FA Cup 2017-18 Q1 Round Review

Stats and facts from this year’s FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round.

Please quote “Source: @FACupFactfile on Twitter” if sharing these stats

Cupsets

6 beat 4 (a): Taunton Town 1-2 Tavistock

6 beat 4 (h): Baldock Town 4-3 Thame United

6 beat 5 (a): Horndean 0 -2 Bodmin Town

5 beat 3 (h): Boston Town 2-0 Hednesford Town, Haughmond 3-2 Matlock Town, Penistone Church 3-2 Whitby Town, AFC Portchester 1-0 Dorchester

5 beat 4 (a): Skelmersdale United 1-2 Handsworth Parramore

5 beat 4 (h): Shepshed Dynamo 6-1 Leek Town, Aston Athletic 2-1 Bamber Bridge, 1874 Northwich 2-0 Mossley, Bridport 1-0 Barnstaple Town, Westfields 1-0 Soham Town Rangers

4 beat 3 (a): Halesowen Town 0-3 Basford United, Witton Albion 0-2 South Shields, Farnborough 2-3 Salisbury, Hitchin Town 1-1 Haringey Borough (2-3 pens)

4 beat 3 (h): Hanwell Town 4-1 Brightlingsea Regent, Cambridge City 3-1 St Neots Town, Faversham Town 3-1 Tonbridge Angels, Potters Bar Town 1-0 Bishop’s Stortford, Scarborough Athletic 1-0 Workington, Hartley Wintney 1-0 Basingstoke Town

 

Into Q2 for 1^st time ever

Sunderland Ryhope Community Association (14th campaign), Colney Heath (10^th campaign), Albion Sports (5^th campaign), 1874 Northwich, Knaphill (4^th campaign), Baldock Town, Penistone Church, Shaw Lane Association (3^rd campaign), Glebe, Haughmond (2^nd campaign)

 

Into Q2 to at least equal best Cup run

Tunbridge Wells (49 years), Basford United (42 campaigns), Deeping Rangers (16 campaigns), St Ives Town (15 campaigns), Kidlington (12 campaigns), Ashton Athletic (10 campaigns), Scarborough Athletic (9 campaigns), Kings Langley (8 campaigns), AFC Portchester (7 campaigns), Dorking Wanderers (5 campaigns), FC Romania, Phoenix Sports (4 campaigns), Salisbury (2 campaigns)

 

In Q2 for first time in a while

Tavistock (63 years), Bridport (42 years), Alvechurch (26 years), Boston Town (22 years), South Shields (20 years), Atherton Collieries, Marlow (15 years), Hertford Town (13 years), Cheshunt (11 years), Ramsgate (10 years), Crowborough Athletic, Ware (9 years)

 

KO but set best run

Takeley (8^th campaign), Barnoldswick (7^th campaign), Cray Valley Paper Mills (5^th campaign), Grimsby Borough (2^nd campaign), City of Liverpool (1^st campaign)

 

KO but equalled best run

Brocton (19^th campaign), Horndean (18^th campaign & 10^th time), Barking (17^th campaign), Cockfosters (11^th campaign), Bottesford Town (8^th campaign), Peterborough Sports (7 campaigns), Ashford United (6 campaigns), Brightlingsea Regent (5^th campaign), Andover Town, Haverhill Borough (3 campaigns)

 

KO but reached Q1 for first time in a while

Haywards Heath Town (29 years), Clapton, Odd Down (12 years), Liversedge (10 years)

 

First time KO in Q1 for a while

Basingstoke Town (21 years), Bishop’s Stortford (16 years pr), Workington (14 years pr), Staines Town (11 years)

 

KO and not gone further for a while

East Grinstead Town (46 years), Gorleston (25 years), Odd Down (24 years), Shoreham (23 years), Potton United (20 years), Tuffley Rovers (18 years), Corinthian-Casuals (16 years), Great Yarmouth Town (15 years), Soham Town Rangers, St Margaretsbury, Wisbech Town, Yaxley (11 years)

 

Step 6 Clubs into Q2 Rd

Baldock Town (Spartan South Midlands League Division 1)

Bodmin Town (South West Peninsula League Premier Division)

 

Consecutive Q1 exits

Godalming Town, Pagham, Tilbury (4)

Barnstaple Town, Colne, Colwyn Bay, Dorchester Town, Greenwich Borough, Hamworthy United, Leek Town, Lewes, Peterborough Sports (3)

 

Set best Cup win

Hereford, Kings Langley (8-0)

Kidlington, Merthyr Town (6-1)

Swindon Supermarine (5-0)

Glebe (4-0)

 

Equalled best ever Cup win

AFC Mansfield, Barking (4-0)

 

Heaviest ever loss

Godalming Town, Haverhill Borough (0-8)

Ashford Utd, Cray Valley Paper Mills (0-6)

Leek Town (1-6)

Didcot Town (0-5)

Hamworthy United (1-5)

 

Equalled heaviest loss

Haverhill Borough (0-8)

Arlesey Town (0-7)

Willand Rovers (1-6)

Tuffley Rovers (0-5)

 

Hat-tricks (or more)

Nabil Shariff – AFC Rushden and Diamonds

Harry Holland – Baldock Town

Jake Robinson – Billericay Town

Adrian Stone – Glebe

Steve Hole – Haughmond

John Mills – Hereford (& had penalty saved)

Anaclet Odhiambo – Kidlington

Shay Brennan – Shepshed Dynamo

Harry Baker – Weymouth

 

Miscellaneous

Shaw Lane Aquaforce won their first FA Cup match at their third attempt.

Penistone Church beat a team two levels above despite playing with 10 men for 80 minutes.

Carshalton Athletic beat Pagham in the FA Cup for the third time on six seasons.

Danny Facey scored a last minute winner for Albion Sports.

Sean Cooke scored a last minute winner for Nantwich Town.