Padraig Amond equals the record for goals scored in successive FA Cup games (8) - equalling legends Peter Osgood and Jeff Astle - and bringing him level with the great Stan Mortensen.

Also, this is the third consecutive season that Newport County have reached the FA Cup third round as a League Two club.

Yet neither are mentioned in the BBC match report...

0 out of 10 for your homework BBC

Sorry to nit-pick, but it's not eight successive games, but eight rounds. In three of the four that went to a replay, he scored in only one of the matches. Still a fantastic record that has still not come to an end.

excessbee wrote:Sorry to nit-pick, but it's not eight successive games, but eight rounds. In three of the four that went to a replay, he scored in only one of the matches. Still a fantastic record that has still not come to an end.

Not nit picking, but just pointing out that it’s a bit of a difference.

Agree it’s still a fantastic achievement!

flat4 wrote: Also, this is the third consecutive season that Newport County have reached the FA Cup third round as a League Two club... 0 out of 10 for your homework BBC

Is it that unusual for L2 teams?

I think his point is that it isn't the third time. Before the Leeds match we played Blackburn in round three, so this must be the fourth. I haven't looked back before that. What it really shows is that it was the Leeds match that flagged us up.

excessbee wrote:I think his point is that it isn't the third time. Before the Leeds match we played Blackburn in round three, so this must be the fourth. I haven't looked back before that. What it really shows is that it was the Leeds match that flagged us up.

That wasn't the season before.

Marky wrote:

excessbee wrote:I think his point is that it isn't the third time. Before the Leeds match we played Blackburn in round three, so this must be the fourth. I haven't looked back before that. What it really shows is that it was the Leeds match that flagged us up.

That wasn't the season before.

Ak, OK . I've skipped a season then. Who did we lose to in between the Blackburn and Leeds ties?

excessbee wrote:I think his point is that it isn't the third time. Before the Leeds match we played Blackburn in round three, so this must be the fourth. I haven't looked back before that. What it really shows is that it was the Leeds match that flagged us up.

It's the fourth time in five years.

From Football Club History Database:
2015-16
1 BRACKLEY TOWN A 2-2
1r BRACKLEY TOWN H 4-1
2 BARNET A 1-0
3 BLACKBURN ROVERS H 1-2
2016-17
1 ALFRETON TOWN A 1-1
1r ALFRETON TOWN H 4-1
2 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE A 0-0
2r PLYMOUTH ARGYLE H 0-1
2017-18
1 WALSALL H 2-1
2 CAMBRIDGE UNITED H 2-0
3 LEEDS UNITED H 2-1
4 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR H 1-1
4r TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR A 0-2
2018-19
1 MET. POLICE A 2-0
2 WREXHAM A 0-0
2r WREXHAM H 4-0
3 LEICESTER CITY H 2-1
4 MIDDLESBROUGH A 1-1
4r MIDDLESBROUGH H 2-0
5 MANCHESTER CITY H 1-4
2019-20
1 GRIMSBY TOWN A 1-1
1r GRIMSBY TOWN H 2-0
2 MALDON & TIPTREE A 1-0

Yes! How could I forget the Plymouth match(es)?

Very good recent record then. In the last five seasons, the only time we haven't got to round three, we were beaten in round two by a team which, that season, went on to get automatic promotion.

I remember the Plymouth match well. It was an evening game. Darren Jones took some flack for his performance that day. Fans accusing him of 'putting on the timber'. I don't think he played much after that. Plymouth went on to play Liverpool at Anfield. Damn, damn, damn, if only.......

Should have beaten them in the first tie. Much the better team and Butler was quite harshly sent off.

excessbee wrote:Should have beaten them in the first tie. Much the better team and Butler was quite harshly sent off.

It was Rigg not Butler.

Whoops! Not having a god day on this thread. Time to stop.