Cray Wanderers Go 2-0 Up as Hernandez Scores After Stockport Red Card

What changed

Cray Wanderers moved 2-0 ahead of Stockport County in their FA Cup first-round tie after Stockport goalkeeper Luca Ashby-Hammond received a straight red card near the edge of the box.

Alex Hernandez turned the resulting free-kick into a brilliant goal. Stockport were left with 10 players.

Why it matters

The dismissal changed the shape of the match immediately. Stockport lost their goalkeeper and then conceded from the set piece that followed, leaving Cray with a two-goal advantage.

That is a brutal sequence: one challenge, one red card, one perfectly struck free-kick. The final result and time remaining were not stated, so the tie is not yet settled in the available account.