Dave Challinor eyes double Wembley success for in-form Stockport

Stockport boss Dave Challinor is eyeing up a dream Wembley double after his side maintained their play-off push with a dominant 3-0 victory over Wycombe at Edgeley Park.

Goals from Odin Bailey, Isaac Olaofe and Adama Sidibeh did the damage for the hosts.

And Challinor, whose side play Luton in the EFL Trophy final next Sunday, said: “This weekend is always deemed influential in the football calendar.

“We’re playing two teams who are in and around us in the table and you can have an impact directly on an opponent.

“To start in the manner that we have is a great start to the weekend for us.

“We have a huge run-in now, including a Wembley final and the chance to win a trophy.

“We want to win as many games as possible as quickly as possible and in between that win a trophy at Wembley as well.

“Monday’s going to be a brilliant game to be involved in against Bolton.

“They’ve been knocking on the door for five or six years really to get out of this division.

“We know the importance of this weekend and once that game is out of the way we will look at the final.

“That begins a 21-day spell for us where we’ve got seven games and the most important seven games of the season for us.

“We worked on things and did things a bit differently and while there are still things to improve on, to back up last weekend with three more goals and another clean sheet is fantastic.

“I thought we were too passive at times and that’s probably something we need to talk about going forward.”

Wycombe’s indifferent form continued as they dropped off the pace in the play-off race.

Disappointed boss Michael Duff, whose side are three points shy of sixth, said: “I felt we gave up a bit from 55 or 60 minutes which is the main frustration of the afternoon.

“We’re becoming nearly men which we can’t do. We work so hard to give ourselves an opportunity.

“You look at the results, someone’s just told me there, you need to step over the line.

“At 2-0 down you have to play with more freedom, but it looked like we were feeling sorry for ourselves.

“Football’s a tough game. No-one’s going to feel sorry for you. If you’re feeling sorry for yourself then someone’s going to go past you.

“The challenge to them is who’s going to step up when we need them. We know when we’re good, we’re good.

“But who’s going to grab someone by the scruff of the neck and tell them it’s not good enough?

“It’s not giving up in terms of downing tools because they’re bad lads. But that can’t happen.”