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===All rounds=== *'''Biggest win:''' [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] 26β0 [[Hyde F.C.|Hyde]] ([[1887β88 FA Cup#First round|First round, 15 October 1887]]) *'''Biggest away win:''' [[Clapton F.C.|Clapton]] 0β14 [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] ([[1890β91 FA Cup#First round proper|First round, 17 January 1891]]) *'''Highest attendance at Wembley:''' 126,047 (official) up to 300,000 (estimate) at the "[[1923 FA Cup final|White Horse Final]]" ([[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] ''v.'' [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]], 28 April 1923) *'''Most clubs competing for trophy in a season:''' 763 ([[2011β12 FA Cup|2011β12]]) *'''Longest tie:''' 660 minutes (6 matches in total), [[Oxford City F.C.|Oxford City]] ''v.'' [[Alvechurch F.C.|Alvechurch]] ([[1971β72 FA Cup qualifying rounds#4th qualifying round|Fourth qualifying round, 6/9/15/17/20/22 November 1971]]; Alvechurch won the sixth match 1β0) *'''Longest penalty shoot-out:''' 20 penalties each, [[Tunbridge Wells F.C.|Tunbridge Wells]] ''v.'' [[Littlehampton Town F.C.|Littlehampton Town]] ([[2005β06 FA Cup#FA Cup qualifying rounds#Replays|Preliminary round replay, 31 August 2005]]; Tunbridge Wells won 16β15) *'''Most rounds played in a season:''' 9, for: **[[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] ([[1932β33 FA Cup|1932β33]]: 1stβ4th qualifying rounds, 1stβ5th rounds) **[[New Brighton A.F.C.|New Brighton]] ([[1956β57 FA Cup|1956β57]]: Preliminary, 1stβ4th qualifying rounds, 1stβ4th rounds) **[[Blyth Spartans F.C.|Blyth Spartans]] ([[1977β78 FA Cup|1977β78]]: 1stβ4th qualifying rounds, 1stβ5th rounds) **[[Harlow Town F.C.|Harlow Town]] ([[1979β80 FA Cup|1979β80]]: Preliminary, 1stβ4th qualifying rounds, 1stβ4th rounds) *'''Most games played in a season:''' 13, [[Bideford F.C.|Bideford]] ([[1973β74 FA Cup|1973β74]]: one First Qualifying, two Second Qualifying, five Third Qualifying, four Fourth Qualifying and one first round) *'''Fastest goal:''' 4 seconds, Gareth Morris<!-- NOT [[Gareth Morris]] the flautist --> (for [[Ashton United]] ''v.'' [[Skelmersdale United]], [[2001β02 FA Cup qualifying rounds#1st qualifying round|1st qualifying round, 17 September 2001]]) *'''Most consecutive games without defeat:''' 22, [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] ([[1884β85 FA Cup#First round|First round, 1884]] through [[1886β87 FA Cup#Second round|Second round, replay, 1886]]. Won three FA Cups.) *'''Fastest hat-trick:''' 2 min 20 sec, [[Nantwich Town F.C.|Andy Locke]]<!-- link explains the accomplishment --> (for [[Nantwich Town F.C.|Nantwich Town]] ''v.'' [[Droylsden F.C.|Droylsden]], [[1995β96 FA Cup qualifying rounds#Preliminary round|Preliminary round, August 1995]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/2010/fastest-cup-hat-trick%E2%80%93030210.aspx|title=Fastest Cup hat-trick|last=Barber|first=David|date=3 February 2010|publisher=[[The Football Association]]|access-date=4 February 2010|archive-date=28 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228013012/https://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/2010/fastest-cup-hat-trick%E2%80%93030210.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''Most career goals:''' 49 [[Harry Cursham]] (for [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]] in 12 tournaments from [[1877β78 FA Cup|1877β78]] to [[1888β89 FA Cup qualifying rounds|1888β89]]). *'''Most goals by a player in a single FA Cup season:''' 19, [[Jimmy Ross (footballer, born 1866)|Jimmy Ross]] (for [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]], [[1887β88 FA Cup|1887β88]].) (Preston outscored opponents 50β5 over 7 matches, including "Biggest win" shown above.)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thefa.com/Competitions/FACompetitions/TheFACup/History/facupheroes |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120425070535/http://www.thefa.com/Competitions/FACompetitions/TheFACup/History/FACupHeroes |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 April 2012 |title=FA Cup Heroes |access-date=10 July 2013 |publisher=[[The Football Association]] }}</ref> *'''Most goals by a player in a single FA Cup game:''' 9, [[Ted MacDougall]] (for [[AFC Bournemouth]] in 11β0 defeat of [[Margate F.C.|Margate]], [[1971β72 FA Cup#First round proper|First round proper, 20 November 1971]])<ref>[http://www.onthisfootballday.com/2008_11_20/november-20-mac-o-nine-tales.php 20 November β Mac o' Nine Tales]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, On This Football Day.</ref> *'''Most goals without winning:''' 7, joint record **[[Dulwich Hamlet F.C.|Dulwich Hamlet]] 8β7 [[St Albans City F.C.|St Albans City]] ([[1922β23 FA Cup#Calendar|Fourth qualifying round replay, 22 November 1922]]) **[[Dulwich Hamlet F.C.|Dulwich Hamlet]] 7β7 [[Wealdstone F.C.|Wealdstone]] ([[1929β30 FA Cup#Calendar|Fourth qualifying round, 16 November 1929]]). *'''Youngest player:''' [[Andy Awford]], 15 years and 88 days (for [[Worcester City F.C.|Worcester City]] ''v.'' [[Boreham Wood F.C.|Boreham Wood]], [[1987β88 FA Cup qualifying rounds#3rd qualifying round|3rd qualifying round, 10 October 1987]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=Gills' Freeman makes Cup history|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gillingham/7090382.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=12 November 2007|access-date=15 January 2009|archive-date=13 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113065744/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gillingham/7090382.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''Youngest goalscorer:''' Finn Smith, 16 years and 1 day (for [[Newport (IOW) F.C.]] ''v.'' [[Fleet Town F.C.|Fleet Town]], [[2022β23 FA Cup qualifying rounds|Extra preliminary round, 2 August 2022]]).<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 August 2022 |title=Finn Smith: Isle of Wight 16-year-old becomes FA Cup's youngest ever goalscorer |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62617058 |access-date=21 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821180626/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/62617058 |archive-date=21 August 2022}}</ref> *'''Youngest goalscorer (proper rounds):''' [[George Williams (footballer, born 1995)|George Williams]], 16 years and 66 days (for [[Milton Keynes Dons F.C.|Milton Keynes Dons]] ''v.'' [[Nantwich Town F.C.|Nantwich Town]], [[2011β12 FA Cup#First round proper|First round proper, 12 November 2011]]). * '''Biggest gap between two teams in an FA Cup match''': 161 difference in rank between 8th-tier [[Marine A.F.C.|Marine]] and Premier League [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], [[2020β21 FA Cup#Third round proper|Third round proper, 10 January 2021]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/01/10/marine-vs-tottenham-hotspur-fa-cup-third-round-live-score-latest/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/01/10/marine-vs-tottenham-hotspur-fa-cup-third-round-live-score-latest/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Alfie Devine, Tottenham's youngest-ever player, among scorers as Marine's FA Cup adventure ends |first1=Chris |last1=Bascombe|first2=Alan |last2=Tyers |work=The Telegraph |date=10 January 2021 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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