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Stockport vs Millwall
 0 - 4 
Date: 
17/10/2009
Venue: 
Edgeley Park
Attendance: 
4,394
Referee: 
M Haywood

Gary Ablett named the same eleven that won Monday's Cheshire derby at Tranmere.

He did make one change on the bench, though, with Andy Halls replacing Tom Fisher.

County: Fon Williams; Mullins, Raynes, Huntington, Rose; Bridcutt; Vincent, Tansey, Baker, Poole; Thompson.

A hat-trick from Neil Harris helped Millwall to a resounding victory at Edgeley Park.

But the Lions didn't have to work too hard for their first away win of the season after some calamitous defending handed them the advantage.

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Paul Robinson was allowed a free header from Chris Hackett's corner on 18 minutes, and they doubled their advantage when Harris latched on to Paul Huntington's attempt to head the ball back to Owain Fon Williams to slide the ball past the exposed keeper five minutes later.

Johnny Mullins forced a great save from David Forde with a close range header on 28 and Carl Baker curled a shot just wide as the Hatters looked for a lifeline.

But they were undone again eight minutes from the break when Greg Tansey saw a shot blocked and the ball broke to Chris Hackett who smashed it down field to Harris who nipped in between Huntington and Raynes for his second goal.

And the diminutive striker should have completed his hat-trick before the break when he was brought down by Huntington in the box. He took the penalty himself but Fon Williams made a fine save; his third of the season.

Oli Johnson and Danny Pilkington were introduced during the break for James Vincent and Tansey and the Hatters had a couple of chances soon after the re-start.

Robinson did well to block Peter Thompson's near-post effort at the expense of a corner. And then Mark Laird just took the ball off Johnson's head when he looked certain to score.

But the defensive gremlins resurface on 68 minutes when Steve Morrison, seemingly going nowhere, cut inside Rose and Raynes to square the ball to Harris who scuffed his shot inside Fon Williams left-hand post.

And, when Baker volleyed Mullins' cross wide five minutes later, you knew it wasn't County's day.

Despite the scoreline, though, the last twenty minutes or so belonged to the Blue & White Army who kept up a non-stop chant of Gary Ablett's Blue & White Army.
 

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Harris hat-trick as Hatters gift wrap all four Lions' goals
 Match Information
 
  Stockport Millwall
Goals : 0 4
Possession : 49% 51%
Shots On Target : 5 7
Shots Off Target : 9 7
Corners : 6 8
Fouls : 10 14
Most Fouls : Baker (3) Craig (3)
Yellow Cards : 1 0
Red Cards : 0 0
 
Scorers :
Robinson 18
Harris 23
Harris 37
Harris 68
 
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