Jon Dadi Bodvarsson struck a first-half hat-trick as Bolton Wanderers breezed into the third round of the FA Cup with a 5-1 win against League Two side Harrogate Town.
The Icelander last claimed the match ball for Reading in a 3-0 win against Stevenage five years ago in the FA Cup third round and this time triggered a ruthless performance which took Bolton to a club record 104 goals for the calendar year.
Gethin Jones and Will Forrester conspired for Bodvarsson’s first in the ninth minute, and his second was down to some unselfish work from Dan Nlundulu just after the half-hour mark.
The hat-trick goal was stabbed in from close range after goalkeeper Jonathan Mitchell failed to keep hold of Carlos Mendes Gomes’ stinging shot.
George Thomson ended Bolton’s seven-game streak of clean sheets with a curled 20-yard shot before the break but Nlundulu quickly ended any hopes of a comeback with two delightful finishes shortly after the restart.
Town keeper Mitchell denied Nlundulu and Kyle Dempsey before the end but it proved to be a most comfortable afternoon for the League One promotion chasers.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Bolton
Formation 3-1-4-2
- 1Baxter
- 5Almeida Santos
- 15Forrester
- 3Iredale
- 16Morley
- 2JonesBooked at 81mins
- 7Mendes GomesBooked at 64minsSubstituted forMaghomaat 76′minutes
- 22DempseySubstituted forSheehanat 76′minutes
- 27WilliamsSubstituted forAshworthat 66′minutes
- 9BödvarssonSubstituted forAdeboyejoat 65′minutes
- 11NlunduluSubstituted forCharlesat 76′minutes
Substitutes
- 4Thomason
- 8Sheehan
- 10Charles
- 12Dacres-Cogley
- 13Coleman
- 14Adeboyejo
- 18Toal
- 19Maghoma
- 26Ashworth
Harrogate
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 21Mitchell
- 20Ramsay
- 15O’Connor
- 6BurrellSubstituted forGibsonat 69′minutes
- 23Foulds
- 22DooleySubstituted forSuttonat 69′minutes
- 8CorneliusSubstituted forFalkinghamat 69′minutes
- 7ThomsonBooked at 75mins
- 9OdohSubstituted forDalyat 69′minutes
- 18Muldoon
- 24MarchSubstituted forSiviat 79′minutes
Substitutes
- 4Falkingham
- 10Daly
- 13Thomas
- 17Sutton
- 19Sivi
- 30Gibson
- 33Ilesanmi
- 34Williams
- 37O’Boyle
- Referee:
- Tony Harrington
- Attendance:
- 5,703
Live Text
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Match ends, Bolton Wanderers 5, Harrogate Town 1.
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Second Half ends, Bolton Wanderers 5, Harrogate Town 1.
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Attempt blocked. Aaron Morley (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Ricardo Santos (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Liam Gibson (Harrogate Town).
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Corner, Harrogate Town. Conceded by Nathan Baxter.
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Attempt saved. Matty Daly (Harrogate Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Attempt saved. Jeremy Sivi (Harrogate Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Attempt missed. George Thomson (Harrogate Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
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Foul by Gethin Jones (Bolton Wanderers).
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Jeremy Sivi (Harrogate Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Jack Iredale (Bolton Wanderers).
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Jack Muldoon (Harrogate Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Gethin Jones (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Gethin Jones (Bolton Wanderers).
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Liam Gibson (Harrogate Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Substitution, Harrogate Town. Jeremy Sivi replaces Josh March.
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Foul by Zachary Ashworth (Bolton Wanderers).
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Josh Falkingham (Harrogate Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Paris Maghoma replaces Carlos Gome.
