Swindon Town 4-7 Aldershot Town: National League Aldershot stun League Two Swindon
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FA Cup highlights: Swindon Town 4-7 Aldershot Town
National League Aldershot stunned League Two Swindon Town by putting seven goals past them in the FA Cup first round.
Jack Barham scored in the first minute for the Shots and went on to net a hat-trick as they became the first-ever non-league side to score seven goals against a Football League team in the competition.
From 7-0 down, Swindon pulled four late goals back but they were still on the end of a record-breaking defeat.
The non-leaguers got off to the perfect start as Josh Stokes teed up Barham to tuck home the opener.
The Shots were in dreamland two minutes later as Murphy Mahoney was caught on the ball in the corner by Barham and he turned and chipped the ball into an unguarded net.
Swindon were 3-0 down with just 10 minutes played as Barham turned creator by playing in Lorent Tolaj, who slipped in an easy pass for Stokes to turn home.
Tolaj scored twice either side of the break, with the second a screamer from outside the area, either side of a cool Cian Harries penalty as the Shots went 6-0 up.
Barham completed his hat-trick with a close-range header before Dan Kemp pulled a pair of goals back with two fabulous strikes from the edge of the area and Charlie Austin headed in two stoppage-time goals for the hosts.
Match details from PA Media.