FA Cup: Accrington Stanley 0 Whitby Town 2

STANLEY'S five match unbeaten run came shuddering to a halt as they crashed out of the FA Cup with little more than a whimper.

After demolishing Stalybridge in midweek, John Coleman's men were sky-high going in this clash against a Whitby side who have yet to win in the UniBond Premier Division this season.

But Stanley were a shadow of their former selves as the visitors cruised into the third qualifying round with the minimum of fuss.

The Reds created the first scoring chance on five minutes when Mark Shirley forced a fine save out of Stuart Dawson.

But it didn't take Whitby long to find their stride and Stanley keeper Jamie Speare had to turn away a fierce effort by James Featherstone on 20 minutes.

The visitors took the lead seven minutes later, though, when Dave Logan swung over a corner, Speare missed it, and Featherstone buried a firm header. Steve Hollis, who scored direct from a free-kick at Stalybridge, went close to repeating it on 39 minutes but his 25-yard pile driver whistled just over the crossbar.

Then during nine minutes of first half stoppage time, a bad tackle on Brett Baxter saw a fracas involving a large number of players and from the resulting free kick Jay Flannery's shot was saved by Dawson.

After the break, Stanley were again reliant on long range efforts as Shirley fired over and Hollis had another free kick deflected wide.

Whitby almost scored a freak goal on 78 minutes when Graeme Williams hoisted a 45-yard free kick which Speare tipped over at full stretch.

But the tie was put beyond Stanley's reach a minute later as Goodchild latched onto a through ball and tucked a shot under Speare.

Substitute Mark Ceraolo missed two glorious chances in injury time, firing over from close range before his second effort was hacked clear by Logan.

But it was too little, too late for Stanley whose dreams of an FA Cup run are over for another season.

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