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STANLEY CLOSE IN ON WEMBLEY

By John Lyons

THEY might be in a League One relegation battle, but Accrington Stanley are now also just one game away from their first-ever Wembley appearance!
Stanley held their nerve to triumph 3-1 on penalties at Lincoln in the quarter-finals after the sides had played out a 2-2 draw.
Skipper Tom Hopper gave the Imps a seventh-minute lead when he charged down a kick from keeper Lukas Jensen, but the visitors were level in the 36th minute when striker Aaron Pressley, on loan from Brentford, fired low and hard into the bottom corner.
Pressley gave Stanley the lead with his second ...

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