One loss in 24 - our record in the third round of the FA Cup after Tamworth win

Our hard-earned 3-0 win at Tamworth on Sunday extended our current sequence of only losing once in the third round of the Emirates FA Cup since 2005/06.

An own goal (101 minutes) and strikes from Dejan Kulusevski (107) and Brennan Johnson (118) in extra time saw us home 3-0 against the National League side at The Lamb Ground and set up a tie against Aston Villa at Villa Park in the fourth round...

That now equates to one defeat in our last 24 matches since suffering a 3-2 reverse at Leicester City on 8 January, 2006. Arsenal were the team to dent our run in the third round in the 2013/14 campaign with a 2-0 win at the Emirates on 4 January, 2014.

We first entered the FA Cup in 1894/95, and we've now played 143 matches in the third round of the competition going all the way back to our first run to the third round in 1898/99, where we lost at Stoke. As a Southern League club in those days, we played nine matches to reach that stage, starting from the third qualifying round! Two years later, in 1901, we'd create history as the first non-league club to win the FA Cup - a record that remains to this day.

We've only lost five third round ties since the launch of the Premier League era in 1992/93, and taking into account our replay loss at Newcastle in the 1999/2000 season was played in December, 1999, we've only lost three times in the third round this century!

Our record in the FA Cup third round

Played - 143
Won - 75
Drawn - 37
Lost - 31

Record since the start of the Premier League, 1992/93

1992/93 - 5-1 v Marlow A (match played at White Hart Lane) - went on to reach the semi-finals, lost to Arsenal.
1993/94 - 1-1 v Peterborough A
1993/94 - 1-1 v Peterborough H (won 5-4 on penalties) - our first penalty shoot-out in the FA Cup.
1994/95 - 3-0 v Altrincham H - went on to reach the semi-finals, lost to Everton.
1995/96 - 1-1 v Hereford A
1995/96 - 5-1 v Hereford H - replay
1996/97 - 0-2 v Manchester United A
1997/98 - 3-1 v Fulham H
1998/99 - 5-2 v Watford H - went on to reach semi-finals, lost to Newcastle.
1999/00 - 1-1 v Newcastle H
1999/00 - 1-6 v Newcastle A - replay - our biggest third round defeat.
2000/01 - 1-0 v Orient A - went on to reach semi-finals, lost to Arsenal.
2001/02 - 2-0 v Coventry A
2002/03 - 0-4 v Southampton A
2003/04 - 3-0 v Palace A
2004/05 - 2-1 v Brighton H
2005/06 - 2-3 v Leicester A
2006/07 - 0-0 v Cardiff A
2006/07 - 4-0 v Cardiff H - replay
2007/08 - 2-2 v Reading H
2007/08 - 1-0 v Reading A - replay
2008/09 - 3-1 v Wigan H
2009/10 - 4-0 v Peterborough H - went on to reach semi-finals, lost to Portsmouth.
2010/11 - 3-0 v Charlton H
2011/12 - 3-0 v Cheltenham H - went on to reach semi-finals, lost to Chelsea.
2012/13 - 3-0 v Coventry H
2013/14 - 0-2 v Arsenal A
2014/15 - 1-1 v Burnley A
2014/15 - 4-2 v Burnley H - replay
2015/16 - 2-2 v Leicester City H
2015/16 - 2-0 v Leicester City A - replay
2016/17 - 2-0 v Villa H
2017/18 - 3-0 v AFC Wimbledon H - went on to reach semi-finals, lost to United.
2018/19 - 7-0 v Tranmere A - our record away win.
2019/20 - 1-1 v Middlesbrough A
2019/20 - 2-1 v Middlesbrough H
2020/21 - 5-0 v Marine A - played behind-closed-doors due to COVID, 32k 'virtual' tickets sold.
2021/22 - 3-1 v Morecambe H
2022/23 - 1-0 v Pompey H
2023/24 - 1-0 v Burnley H
2024/25 - 3-0 v Tamworth A (AET)

We've lost just once in the third round since 2005/06, P24 W18 D5 L1