Sean McConville got a quiet satisfaction from silencing the boo-boys and helping knock former club Stockport County out of the FA Cup.

McConville had high hopes when he moved to Edgeley Park in 2011 but things turned sour when he fell out with boss Jim Gannon, a Hatters legend.

McConville was painted as the villain in the piece and has been a target for the Stockport fans since then.

He returned in February with Stalybridge Celtic and took the bait, seeing red for kicking out but this time the 25-year-old disappointed his haters.

McConville scored twice, created another and was the victim in a flare up that led to the Hatters’ Kristian Dennis being shown a red card.

“I expected it so all week I’d been preparing myself for it to make sure it didn’t get the better of me and this time I just let my football do the talking,” said McConville.

“It all stems from the whole Jim Gannon thing. Stockport signed me from Accrington and I started off quite bright and the fans seemed to like me but then I broke my collarbone.

“When I came back, Didi (Hamann, ex Stockport manager) had left and Jim Gannon came in and I was on good money and he said from day one I wasn’t going to play.

“He made me train with the youth team, he wouldn’t let me get change with the first team and it was petty stuff like that.

“I went public about it and the fans didn’t like it because he’s so well thought of there.

“The last thing I wanted was to get sent off again and this time I’m the one going home with a smile on my face and all the Stockport fans are going home sick.”

Liverpool-born McConville has scored five times in 17 games and his intelligence on the ball marries well with the possession game Steve Burr has brought in

McConville said: “I’m really enjoying my football and playing games helps me obviously. I love training and I love matchdays but there is always more to come I’m sure of that. There’s definitely a togetherness in the squad and in training there is a good tempo.

“If you’re on the losing side in training then you know about it because people take things seriously and you can see that in the games.

“We are pulling each other through and winning matches helps that too.”

Chester travel to Eastleigh on Saturday (3pm) and McConville wants to avoid a repeat of the last long trip south, a disappointing 2-0 loss at Dover Athletic.

He said: “Eastleigh have got a big budget and got some big names. I’ve played against a couple of them and they will be on good money down there.

“We’ve got to keep progressing and taking care of ourselves because the lads know what happened at Dover and we don’t want it to happen again.

“We have started to turn our home ground into a bit of a fortress but you need to get results away from home too.”