Aaron Drinan nets hat-trick as Swindon dump Bolton out of FA Cup

Aaron Drinan capped his hat-trick with a wonderful 30-yard lob as Swindon dumped League One high-flyers Bolton out of the FA Cup.

The Irishman slotted in from the spot in the eighth minute after Chris Forino handled.

The Reds survived two close shaves when Amario Cozier-Duberry pulled away from his markers to fire low but Connor Ripley was able to tip around the post.

From the corner, Josh Sheehan rattled the bar from 25 yards.

Billy Bodin should have doubled the lead when he intercepted a dreadful pass in the box from Eoin Toal but the experienced forward somehow blasted wide with an open goal at his mercy from eight yards out.

Ripley then tipped over from Thierry Gale and then caught Sam Dalby’s header.

Just before the break, Joe Snowdon slipped Bodin through but he spooned over.

Town went two-up 15 minutes after the restart when Snowdon fired low into the far corner from Gavin Kilkenny’s cross.

Drinan then nodded in from a corner in the 76th minute.

The unmarked Jamie Knight-Lebel should then have sealed it with a far-post header but sent it straight at Miller.

Drinan, League Two’s top scorer, saved his best until last as he tangled with a defender for a loose ball before unfurling the audacious chip to make it four in the 86th minute.