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Surridge and Stanislas strike as Bournemouth dump Burnley out of Cup

<span>Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/Reuters</span>
Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/Reuters

A day of glory for Burnley’s favourite son was one of ignominy for its football club. Incompetence off the pitch was replaced by ineptitude on it as they beat an embarrassing exit from the FA Cup.

After Jimmy Anderson’s sublime cricketing efforts in India, his beloved Burnley risked ridicule. They initially named Erik Pieters on the teamsheet, without realising the left-back was suspended, running the risk of expulsion from the competition for fielding an ineligible player. Instead, Bournemouth, courtesy of Sam Surridge and Junior Stanislas, ensured they went out in more conventional, if still undistinguished, fashion.

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Instead, they earned a first place in the quarter-finals since 1957, when they were known as Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, for their excellence in the 90 minutes and honesty before it. It was their press officer, Anthony Marshall, who pointed out that Pieters was banned after being booked in each of the two earlier rounds.

“Bournemouth noticed it and we managed to sort it before kick-off. Very gentlemanly, they said they thought we had a player who was not eligible,” said Sean Dyche. “It was just a simple admin error. We have people who keep an eye on situations but the rules have changed this year with bookings in the FA Cup.”

Bournemouth’s caretaker manager Jonathan Woodgate said: “We all want a fair game. It is good sportsmanship.”

Good sports produced a terrific performance. Bournemouth were the more assured, the more confident and the more creative. Anyone ignorant of the two clubs’ fortunes in the past 12 months could be forgiven for thinking they were still the Premier League club.

For Woodgate, whose two games as caretaker manager have brought stirring victories, it has amounted to a terrific start to his reign. His poor spell in charge of Middlesbrough means he is still an outsider, though, to take the role on a permanent basis. “We were first-class right from the start,” he said.

Junior Stanislas of AFC Bournemouth scores a penalty
Junior Stanislas of AFC Bournemouth scores an 88th-minute penalty to wrap up victory at Burnley. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

Burnley were subdued. Pieters was picked then stood down – “he didn’t know himself,” Dyche said – and the rookie Anthony Glennon was parachuted in for a first start. Whether or not that affected Burnley, they began terribly. Perhaps Pieters would have cut out the cross for Bournemouth’s goal, though it may be harsh to fault Glennon for failing to halt the overlapping Jack Stacey, who supplied an inviting centre for Surridge to lift a finish into the roof of the net. This was another goal against top-flight opposition as he scored at Manchester City in the Carabao Cup.

Bournemouth merited their advantage. Stanislas had directed a half-volley wide. The lively Surridge teed up Philip Billing, who thudded a shot into the advertising hoardings. The sole threat Burnley had on goal in the first half was on their own, with Bailey Peacock-Farrell required to make a flying save to stop Dale Stephens’s header going into his own net.

Burnley did not test Asmir Begovic until the second half, when Matej Vydra drew a low save. Begovic was altogether less convincing in pushing Dwight McNeil’s long-range shot wide. They should have levelled when Vydra scuffed a shot into Jay Rodriguez’s path and he spooned it high over the bar. “A golden chance,” said Dyche.

Bournemouth duly punished them. They could have extended their lead with headers from Billing and Cameron Carter-Vickers before Kevin Long bundled Surridge over. Stanislas’s penalty was unstoppable.

“We gave two soft goals away,” said Dyche, who made seven changes even before Pieters’s withdrawal brought an eighth.

They also gave away an opportunity to reach a first quarter-final in 18 years. Dyche’s previous fifth-round tie brought defeat by non-league Lincoln and his tenure has included League Cup losses to Accrington, Burton and Port Vale, a wretched record. But perhaps going out in 90 minutes was still preferable to being thrown out.