FA CUP ROUND-UP: Sunderland exit to familiar opponents, concussion substitutes galore and an eleven-goal thriller in the first round of the cup
- Sunderland were knocked out by Mansfield for the second consecutive year
- Bromley used 18 players, in part due to concussion subs, but lost to Rotherham
- Halifax go ‘from sublime to ridiculous’ in thrilling 7-4 win against Maidenhead
There were plenty of thrills and spills up and down the country as the FA Cup first round proper got underway on Saturday.
Former tournament winners Wigan and Sunderland were in action, with differing fortunes, with as many as three concussion substitutes, an 11-goal thriller and a seventh-tier side progressing to the next round in the pick of the matches.
Here, Sportsmail gives you the lowdown on all the action from the opening stage of the oldest national football competition in the world.
League Two Mansfield Town stunned Sunderland on an eventful FA Cup first round weekend
SUNDERLAND STUNNED
Former FA Cup winners Sunderland were knocked out in the first round of the competition by League Two side Mansfield for the second year in a row.
Nigel Clough’s struggling side had Rhys Oates to thank for their surprise 1-0 win. Oates, who left Hartlepool in the summer, returned to the North East to take advantage of a mistake by Sunderland ‘keeper Lee Burge in the fifth minute.
BROMLEY’S 18 GO OUT
Bromley used 18 players but still lost 3-0 to Rotherham. The National League club also had a player sent off. They made their first of seven substitutions in the 19th minute when Billy Bingham was taken off after a clash of heads.
There were a further four changes at half-time and two more late in…
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