FA Cup 2021/22 1st Rd Review

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Stat of the Round

Bolton Wanderers are knocked out by a non-league side for the first time in 110 years.

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Equalling best run to 2^nd Rd

St Albans City – 4th time in 104th campaign

Harrogate Town – 3^rd time in 49^th campaign

Salford City – 3rd time in 32nd campaign

FC Halifax Town – 3^rd time in 14^th campaign

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First time in 2^nd Round in a while

63 years – Buxton FC

25 years – St Albans City

8 years – Kidderminster Harriers

6 years – Colchester United, Leyton Orient

5 years – Barrow FC, Sutton United

4 years – Cambridge United, Gateshead FC

3 years – Chesterfield FC, FC Halifax Town, Swindon Town

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Into 2^nd Rd and long time since last KO before 2^nd Rd

8 years – Shrewsbury Town

7 years – Carlisle United

6 years – Plymouth Argyle

5 years – Doncaster Rovers

4 years – Cheltenham Town, Portsmouth FC, Rotherham United, Tranmere Rovers

3 years – Bristol Rovers, Exeter City, Mansfield Town

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First time Knocked Out before 2^nd Rd for a while

17 years – Sheffield Wednesday

7 years – Newport County

5 years – Gillingham FC

4 years – Oldham Athletic, Solihull Moors

3 years – Accrington Stanley, Crawley Town, Crewe Alexandra

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Consecutive 1^st Rd KOs

5 – Bromley FC

3 – Bolton Wanderers, Grimsby Town, Hayes and Yeading United, Scunthorpe United, Southend United, Sunderland FC

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Avenged Previous FA Cup Defeat

York City 0-1 Buxton FC

Replays

Plymouth Argyle 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday (after 2 previous defeats)

Notts County 1-2 Rochdale FC (after 2 previous defeats)

Cheltenham Town 1-0 Gillingham FC

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Biggest Wins of the 1^st Rd

Yate Town 0-5 Yeovil Town

Stratford Town 1-5 Shrewsbury Town

AFC Sudbury 0-4 Colchester United

Banbury United 0-4 Barrow FC

Port Vale 5-1 Accrington Stanley

Charlton Athletic 4-0 Havant and Waterlooville

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Cupsets

St Albans City (6) 3-2 Forest Green Rovers (4)

Crewe Alexandra (3) 0-3 Swindon Town (4)

York City (6) 0-1 Buxton FC (7)

Sunderland FC (3) 0-1 Mansfield Town (4)

Port Vale (4) 5-1 Accrington Stanley (3)

Kidderminster Harriers (6) 1-0 Grimsby Town (5)

Replays

Altrincham FC (5) 2-3 Gateshead FC (6)

Wycombe Wanderers (3) 0-1 Hartlepool United (4)

Stockport County (5) 5-3 Bolton Wanderers (3)

Bristol Rovers (4) 4-3 Oxford United (3) (A.e.t.)

Stevenage FC (4) 2-1 Milton Keynes Dons (3) (A.e.t.)

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Hat-tricks and more

3 – James Wilson (Port Vale)

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Miscellaneous

FC Halifax Town 7-4 Maidenhead united is only the 32^nd time that scoreline has occurred in the FA Cup.

St Albans City knock out an EFL club in the ‘Proper’ Rounds of the FA Cup for the first ever time.