FA Cup: Aldershot hammer Swindon as Forest Green prevent Scarborough upset

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The first round proper pitted non-league sides with some sizeable names, and threw up the usual mix of big scorelines and surprises

General view of the FA Cup in January 2023.
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The FA Cup first round proper has provided its usual array of entertaining clashes between clubs in England’s lower tiers, as League One and Two sides joined the remaining non-league teams in the competition.

Although the tournament is a little way off its first bona fide ‘giant killing’ of the season, it’s thrown up some surprise upsets, with the undoubted standout score being Aldershot Town’s 7-4 thrashing of Swindon.

Swindon’s Dan Kemp and Charlie Austin scored twice each late on to at least close the deficit somewhat after the home side had gone seven goals down within an hour.