FA Cup roundup

FA Cup roundup

Non-league Macclesfield Town pulled off the biggest shock of the FA Cup first round on Saturday with a 2-0 win at League One Swindon Town.

A Tony Diagne strike and an own goal from Louis Thompson earned the Silkmen the surprise victory at the County Ground.

There were a number of other unexpected results as Chelmsford recorded a 3-1 win against Colchester, Harrogate Town saw off Torquay United 1-0 and Hereford beat Shrewsbury 3-1.

Meanwhile, Sheffield United earned a 2-1 win away at Bristol Rovers and Chesterfield thrashed Hartlepool United 6-1.

Met Police put up a good fight against Crawley Town but were eventually undone 2-1, while 2008 champions Portsmouth went down 2-0 at home to Notts County.

FA Cup first-round results:

Aldershot 2-1 Hendon Barnet 0-2 Oxford United Bishop's Stortford 1-2 Hastings United Boreham Wood 0-2 Brentford AFC Fylde 1-4 Accrington Bournemouth 4-0 Dagenham & Redbridge Bristol Rovers 1-2 Sheffield United Bury 1-0 Exeter Carlisle 4-2 Ebbsfleet Chelmsford 3-1 Colchester Cheltenham 3-0 Yate Chesterfield 6-1 Hartlepool Coventry 3-0 Arlesey Crewe 4-1 Wycombe Doncaster 3-1 Bradford PA Fleetwood 3-0 Bromley Forest Green 2-3 Port Vale Gillingham 4-0 Scunthorpe Guiseley 2-2 Barrow Hereford 3-1 Shrewsbury Kidderminster 0-2 Oldham Lincoln City 1-1 Walsall Luton 1-1 Nuneaton Mansfield 0-0 Slough Met Police 1-2 Crawley Moreambe 1-1 Rochdale Northampton 1-1 Bradford Portsmouth 0-2 Notts County Preston 3-0 Yeovil Rotherham 3-2 Stevenage Southend 3-0 Stockport Swindon 0-2 Macclesfield Torquay 0-1 Harrogate Town Wrexham 2-4 Alfreton York 1-1 Wimbledon

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