Stockport 0-4 Torquay

This FA Cup game at Edgeley Park had been called off twice already this season due to the poor state of the pitch. For that reason this second round tie was played at Macclesfield Town's own Moss Rose stadium. It benefited Torquay more than Stockport County. But the "home" side are in League One whereas Torquay only got promoted into the Football League after a play off win over Cambridge last season at Wembley.

Stockport were in miserable form before this game with their last defeat coming at home to Charlton on Saturday. They had only scored nine goals at Edgeley Park all season, which is equal to Wycombe Wanderers who are also struggling in League One. But as its the cup, at Ladbrokes they were 11/10 favourites to win the tie and face Brighton in the third round.

Torquay were expected to struggle in League Two, and they have no disappointed the critics so far this season. They lie 19th in the league but their away form is half decent. Prior to losing 4-2 against Accrington Stanley in their last away game, they had drawn away from home four times in succession starting with Notts County, Lincoln City, Shrewsbury and Port Vale. Their last game against Darlington at the weekend saw them rack up five goals to condemn their opposition to further misery at the bottom of the league. Before this FA Cup tie against Stockport, they were 15/8 to win the game.


A fiver was worth putting on Stockport to win this game and use it as a confidence boost to earn back some form. However, Torquay's Elliot Benyon had other ideas as he scored three goals against the struggling League One side with Scott Redell sandwiching one of his own in between Benyon's first and second goal to send Stockport crashing out of the cup in desperate need of some form.