Wimborne Town beat Crawley Town 2-0 in FA Cup first round

Wimborne Town provided the Southern League's best result of the week on Sunday 8 November, beating League Two Crawley Town 2-0 at the Wyatt Homes Stadium in the FA Cup first round proper. Seung-woo Yang opened the scoring with a long-range strike, and Cameron Munn added the second. The club reported a sell-out crowd of 3,300. The tie was shown live on TNT Sports, and the winners' prize money was £47,750. Evesham United congratulated the Magpies on reaching the second round for the first time.

Other Southern League clubs had their cup days on Saturday 7 November. Worcester City lost 1-0 at Colchester United, Jaden Williams scoring the only goal in the first half. City took 647 supporters to Essex, and goalkeeper Cristiano Dzialuk made an outstanding double save on 67 minutes. Alvechurch went out at Plymouth Argyle after four second-half goals, with 538 of their fans making the journey. Sholing, in their first FA Cup first round tie, also exited at Salisbury. They confirmed Thabo Kuaho's permanent signing from Walton & Hersham in the build-up.

In the Premier Central, Bromsgrove Sporting beat Leiston 3-2 on Saturday 7 November to make it 12 league games unbeaten. Billy Shaw and Kieron Freeman put them two up inside 32 minutes, and Simeon Maye made it 3-1 before Cameron Rayworth pulled one back. Brad Bood was stretchered off with what the club described as an apparent serious ankle injury. The club also signed striker Jermaine Hylton, formerly of Hednesford Town.

Real Bedford beat Rushall Olympic 3-0 at the Ledger Stadium that day, with Jordan Ponticelli scoring twice and captain Drew Richardson once. Halesowen Town lost 5-3 at home to Anstey Nomads, who led 5-0 at half-time. Paul Holleran had been confirmed as manager until the end of the season earlier in the week. Courey Grantham scored a first-half hat-trick for the visitors.

Kettering Town and Redditch United each issued a statement condemning racial abuse directed at Redditch player Dan Sweeney during Redditch's 2-1 defeat at Kettering. Kettering said they were working with security staff, stewards and the relevant authorities to identify those responsible.

At Step 3 in the South, Poole Town and Uxbridge drew 1-1 on Saturday 7 November, a meeting between the top two sides before kick-off. Poole's Ryan Campbell scored first and Alan Massey equalised for Uxbridge, before Harry Thomas was sent off for the hosts.