FORMER Wanderers striker Connor Hall will not be making a return in the FA Cup this weekend for Solihull Moors.
The 25-year-old, who made his professional debut for Bolton in the very same competition back in 2018, has extended a loan spell at Farnborough Town.
Hall had spent the last month out on loan in National League South, scoring twice in five games, but the prospect of a cup comeback was mooted when the initial arrangement ran out this week.
Solihull Moors confirmed that Hall will not be involved with the squad on Saturday, however, after another 28-day deal was struck.
Hall played four times for Wanderers after making his debut under Phil Parkinson as a substitute in a third round defeat to Huddersfield Town in January 2018.
He won the club’s young player of the year award the same season after scoring 22 times for the Development Squad and made his league debut the following season against Portsmouth.
Injury limited his chances, however, and he was loaned out to Accrington Stanley and Chorley to gain experience before eventually being released in the summer of 2020 and signing for Woking.
He gained notoriety in the FA Cup after moving on the Chorley for another loan spell, scoring against Wigan Athletic and Peterborough United in the Magpies’ run to the fourth round.
Last summer Hall – whose younger brother Lewis is now playing Premier League football with Newcastle United – moved to Solihull Moors, and was quickly loaned out to gain more first team experience.
Moors come to Wanderers on the back of a 1-0 win against Wealdstone which took them into fourth place in the National League table.
Other familiar faces in their ranks are experienced former Wolves defender Richard Stearman and ex-Newport and Tranmere midfielder Joss Labadie.
The non-league side is expecting to bring more than 400 supporters to the Toughsheet Stadium on Saturday and manager Andy Whing and captain Jamey Osbourne have been out and about in the town selling tickets to help publicise the game this week.
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