Valiant Gainsborough Trinity Bow Out of FA Cup After Taking League Two Accrington Stanley to Extra-Time

Valiant Gainsborough Trinity bow out of FA Cup after taking League Two Accrington Stanley to extra-time

Gainsborough Trinity valiantly bowed out of this season's Emirates FA Cup after their sixth game in the competition, losing 2-1 in extra-time against a League Two Accrington Stanley side 58 places higher in the football pyramid on Sunday tea time.

Russ Wilcox bemoans ‘big moment’ that denied Gainsborough potential cup upset

Gainsborough boss Russ Wilcox felt his team were denied the chance of an FA Cup upset over Accrington by a wrongly allowed offside goal.Television cameras proved that Paddy Madden’s first-half opener should have been ruled out, meaning South African substitute Sisa Tuntulwana’s 76th-minute header would have won the tie in 90 minutes instead of being an equaliser.Gainsborough were bidding to beat EFL opposition for the first time since 1938, but …

FA Cup roundup: Non-League quartet bow out in first round

It proved a tough afternoon for the non-league contingent in the FA Cup first round on Sunday, with all four sides bowing out against EFL opposition. The post FA Cup roundup: Non-League quartet bow out in first round appeared first on The Non-League Football Paper.