FA YOUTH CUP ROUND 3 

STOKE CITY 1
Diao Jimenez 61
LATICS 1
Hampson 90

STOKE WIN 4-3 ON PENALTIES

It was penalties heartbreak for Latics in a pulsating tie against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium.

Latics pushed Academy side Stoke all the way, and it was Wigan-born winger Matty Hampson's deflected shot in the 7th minute of injury time which deservedly took the tie to extra time after Salif Diao Jimenez put City ahead after an hour.

In a dramatic encounter, 16 year-old goalkeeper Neil Postlethwaite, who pulled off an incredible save to keep the game alive, was taken to hospital with a head injury following a nasty collision, and it was in the last seconds of the injury time that ensued that Hampson struck.

Coach David Lowe praised the whole team for their magnificent effort: "I really couldn't ask any more from them, everyone played their part and I really feel for them because they gave it everything."

Neil Postlethwaite; Scott McArdle, Luke Ashworth, Andrew Pearson, Kris King; Matty Hampson, Aidan Kirkbride, Joe Holt, Tomasz Kupisz; Chris McCaughtrie, Adam Prince.

Subs - Lewis Field, Tim Horn (GK), Nicolas Meace, Daniel Barrie, Callum McManaman