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- Hereford Utd 2:1 Newcastle Utd 1972. If you want the archetypal FA Cup shock then look no further than Edgar Street on the 5th February 1972. This clash between non-league nobodies and top-flight title chasers had just about everything, from the mud-bath pitch to the crazed MOTD commentary of a 26 year old novice called John Motson, to not one, but two Parka-Coated pitch invasions, fans watching from trees and pylons, 'that' Ronnie Radford goal, and someone managing to playing 80 minutes with a broken leg !
- Walsall 2:0 Arsenal 1933. It would be a hell of a shock if the result happened nowadays, but back then it was even more so. Herbert Chapman's Arsenal won the league 4 times in the space of 5 years between 1930 and 1935 and were widely regarded as the best club team in the world, whilst Walsall were languishing at the foot of the old 3rd Division South.
- Sutton Utd 2:1 Coventry City 1989. The last time that a top-flight club was knocked out by a non-league team. Coventry 6th in the league and cup winners only 2 seasons earlier, gave a display that brought new meaning to the word abject, as goals from Tony Rains and Matthew Hanlan secured the win.
- Wrexham 2:1 Arsenal 1992. The country's 2nd placed team playing against the country's lowest placed team. No contest. Surely ? One nil up with 20 minutes to go and all still looked rosy for George Graham's men, but then one of Wrexham's golden oldie's Mickey Thomas smashed home an unstoppable free-kick before Steve Watkin grabbed the winner.
Jan 7, 2022 · Manchester United, despite having players such as Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov and Ryan Giggs on the pitch, couldn’t produce an equaliser. As the final whistle went, the Leeds players and their 9000 supporters celebrated one of the biggest FA Cup 3rd round upsets ever.
Most of the third round of games in the FA Cup were played over the weekend 4–6 January 1985, with the exception of the Gillingham-Cardiff City match. Replays took place at various times over the period 8–28 January, however.
Jan 3, 2013 · From carpenters to prodigal sons and the "greatest moment of my life", UEFA.com selects five banana skins on which illustrious opponents have slipped in FA Cup third round history.
The 1985–86 FA Cup was the 105th season of the world's oldest knockout football competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup. The competition was won by Liverpool, who defeated local rivals Everton 3–1 at Wembley in the first ever Merseyside derby final.
Feb 8, 2023 · They would also triumph in the FA Cup in 1985, but a 2-0 defeat by Bournemouth in the intervening season proved hard to swallow.
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1985 FA Cup Third round: Burton Albion v Leicester City. When Northern Premier League Burton Albion were drawn against Division One Leicester City in the 1985 FA Cup third round, on paper it appeared to be a romantic tie. The typical David v Goliath clash, the outside chance of a shock, and a day in the spotlight for the part-timers of Burton ...
