arthur Nasta

By Simon Browning

HORNCHURCH 1
Hearn 30

BLACKPOOL 2
Brown 56, Bowler 118
After extra-time
Blackpool manager Ian Evatt praised match-winner Josh Bowler for his impact off the bench as his side squeezed past non-league Hornchurch in extra-time.
Bowler set up Jordan Brown’s equaliser and then scored a 118th-minute winner after Henry Hearn’s first-half strike had threatened to cause a shock for the National League side.
Evatt had deliberately left the tricky Bowler out of his starting line-up as he sought to match the physicality of Hornchurch.
Evatt said: “It’s an FA Cup tie. We knew it was...

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