To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the FA Cup my ‘FA Cup 150’ book provides facts and stats and Top 150 lists for the first 150 years of the competition and can be ordered from this link: https://facupfactfile.co.uk/shop or from Amazon.

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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 2nd Rd
St Albans City – 4th time in 104th campaign
Harrogate Town – 3rd time in 49th campaign
Salford City – 3rd time in 32nd campaign
FC Halifax Town – 3rd time in 14th campaign
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First time in 2nd 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 2nd Rd and long time since last KO before 2nd 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 2nd 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 1st 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 1st 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 32nd 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.