Home Football FA Cup roundup: Carlisle stun Reading; Gateshead see off AFC Wimbledon

FA Cup roundup: Carlisle stun Reading; Gateshead see off AFC Wimbledon

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  • Linney scores three as Carlisle seal extra-time shock

  • Boreham Wood upset League Two strugglers Crawley

Substitute Regan Linney hit a sensational hat-trick as National League side Carlisle stunned League One Reading with a remarkable 3-2 extra-time win in the FA Cup first round. Linney struck twice in second-half added time to force an additional period after Lewis Wing and Mark O’Mahony put the hosts in control before completing his treble – and the comeback – in the 94th minute.

Fellow fifth-tier club Gateshead upset League One high fliers AFC Wimbledon with a 2-0 away victory. Goals either side of half-time from Kain Adom and Fenton John made the difference against the Dons, who sit sixth in the third tier.

Continue reading…Linney scores three as Carlisle seal extra-time shockBoreham Wood upset League Two strugglers CrawleySubstitute Regan Linney hit a sensational hat-trick as National League side Carlisle stunned League One Reading with a remarkable 3-2 extra-time win in the FA Cup first round. Linney struck twice in second-half added time to force an additional period after Lewis Wing and Mark O’Mahony put the hosts in control before completing his treble – and the comeback – in the 94th minute.Fellow fifth-tier club Gateshead upset League One high fliers AFC Wimbledon with a 2-0 away victory. Goals either side of half-time from Kain Adom and Fenton John made the difference against the Dons, who sit sixth in the third tier. Continue reading…