FA Cup 2026-27 Q1 Rd Review
Stats of the Round
A great round for the town of Redcar as both Redcar Athletic and Redcar Town win 1-0 to reach the 2nd Qualifying Round for the first ever time! It’s the first time ever two clubs from Redcar have reached as far as Q2 Rd in the same season.
Hendon FC posted a record 18th victory scoring seven goals or more in a single FA Cup match!
Kettering Town extended their FA Cup record of most FA Cup goals (932) and most FA Cup opponents (195) following their replay victory over Wellingborough Town!
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First time in Q2 Round ever
Barton Town – 19th campaign
Real Bedford – 14th campaign
Coventry United – 11th campaign
Exmouth Town – 9th campaign
Lower Breck – 7th campaign
Redcar Athletic – 6th campaign
Buckhurst Hill – 5th campaign
Harleston Town – 4th campaign
Snodland Town – 4th campaign
South Liverpool – 3rd campaign
Windsor and Eton – 2nd campaign
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Debut Clubs Still in FA Cup
AFC Greenwich Borough, Redcar Town, South East Dons
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Equalling best run to Q2 Round
Pagham FC – 6th time in 49 campaigns
AFC Portchester – 5th time in 16 campaigns
Boldmere St Michaels – 3rd time in 65 campaigns
AFC Stoneham – 3rd time in 9 campaigns
Heaton Stannington – 2nd time in 18 campaigns
Tadley Calleva – 2nd time in 13 campaigns
Ossett United – 2nd time in 9 campaigns
Mulbarton Wanderers – 2nd time in 7 campaigns
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First time in Q2 Round in a while
77 years – Heaton Stannington (16 campaigns)
36 years – Pagham FC (33 campaigns)
29 years – Boldmere St Michaels
15 years – Thame United
10 years – Slimbridge FC
9 years – AFC Portchester, AFC Rushden and Diamonds, Crowborough Athletic
7 years – Ossett United
4 years – Cirencester Town, Dulwich Hamlet, Hanley Town, Stratford Town, Tiverton Town, Uxbridge FC, Witham Town, Yate Town
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Into Q2 Rd and long time since last KO before it
33 years – St Albans City, Welling United
30 years – Eastbourne Borough
18 years – Gloucester City
13 years – Chippenham Town, Kettering Town
11 years – Hungerford Town
10 years – Leamington FC
9 years – Peterborough Sports, Taunton Town
6 years – Needham Market, Wingate and Finchley
5 years – Berkhamsted FC, Redditch United
4 years – Aveley FC, Enfield Town, Frome Town, Gorleston FC, Leiston FC, Rushall Olympic, Wimborne Town
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First time Knocked Out as Early as Q1 Rd for a while
47 years – Bath City
24 years – Alfreton Town
15 years – Curzon Ashton
7 years – Banbury United, Gosport Borough
5 years – Hyde United, Royston Town
4 years – Bishop’s Stortford, Poole Town
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Knocked Out in Q1 Rd and a While Since Going Further
43 years – Prestwich Heys (7 campaigns)
38 years – Haywards Heath Town (16 campaigns)
37 years – Lye Town (29 campaigns)
30 years – Desborough Town (28 campaigns)
26 years – Devizes Town (11 campaigns)
25 years – Falmouth Town (15 campaigns)
21 years – Malvern Town (18 campaigns), Thornaby FC (11 campaigns)
20 years – St Blazey (10 campaigns), Yaxley FC
19 years – Camberley Town, Stotfold FC (17 campaigns)
18 years – Garforth Town
17 years – Bourne Town (3 campaigns)
15 years – Wells City (8 campaigns)
13 years – AFC Wolverhampton City, Mangotsfield United, Vauxhall Motors (Ellesmere Port) (7 campaigns)
11 years – Hullbridge Sports, Ipswich Wanderers (9 campaigns), Northwich Victoria
8 years – Erith Town, Knaresborough Town
7 years – Portland United
6 years – Brantham Athletic, East Grinstead Town, Leighton Town
5 years – Bedworth United, Belper Town, Broadfields United
4 years – Concord Rangers, Grays Athletic, Pontefract Collieries, Romford FC, Shildon FC, Stourbridge FC, Three Bridges
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Consecutive Q1 Rd KOs
5 – Basingstoke Town
3 – Lewes FC, Pontefract Collieries, Three Bridges
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Avenged Previous FA Cup Defeat
Gosport Borough 1-3 Plymouth Parkway
Stourbridge FC 1-3 Rushall Olympic (After two previous defeats)
Flackwell Heath 0-1 Hanwell Town
Halesowen Town 3-1 Basford United
Warrington Rylands 3-1 Hyde United
Alvechurch FC 2-0 AFC Wolverhampton City
Coventry United 2-1 Bedworth United
Quorn FC 2-1 Shepshed Dynamo
Replays
Carshalton Athletic 1-2 Chertsey Town (Met 48 years ago)
Needham Market 3-1 Stanway Rovers
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Biggest Wins of the Q1 Rd
Eight Goals
Bury FC 8-0 Wythenshawe FC (BIGGEST FA Cup WIN and BIGGEST margin of DEFEAT)
Seven Goals
Brantham Athletic 0-7 Waltham Abbey (BIGGEST margin of DEFEAT and BIGGEST FA Cup WIN)
Five Goals
Sporting Khalsa 0-5 Leek Town (Joint BIGGEST margin of DEFEAT)
Cambridge City 6-1 Maldon and Tiptree
Replays
Leiston FC 5-0 Grays Athletic
Four Goals
Garforth Town 1-5 FC United of Manchester
Lye Town 1-5 Racing Club Warwick
Petts Wood and Holmesdale 1-5 Windsor and Eton (FIRST FA Cup DEFEAT)
Egham Town 0-4 Chatham Town
Frenford FC 0-4 Enfield Town (BIGGEST margin of DEFEAT)
Northampton Sileby Rangers 0-4 Anstey Nomads
Wells City 0-4 Hungerford Town
Hendon FC 7-3 Hullbridge Sports
Lower Breck 5-1 Thornaby FC
Dulwich Hamlet 4-0 East Grinstead Town
Peterborough Sports 4-0 Ipswich Wanderers
Taunton Town 4-0 Millbrook (Hampshire) (BIGGEST margin of DEFEAT)
Replays
Mangotsfield United 0-4 Gloucester City
Redditch United 4-0 Malvern Town
Warrington Town 4-0 Shildon FC
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Cupsets
Away
Two-Steps
Bamber Bridge (3) 1-3 Trafford FC (5)
One- Step
Margate FC (4) 1-3 Snodland Town (5)
Avro FC (3) 0-2 Witton Albion (4)
Bath City (3) 0-2 Weymouth FC (4)
Sittingbourne FC (4) 3-4 AFC Greenwich Borough (5)
Cleethorpes Town (3) 1-2 Newcastle Town (4)
Stamford FC (3) 0-1 Mickleover FC (4)
Three Bridges (3) 0-1 Kingstonian FC (4)
Replays
AFC Whyteleafe (3) 2-3 Crowborough Athletic (4)
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Home
One-Step
South East Dons (5) 2-0 Erith Town (4)
Bishops Cleeve (4) 2-1 Poole Town (3)
Redcar Town (5) 1-0 Blyth Spartans (4)
Replays
Pagham FC (5) 2-0 Ascot United (4)
Exmouth Town (4) 2-1 Banbury United (3)
AFC Stoneham (4) 1-0 Basingstoke Town (3)
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Hat-tricks and more
4 – James Hardy (Ashton United)
3 – Isaac Stones (Hendon FC)
3 – Kai Evans (Bury FC)
3 – Ogo Obi (Dulwich Hamlet)
3 – Sam Burns (Lower Breck)
3 – Seth Chambers (Bury Town)
Replays
3 – Adam Mills (Leiston FC)
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Miscellaneous
Hitchin Town has now defeated Biggleswade Town in FA Cup all seven times they’ve been drawn together in the competition!
