There will be two seventh-tier sides in the FA Cup second round after Gainsborough Trinity and Harborough Town progress in contrasting manners.
There will be two seventh-tier sides in the FA Cup second round after Gainsborough Trinity and Harborough Town both progressed on Saturday - in hugely contrasting manners.The two lowest-ranked sides left in the competition were locked at 4-4 after extra time before Jordan Helliwell sealed the shootout 5-4 for the Northern Premier League team.
National League South side Weston-super-Mare forced Bristol Rovers to extra time before going down 3-1, while Northern Premier League Guiseley were edged out 5-4 on penalties by Stevenage, of League One., who sacked manager Steve King 24 hours before the tie, looked to be cruising when Manny Duku, Omar Holness and Dominic McHale put them 3-0 up.
Holness fired the hosts back in front in the first period of extra time only for Javelle Clarke to force a penalty shootout. The National League South high-fliers forced extra time through Jordan Bastin's equaliser, but Connor Taylor and Grant Ward gave Rovers a 3-1 win.The Stones beat Ipswich Town on their way to the last 16 earlier last term but were unable to get past round one on this occasion as National League side Moors won 3-0 to reach round two for the fifth time.
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