FA Cup
November 4, 2012
Burton Albion
3 - 3
Altrincham
FA Cup
15:00 +00:00, November 4, 2012
Pirelli Stadium, England
Referee: M Bull
Zola snatches replay for Brewers
Scoring Summary
| Burton Albion | Altrincham |
|---|---|
| Alexander Diamond (53') | Damien Reeves (pen miss 5') |
| Robbie Weir (pen miss 64') | Carl Rodgers (29') |
| Jacques Maghoma (77') | Nathan Stanton (og 34') |
| Calvin Makongo Zola (90') | Damien McCrory (og 85') |
Teams
| Burton Albion | Altrincham |
|---|---|
| 30 Mark Oxley | 1 Stuart Coburn |
| 4 Nathan Stanton | 3 Matthew Doughty |
| 5 Alexander Diamond | 6 Daniel Hall |
| 20 Anthony O'Connor | 2 Shaun Densmore |
| 23 Lee Bell | 5 Scott Leather |
| 19 Jacques Maghoma | 4 Carl Rodgers |
| 14 Damien McCrory | 8 Jake Moult |
| 8 Robbie Weir | 7 Simon Richman |
| 27 Jordan Chapell | 11 Nicky Clee |
| 10 Calvin Makongo Zola | 19 Damien Reeves |
| 29 Billy Kee | 9 James Lawrie |
| Substitutes | |
| 16 Dean Lyness | Adam Reid 18 |
| 21 Marcus Holness | Sam Grimshaw 12 |
| 7 Cleveland Taylor | Patrick Lacey 14 |
| 11 Chris Palmer | Ryan Brooke 17 |
| 22 Jack Dyer | Danny Mitchley 16 |
| 9 Justin Richards | Duncan Watmore 15 |
| 18 Matthew Paterson | |
| Substitutions | |
| Matthew Paterson for Billy Kee (69) | Duncan Watmore for Nicky Clee (81) |
| Ryan Brooke for Damien Reeves (88) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Robbie Weir (67) | Shaun Densmore (38) |
| Damien Reeves (76) | |
| · Squads: Burton Albion | Altrincham | |
Calvin Zola salvaged a replay for Burton in a 3-3 thriller against Blue Square Bet North side Altrincham.
The underdogs thought they had been handed victory in a topsy-turvy contest when Brewers defender Damien McCrory put through his own net in the 86th minute.
But Zola headed in a Jordan Chapell cross in the third minute of added time to spare the blushes of the League Two side.
Burton failed to heed the warning after surviving a major scare in the fifth minute.
Mark Oxley was adjudged to have brought down visiting midfielder Simon Richman in the area but the on-loan Hull goalkeeper redeemed himself with a brilliant one-handed saved to deny Damian Reeves from the spot.
However, Altrincham's slick football was rewarded when winger Nicky Clee beat two defenders to set up a close-range finish for Carl Rodgers in the 29th minute.
Burton suffered more embarrassment five minutes later as Nathan Stanton stabbed a Clee corner into his own net.
But the hosts were back in the contest in the 53rd minute when skipper Zander Diamond side-footed home Lee Bell's free-kick from close range.
And Burton should have been level 10 minutes later, only for Robbie Weir to blaze his spot-kick yards too high after a handling offence by Jake Moult.
It was left to Diamond to make his mark on the game for a second time when he bundled in another Bell free-kick in the 76th minute.
But McCrory handed the lead back to Altrincham when he sliced sub Duncan Watmore's cross into his own net, only for Zola's even later intervention.