FA Cup 2020/21 3rd Round Proper – Stat-packed Review

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Stats of the Round

Chorley have set new FA Cup records of being first level 6 club to knock out three clubs from level 3 or above in the same campaign, and have taken the most amount of campaigns to reach the 4^th Round for the first time – 113 campaigns

Chelsea have reached the FA Cup 4^th Round for a record 23^rd consecutive season.

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First time in 4^th Round ever

Chorley – 113^th campaign

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First time in 4^th Round in a while

15 years- Cheltenham Town

13 years – Plymouth Argyle

9 years – Crawley Town

8 years – Luton Town

4 years – Blackpool

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Into 4^th Rd and long time since last KO before 4^th Round

23 years – Chelsea

9 years – Manchester City

7 years – Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur

5 years – Millwall

4 years – Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham United

3 years – Arsenal, Brentford, Burnley

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First time exited FA Cup as early as 3^rd Rd for a while

4 years – West Bromwich Albion

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Exited in 3^rd Rd but set best FA Cup run

Boreham Wood – 50^th campaign

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Exited in 3^rd Rd and Equalled Best FA Cup Run

Morecambe – 4^th time in 93 campaigns

Marine – 2^nd time in 95 campaigns

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Consecutive 3^rd Rd Exits

5 – Aston Villa, Stoke City

4 – Blackburn Rovers, Leeds United

3 – Huddersfield Town, Preston North End, Rotherham United

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Avenged Previous FA Cup Defeat

Huddersfield Town 2-3 Plymouth Argyle (lost previous four meetings)

Wycombe Wanderers 4-1 Preston North End (lost previous two meetings)

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Biggest Wins of the 3^rd Rd (FA Cup records)

Marine 0-5 Tottenham Hotspur

Stoke City 0-4 Leicester city

Chelsea 4-0 Morecambe

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3^rd Rd Cupsets

Four Steps

Chorley (6) 2-0 Derby County (2)

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Three Steps

Crawley Town (4) 3-0 Leeds United (1)

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Two Steps

Blackpool (3) 2-2 West Bromwich Albion (1) (3-2 on pens)

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One Step

Huddersfield Town (2) 2-3 Plymouth Argyle (3)

Blackburn Rovers (2) 0-1 Doncaster Rovers (3)

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Hat-tricks and more

3 – Carlos Vinicius (Tottenham Hotspur)

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