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7 upsets in FA Trophy 3rd Round; Anstey Nomads chairman does backflip after beating Hartlepool

There were 7 upsets in the 2025/26 FA Trophy 3rd Round, with Anstey Nomads chairman so overjoyed he does a backflip after beating Hartlepool.

It took just 13 minutes for Jordan Annable to put Anstey Nomads ahead. A corner was sent in, it came through a crowd of players and fell to the skipper who fired home.

Just after the break, Hartlepool had a penalty, but it was kept out by Anstey keeper Anthony Nunez, on loan from Mansfield.

Then shortly after that in the 56th minute, Tendai Chitiza doubled the Northern Premier League Midlands side’s lead.

Hartlepool got one back through Campbell Darcy in stoppage time, but Anstey held on for the win, which was described to be ‘the best day in the club’s history’ by proud boss Conrad Logan.

Hartlepool United boss Nicky Featherstone said to the club’s media: “I’m embarrassed. I’m embarrassed by our performance.

“Although there weren’t many fans here today, I’m embarrassed that a Nicky Featherstone team has performed like that.

“There was a lack of energy, a lack of intensity, a lack of purpose with everything we did.

“I’ve got a few decisions to make now moving forward because that wasn’t good enough today.

“We definitely weren’t at the races, that’s for sure.

“I didn’t see that coming, we trained well in the week. There was loads of purpose to our play in training, we’ve worked on a few things – I saw nothing today.

“More importantly, there was no pride.

“We all have bad days at the office in terms of things like being on the ball and in possession, they happen.

“For me, the worrying thing was that we didn’t seem up for it. Anstey wanted to win the game more than us, and that’s massively alarming.

“The message to the fans would be the same as what I say every week – just get behind the lads, support the lads, it is what it is.

“I can’t say much to them (the fans), because they’re feeling the same as me – they’re embarrassed, they’re angry.

“They pay a lot of money to come and watch their football club give it their all and I think we as a football club, as a team, as a group of staff and as a group of players have let them down.

“I promise, that can’t happen again – that performance today cannot happen again.”

We also saw Northern Premier League Division One West side Clitheroe beat National League opponents York City 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in front of a sell-out 2,000 crowd.

Sutton United of the National League were also dumped out thrashed 4-1 by Southern League Premier South leaders Walton & Hersham.

Other upsets saw Ebbsfleet United beat Braintree 3-1, Telford win 4-3 against Altrincham, it was a 4-1 penalty shootout win for Alvechurch after a 2-2 draw against Alfreton, and Gloucester progress with a 5-3 shootout with after an entertaining 3-3 draw against Worthing.

FA TROPHY THIRD ROUND RESULTS:

Tie – Home team (tier) – Score – Away team (tier)
29 – Ebbsfleet United (6) 3–1 Braintree Town (5)
1 – Solihull Moors (5) 2–2 (8–9 p) AFC Fylde (6)
2 – Harborough Town (7) 1–2 Carlisle United (5)
3 – Alvechurch (7) 2–2 (4–1 p) Alfreton Town (6)
4 – Hartlepool United (5) 1–2 Anstey Nomads (8)
5 – South Shields (6) 0–1 Macclesfield (6)
6 – Clitheroe (8) 1–1 (4–3 p) York City (5)
7 – Scunthorpe United (5) 5–0 Peterborough Sports (6)
8 – Worksop Town (6) 0–0 (1–4 p) Kidderminster Harriers (6)
9 – Curzon Ashton (6) 1–2 Marine (6)
10 – Hereford (6) 1–1 (4–2 p) Radcliffe (6)
11 – Leamington (6) 0–1 Rochdale (5)
12 – Southport (6) 3–1 Leek Town (7)
13 – Tamworth (5) 1–1 (5–4 p) Boston United (5)
14 – FC Halifax Town (5) 4–0 FC United of Manchester (7)
15 – AFC Telford United (6) 4–3 Altrincham (5)
16 – Gateshead (5) 0–3 Morecambe (5)
17 – Boreham Wood (5) 3–3 (1–3 p) Brackley Town (5)
18 – Leatherhead (8) 3–2 Harrow Borough (8)
19 – Yeovil Town (5) 1–1 (4–2 p) Maidstone United (6)
20 – Forest Green Rovers (5) 4–0 Weston-super-Mare (6)
21 – Hemel Hempstead Town (6) 0–2 Horsham (6)
22 – Chatham Town (7) 3–0 Plymouth Parkway (7)
23 – Wealdstone (5) 2–1 Cheshunt (7)
24 – Dorking Wanderers (6) 1–1 (2–4 p) Bath City (6)
25 – Woking (5) 2–0 AFC Totton (6)
26 – Dagenham & Redbridge (6) 3–1 Hanwell Town (7)
27 – Eastleigh (5) 2–1 Aldershot Town (5)
28 – Southend United (5) 4–0 Truro City (5)
30 – Walton & Hersham (7) 4–1 Sutton United (5)
31 – Gloucester City (7) 3–3 (5–3 p) Worthing (6)
32 – Dover Athletic (6) 1–4 Hornchurch (6)

Here’s more footage and fan reaction with 7 upsets in the FA Trophy 3rd Round…

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