Saturday 1 September 2018

INDIVIDUAL SCORING RECORDS IN THE FA CUP

Paul Jackson scored 10 goals to equal an FA Cup record when his team Stocksbridge Park Steels (yes Jamie Vardy's original team) beat Oldham Town 17-1 in a Preliminary round on 31st August 2002.

The previous record had been set by Chris Marron of South Shields who beat Radcliffe Welfare 13-0 in a 1947 Round One  FA Cup tie.

In a "proper" round, that is Round One of the Cup, centre forward Ted MacDougall still holds a record of 9 goals when Bournemouth beat Margate 11-0 in 1971. His team ground to a halt in their march to Wembley, meeting Walsall in Round Three, losing 0-1. Had they won, they would have drawn Everton at Goodison Park.
Way back in 1887-8, Preston North End beat minnows Hyde United 26-0, the highest victory in the FA Cup, and Jimmy Rose netted 8 in a first round swamping.

Between 1877 and 1887, Henry "Harry" Cursham of Notts County scored 48 FA Cup goals, including 7 hat tricks, a record that stands today.

In 1922 Billy Minter scored 7 goals for St Albans City FC in the Fourth Qualifying Round, but ended up on the losing side when Dulwich Hamlet managed 8 as a team. Final score 7-8!

In 1953 Stan Mortenson scored a hat trick in the FA Cup Final, when his team, Blackpool beat Bolton Wanderers 4-3, in what was known as the Matthews' Final.

In late January 1961, Dennis Law (below) scored all 6 of Manchester City's goals against Luton Town in the Fourth round when the game was abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch, with City 6-2 up. Law scored again in the rearranged tie but Luton won 3-1!
Alex Dawson of Man Utd is the last player to score a hat trick in the Cup semi-final. United won 5-3, beating Fulham in a replay

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