FA Cup: First round highlights

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 Let's explore some match reports from across the country as the FA Cup reached the first round

Wrexham 3 - 0 Oldham Athletic

Wrexham advanced to the FA Cup second round with a comfortable win over their fellow National League side Oldham Athletic.Sam Dalby's second goal of the season set Wrexham on their way. Leading scorer Paul Mullin then scored in either half to seal Wrexham's place in the second round for the first time since 2018.

Video credit - Wrexham AFC - YouTube

One YouTube user commented: "The passes over the last few games have been on point, it just shows that talent takes time to work together."

Another was a big fan of the stream from Wrexham's official account: "Excellent highlights and superb, interesting, passionate commentary. More of that please."

Cheltenham Town 1 - 2 Alvechurch

There's still magic in the FA Cup. Danny Waldron's double saw seventh-tier Alvechurch stun Cheltenham Town in the FA Cup. The Southern Premier Division Central strugglers were the lowest-ranked side left on the competition and 96 places below their opponents, who almost went ahead twice in the opening 10 minutes through James Olayinka.

Check out those scenes in the tweet above

But it was the non-league side from Worcestershire that took the lead soon after when Waldron pounced on a mistake by Caleb Taylor and beat Luke Southwood.

Waldron and Tom Edge had good chances in quick succession for the visitors shortly after the half-hour mark before Olayinka forced a good save from Dan Jezeph three minutes from half-time.

Some other selected results from across the country

South Shields 0 - 2 Forest Green Rovers

Check out this stunning goal from Conor Wickham.

Buxton 2 - 0  Merthyr Town

Burton Albion 2- 0  Needham Market

A special page dedicated to the FA Cup (eurosuperfootball.blogspot.com)

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