FA Cup roundup: Oldham Athletic stun Sheffield Wednesday as Crawley Town’s misery continues

Sunday’s FA Cup first-round action delivered major upsets as Oldham Athletic dumped Sheffield Wednesday out with a dramatic extra-time winner in Dave Challinor’s first game in charge of the Owls.

There was further misery for Crawley Town, who suffered a shock defeat against seventh-tier Wimborne Town to exit the competition at the first-round stage for the second successive season.

Stockport County produced a remarkable comeback to avoid an upset against Cray Wanderers, recovering from two goals down and a red card to win 3-2 after extra time.

Finally, Grimsby Town survived a major scare against eighth-tier Stafford Rangers, coming from two goals down to draw 3-3 after extra time before eventually booking their place in the second round with a penalty shootout victory.

Here’s how the EFL sides fared in Sunday’s first-round ties.

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Oldham Athletic 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday (AET)

Will Sutton scored a dramatic extra-time winner for League Two outfit Oldham to knock Wednesday out of the FA Cup.

The homegrown central defender was up for a free-kick which the Owls failed to clear, with Sutton left completely free to nod home from six yards and secure a 2-1 win.

After an uneventful first three quarters of the match, it suddenly exploded into life.

Calum Kavanagh put Oldham ahead in the 66th minute with a fierce drive after Mike Fondop headed on Noah Chilvers’ right-wing cross – his sixth goal of the season.

Wednesday equalised 10 minutes later through former Oldham forward Davis Keillor-Dunn.

The Wrexham loanee found the bottom corner with a shot from a cross by substitute Sean Fusire, his fifth of the campaign for the League One side.

His celebrations were muted in respect for his former club.

The match ignited further in the 84th minute following a touchline fracas involving a large number of players.

Oldham manager Micky Mellon was sent off and Sheffield Wednesday player Callum Slattery booked.

After Sutton’s winning goal, Oldham defended resolutely to close out the game.

Wimborne Town 2-0 Crawley Town

League Two basement side Crawley lost 2-0 in the biggest upset of the FA Cup first round.

Wimborne had an early penalty appeal waved away when striker Cameron Munn felt he was brought down in the box.

The Dorset part-timers took the lead after only nine minutes when property surveyor Yang Seung-woo curled a superb strike from just inside the penalty area into the top corner.

Crawley came close to equalising when Kai Jennings flashed a low shot narrowly wide before Jonny Russell headed tamely into the arms of home goalkeeper Cam Plain.

The visitors’ former Arsenal goalkeeper Vito Mannone made a fine save to deny Wimborne’s Joe Smith a second goal as he raced clean through.

Crawley’s interim manager Kevin Blackwell made a triple change at half-time and Charlie Barker fired inches wide for the team 57 places above their hosts in the pyramid.

Southern Premier League Wimborne got a huge slice of luck to seal victory 11 minutes from time. Jackson King’s shot hit Munn to send the ball squirming beyond Mannone.

It is the second season in a row that Crawley have been knocked out by non-League opponents after losing to Boreham Wood last season.

Cray Wanderers 2-3 Stockport County (AET)

Lewis Fiorini’s extra-time penalty sent League One high-flyers Stockport into the second round of the FA Cup after they came behind to defeat the Wands.

Despite being 112 places below their opponents in the pyramid, it was Isthmian Premier side Cray who took a stunning lead after 21 minutes when Ola Ogunwamide pulled the ball back for Sammie MacLeod to find the bottom corner.

Stockport were then reduced to 10 men in the 31st minute as goalkeeper Luca Ashby-Hammond was sent off for a dangerous challenge on John Ufuah just outside the area.

The resulting free-kick, taken in the 35th minute, produced another sensational moment at Flamingo Park as Alex Hernandez bent a brilliant strike into the top-right corner.

Depleted Stockport pulled one back in the 81st minute when Fiorini’s ball into the box was knocked back across by Josh Dacres-Cogley for substitute Kyle Wootton to head in.

And the Hatters then sent the tie into extra time when Mikael Mandron was in the right place to nod home Jack Diamond’s cross a minute into stoppage time.

The decisive moment came in the 101st minute when Cray goalkeeper JJ Briggs clattered into Mandron to give away a penalty, which was dispatched by Fiorini.

Stafford Rangers 3-3 Grimsby Town (Grimsby win 3-2 on pens)

Grimsby reached the FA Cup second round after a thrilling 3-3 draw with Stafford ended in a 3-2 penalty shootout victory for the League Two outfit.

The non-league side took a shock lead after just 130 seconds.

Jack Birch put through Darrhyl Mason Mason, who took a touch past Maldini Kacurri and lashed an unstoppable rising shot past Grimsby goalkeeper Harvey Cartwright.

Birch made it 2-0 in the 43rd minute, thumping home from a tight angle after Beto Gomes’s shot deflected off Finlay Cartwright and was brilliantly saved by namesake Harvey.

Harvey Rodgers halved the deficit when he glanced home Iwan Morgan’s free-kick in the 74th minute and two minutes later, fellow defender Kacurri nodded in another Morgan delivery to make it 2-2.

Mason stabbed home in the 93rd minute after Gomes crossed following a one-two with a suspiciously offside-looking Birch.

Turi made it 3-3 in the second minute of time added on at the end of the first period of extra time, stabbing home after Sonny Finch nodded down a long ball, and it was the Mariners who prevailed on penalties.

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