Woeful Wanderers in Cup exit

11:17pm Tuesday 26th August 2008

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Wanderers 1 Northampton Town 2

TWO-GOAL hero Adebayo Akinfenwa sent bumbling Bolton crashing out of the Carling Cup at the Reebok.

The Cobblers hitman struck twice in the first half of the second-round clash on miserable a night for Wanderers, who had defender Gary Cahill sent off for a reckless challenge seven minutes before half-time.

Akinfenwa shocked Gary Megson's side – 45 places above the League One outfit in the Football League - when he opened the scoring with a 22nd-minute penalty after Gavin McCann handled in the area.

And the striker doubled Town’s advantage six minutes later when he out-jumped Cahill to head home Adbul Osman’s cross six minutes later.

Megson threw on big guns Kevin Davies and Kevin Nolan on 64 minutes as they chased the game.

And the duo combined to pull one back on 82 minutes when Nolan lobbed home Davies' flick on.

Heidar Helguson thought he had sent the tie to extra time late on - but his close-range effort was ruled out for offside.

WANDERERS: Jaaskelainen, Samuel (Nolan 64), Muamba, Steinsson, Riga (Davies 64), Shittu, Cahill, Gardner, Helguson, J.O'Brien, McCann (A.O'Brien 39). Subs not used: Al Habsi, Hunt, Dzemaili, Fojut.

NORTHAMPTON: Bunn, Crowe, Jackman, Hughes 8, Doig, Coke (Taylor 90), Akinfenwa 8 (Henderson 76), Holt, Osman, Little, Gilligan (Dolman 71)Subs not used: Dunn, Davis, Dyer, Guttridge

Referee: Graham Laws (Tyne and Wear)