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Football: Five memorable FA Cup upsets
Non-league Macclesfield caused one of the FA Cup's greatest ever upsets with a 2-1 win over holders Crystal Palace in the third round on Saturday.
AFP Sport looks at five other notable shocks in the iconic tournament's history:
Hereford 2 Newcastle 1, 1972
Southern League side Hereford earned a 2-2 draw at St James' Park and followed that surprise result with an astonishing third round replay triumph that remains one of the FA Cup's most enduring upsets.
Ronnie Radford equalised for Hereford with a long-range blast to take the game into extra-time, with Ricky George hitting the winner as fans poured onto the mud-caked pitch to celebrate the giant-killing.
Sutton 2 Coventry 1, 1989
Coventry arrived in suburban Surrey just 18 months after winning the 1987 FA Cup and were riding high in the top-flight.
But the Sky Blues were rocked by non-league Sutton in a third-round upset.
Tony Rains and Matthew Hanlan were the goalscoring heroes for a team managed by English teacher Barrie Williams.
Wrexham 2 Arsenal 1, 1992
Arsenal were the reigning English champions, while Wrexham sat bottom of the fourth tier.
The Welsh underdogs bridged that gap with a remarkable victory over George Graham's men.
Arsenal took the lead at the Racecourse Ground through Alan Smith in the third-round clash but with 10 minutes to go, 37-year-old Mickey Thomas smashed in a 20-yard free-kick for the equaliser.
Steve Watkin turned in the late winner to secure the most famous result in Wrexham's history.
Stevenage 3 Newcastle 1, 2011
Newcastle became only the fourth top-flight team since the formation of the Premier League to lose to fourth-tier opposition during Stevenage's first season in the Football League.
Stacy Long and Michael Bostwick scored for Stevenage to leave Alan Pardew's side in disarray in the third round tie.
Cheick Tiote's dismissal didn't help Newcastle and, even though Joey Barton pulled one back, Peter Winn sealed Stevenage's golden moment in stoppage time.
Plymouth 1 Liverpool 0, 2025
Plymouth, bottom of the Championship at the time, took advantage of Arne Slot's decision to field a weakened team with a 1-0 victory over the club that would go on to win the Premier League just months later.
Ryan Hardie's second-half penalty left Liverpool shell-shocked as Plymouth, who would be relegated by the end of the season, marched into the fifth round.
It was only the fourth time the team starting the day at the top of the Premier League had been eliminated by a side from outside the top-flight.
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