Bite-size Stat-packed Review of FA Cup 1st Round 2017-18

Cupsets

Level 6 beat level 4 (a): Colchester United 0-1 Oxford City

Level 5 beat level 3 (a): Bury 0-3 Woking

Level 5 beat level 3 (h): Boreham Wood 2-1 Blackpool

Level 7 beat level 6 (a): Gainsborough Trinity 0-6 Slough Town

Level 5 beat level 4 (a): Cheltenham Town 2-4 Maidstone United

Level 5 beat level 4 (a): Accrington Stanley 1-1 Guiseley (3-4 on pens)

Level 7 beat level 6 (h): Hereford 1-0 AFC Telford United

Level 4 beat Level 3 (h): Notts County 4-2 Bristol Rovers, Port Vale 2-0 Oxford United, Carlisle United 3-2 Oldham Athletic, Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Rotherham United, Newport County 2-1 Walsall, Luton Town 1-0 Portsmouth, Yeovil Town 1-0 Southend United

 

Into 2^nd Round for 1^st time ever

Guiseley (51st campign), AFC Fylde (10^th campaign), Hereford (2^nd campaign)

 

Into 2^nd Round to at least equal best Cup run

Slough Town (7^th time)

Boreham Wood (3^rd time)

Maidstone United, Oxford City (2^nd time)

 

In 2^nd Round for first time in a while

Oxford City (48 years), Leatherhead (39 years), Swindon Town (6 years), Crewe Alexandra, Gillingham, Morecambe (5 years), Mansfield Town (3 years)

 

Successive years making it into 2^nd Rd

Cambridge United, Peterborough United, Rochdale, Wycombe Wanderers (5), Shrewsbury Town (4), Newport County (3), Woking (2)

 

KO in 1^st Rd but set best run

Shaw Lane Association (3^rd campaign)

 

KO in 1^st Rd but equalled best run

Billericay Town, Heybridge Swifts, Hyde United (4^th time), Nantwich Town (2^nd time)

 

KO but reached 1^st Rd for first time in a while

Chorley (27 years)

 

First time KO as early as 1^st Rd for a while

Oldham Athletic, Rotherham United (7 years), Chesterfield, Oxford United (6 years), Hartlepool United (5 years)

 

KO and not gone further than 1^st Rd for a while

Maidenhead United (131 years), Gainsborough Trinity (65 years), Ebbsfleet United (14 years)

 

Level 7 Clubs definitely into 2^nd Rd

Hereford, Slough Town (Southern League Premier Division)

Leatherhead (Isthmian League Premier Division)

 

Consecutive 1^st Rd exits

Crawley Town, Southend United (4)

 

Set best FA Cup win

None

 

Equalled best ever FA Cup win

 

Heaviest ever FA Cup loss

Aldershot Town (0-5)

 

Equalled heaviest FA Cup loss

Gainsborough Trinity (0-6)

 

Hat-tricks (or more)

Matty Godden – Stevenage

Matthew Lench – Slough Town

Danny Lloyd – Peterborough United

 

Miscellaneous

The 3-0 replay win for Woking over Bury is the club’s biggest margin of victory over a Football League side in the FA Cup

Not only did Notts County come back from two goals down and create a Cup upset, but they also avenged an FA Cup defeat to Bristol Rovers from 105 years ago.

Luton Town beat Portsmouth for the 4^th time in just 4 FA Cup meetings.

Doncaster Rovers came back from 2-0 down to win 6-2 against Ebbsfleet United.

Shaw Lane Association may have exited the FA Cup in the 1^st Round, but having previously never won in the FA Cup before, the Ducks now have 4 wins the their 3 losses.

1950/51 was the last time Oxford City went further in the FA Cup than Oxford United.

Exeter City (100th campaign), Rochdale (100th campaign) and Crewe Alexandra (125th campaign) all have made it through to 2nd Round.

Jack Midson of Leatherhead is the competition’s top scorer with 11 goals.