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FA Cup First Round: Chorley and Marine Provide Big Upsets

FA Cup

Six rounds of the FA Cup have already been played this season, starting way back in August with the Extra Preliminary Round. The weekend of the First Round, though, is always special as teams from England’s professional ranks join the non-league sides who have done enough to reach the competition proper.

The cup is different this year with no crowds and no replays, but that hasn’t stopped teams from putting on a show for their fans watching from afar. Only one game finished goalless in the entire round comprised of 40 ties and there were some huge upsets on the cards.

FA Cup First Round

Team of the Round: Chorley

Wigan Athletic may be sat bottom of League One with just two wins to their name, but when they were drawn at home to near-neighbours Chorley, they must have expected to already have one foot in the next round.

The Latics won this competition as recently as 2013 but have fallen on hard times since then, suffering relegation from the Championship last season in controversial fashion when their points deduction was applied after the final whistle on the last day of the season.

Chorley, meanwhile, sit in England’s sixth tier and play in the National Leauge North having been relegated from the National League last season. They are struggling again, and currently sit bottom of the division once more with just one point to their name from five games.

An easy win for Wigan, then? It appeared so, as Joe Garner and Tom James scored in the first half to give the hosts a comfortable lead. However, they did go into the break a man down when Adam Long was shown a straight red card for bringing down Harry Cardwell.

The visitors took advantage of the difference in numbers after the break. With just three minutes played they pulled one back through Elliott Newby and they levelled on the hour when Cardwell was sent through and he provided a cool finish.

Already it was more than Chorley could have imagined having taken the 2013 winners to extra time on their own patch. But things got much better for them in the additional period when Connor Hall struck the winner to pile on more misery for Wigan and send them crashing out in just the first round.

The win sees Chorley reach the second-round stage for just the third time in their history, the last time being in 1990.

The Upsets

Canvey Island of the Isthmian League North Division pulled off a 2-1 win away at Oxfordshire side Banbury United, who play one tier higher than their Essex opponents. An Essex side that missed out on the second round, though was Colchester United after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Northern Premier League Division One North West side Marine before going on to lose on penalties.

 

Newly-promoted National League side King’s Lynn Town went to League Two side Port Vale and won 1-0 courtesy of Sinny Carey’s late strike. Meanwhile, Stockport County, also of the fifth tier, won 2-1 away at League One outfit Rochdale. John Rooney set the Hatters on their way with a stunning strike from his own half, before Alex Reid doubled the lead and Matty Lund pulled one back.

 

Sunderland were knocked out at the first round stage for the second season running after George Lapslie’s header gave Mansfield Town the victory at the Stadium of Light, Swindon Town went down 2-1 at home to non-league Darlington, and Accrington Stanley lost away at League Two opposition in Tranmere Rovers.

In Sunday’s games, Solihull Moors put in a convincing performance to win 3-2 away at Scunthorpe United, where Stephen Gleeson scored twice from the penalty spot to help them through, and Wes Fonguck’s stunning hit saw Barnet knock out League One strugglers Burton Albion.

Finally, on Monday, Oxford City came from behind to beat League One side Northampton Town 2-1.

Additionally, while not an upset, it would be wrong to not mention the Sunday match between Torquay United and Crawley Town. National League side Torquay led 5-3 in extra time after a pulsating 90 minutes ended 3-3.

However, John Yems’ side fought back brilliantly and won the match 6-5 courtesy of Ashley Nadesan’s winner in the 118th minute.

FA Cup Second Round Draw

The draw for the second round of the FA Cup takes place on Monday evening prior to the live coverage of Oxford City v Northampton Town on BT Sport. The draw will also be available of the FA’s Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages.

First Round Results

Friday

Harrogate Town 4-1 Skelmersdale United

Saturday

Tonbridge Angels 0-7 Bradford City

Exeter City 2-1 AFC Fylde

Banbury United 1-2 Canvey Island

Barrow P-P AFC Wimbledon

Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Crewe Alexandra

Boreham Wood 3-3 Southend United (Boreham Wood win 4-3 on penalties)

Brackley Town 3-3 Bishop’s Stortford (Brackley Town win 3-2 on penalties)

Bromley 0-1 Yeovil Town

Cambridge United 0-2 Shrewsbury Town

Charlton Athletic 0-1 Plymouth Argyle

Cheltenham Town 3-1 South Shields

Colchester United 1-1 Marine (Marine win 5-3 on penalties)

Dagenham & Redbridge 3-1 Grimsby Town

Gillingham 3-2 Woking

Hull City 2-0 Fleetwood Town

Ipswich Town 2-3 Portsmouth

Leyton Orient 1-2 Newport County

Lincoln City 6-2 Forest Green Rovers

Oxford United 1-2 Peterborough United

Port Vale 0-1 King’s Lynn Town

Rochdale 1-2 Stockport County

Salford City 2-0 Hartlepool United

Stevenage 2-2 Concord Rangers (Stevenage win 5-4 on penalties)

Sunderland 0-1 Mansfield Town

Swindon Town 1-2 Darlington

Tranmere Rovers 2-1 Accrington Stanley

Walsall 1-2 Bristol Rovers

FC United of Manchester 1-5 Doncaster Rovers

Sunday

Scunthorpe United 2-3 Solihull Moors

Barnet 1-0 Burton Albion

Eastleigh 0-0 Milton Keynes Dons (Milton Keynes Dons win 4-3 on penalties)

Hampton & Richmond Borough 2-3 Oldham Athletic

Havant & Waterlooville 1-0 Cray Valley Paper Mills

Hayes & Yeading United 2-2 Carlisle United (Carlisle United win 4-3 on penalties)

Maldon & Tiptree 0-1 Morecambe

Torquay United 5-6 Crawley Town

Wigan Athletic 2-3 Chorley

Eastbourne Borough 0-3 Blackpool

Monday

Oxford City 2-1 Northampton Town

 

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Nat Goodlad, Editor

Nat Goodlad, Editor

Nat has been writing at LWOS since August 2015. He has served in all positions from writer up to managing editor across a seven-year spell. Currently, he is a writer and editor with a keen focus on EFL content.

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