....shocks, comebacks and plenty of drama to discuss.

Seven Division One clubs defeated Premier Division opponents, with the most emphatic winners being Cleator Moor Celtic, who made their debut in the competition with a 5-2 win at home to Winsford United.

Stuart Shaw and Tom Mahone both grabbed doubles for the Cumbrians.

Two clubs defeated Premier Division sides on their own ground, with Silsden falling to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Garstang, two goals in last 18 minutes from Ric Coar doing the damage, while goals in each half from Josh Outram set Abbey Hulton United on the way to a 3-1 win at Irlam

Cheadle Heath Nomads came from a goal down to win by the same score at home to Litherland REMYCA, Richard Tindall scoring twice in the second half, and Nathan Webb scored both of Nelson`s goals in the 2-1 defeat of Hanley Town.

Two First Division clubs progressed to the next round via penalty shoot-outs against Premier Division sides, each doing so by converting five penalties.

FC Oswestry Town shared a 2-2 draw at home to West Didsbury & Chorlton before winning the shoot-out 5-4, and Whitchurch Alport and Prestwich Heys were tied at 1-1 after 90 minutes, with Heys winning 5-3 on penalties.

Abbey Hey’s progress into the next round had looked unlikely for much of the afternoon, with an Ashley Stott hat-trick putting Daisy Hill 3-1 up at the Abbey Stadium with just 9 minutes to go. But Abbey managed to tie the game at 3-3 with an own goal equaliser in stoppage time, before winning 6-5 on penalties.

The individual performance of the day was at Victoria Park, where Burscough’s Chad Whyte scored all five of the goals in last season’s beaten finalists’ 5-1 victory over New Mills, and the highest scorers of the day were Lower Breck who rattled in nine without replay against Holker Old Boys at Rakesmoor Lane.

Stephen Milne scored four of Breck’s goals on a memorable first game in the competition for the club.

Comeback of the weekend was on Friday night at the Venue, when Cammell Laird 1907 were two goals down to a double from Tom Ash of St Martins approaching half-time, before the revival began.

Colm Lynch halved the arrears just before the break, and a hat-trick the last half-hour from Caleb Jones steered Lairds to a fine 4-2 win.

There was also no shortage of entertainment at Andrew Street, with a ding-dong affair between Chadderton and 1874 Northwich eventually being decided by an 80th minute penalty from Matt Woolley that clinched a 4-3 win for the visitors.

The town of Stone lost both its representatives in the competition, after both had been given home advantage against Division One North opponents.

It proved to make no difference, with Stone Dominoes going down to a 4-2 defeat against a Jason Carey-inspired Ashton Town on Friday night, and some 19 hours later Stone Old Alleynians fell to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of AFC Blackpool, for whom Ben Bradley scored twice.

There were two 5-1 home wins, with Liam O’Neill and Christopher Turner both scoring twice in Padiham’s 5-1 win over Shelley, while all the goals came in the second half at Rylands Recreation Club in the home side’s 5-1 defeat of Carlisle City.

Ste Boothman scored a hat-trick and Tom Croughan the other two in a fine win for Rylands, that kept up their record as one of the highest scoring sides in the league.

In contrast, all the goals in Eccleshall’s 3-2 win over AFC Darwen arrived in the opening 31 minutes, Tom Wakefield scoring twice for the Eagles, and derby bragging rights went the way of Congleton Town in their 4-0 win at Barnton.

Maine Road’s goal tally moved to ten in two games with Michael Burke scoring twice in Road’s 4-0 win against Steeton at Brantingham Road, and another double marksman was Stockport Town’s Liam Mottram, who bagged a double in the Lions’ 3-2 win over Ellesmere Rangers.

Squires Gate eventually negotiated their way through a tricky looking Lancashire derby at Longridge Town, going a goal down in the first half before eventually winning 3-1, a victory made safe by two second half goals from Richard Sear.

Premier Division leaders City of Liverpool transferred their league form into the cup with a 3-1 home win over Ashton Athletic, and having shared an exciting 3-3 draw in the league a few weeks, Bacup Borough’s 3-2 defeat at home to Avro again provided some great entertainment, with the visitors going three up before Borough pulled two back to set up a dramatic finale.

Sandbach United continued their recent good form with a 4 -1 home win over AFC Liverpool, and St Helens Town’s interest in the competition was ended by two first half goals from Cheadle Town that delivered a 2-0 win for the visitors.

The two other ties were decided on penalties with Bootle coming back from two down to earn a 2-2 draw with Vauxhall Motors, Ryan Cox and Connor Millington both scoring in the last 16 minutes to set up a shoot-out that the Bucks won 4-2.

The only goalless draw was at Mossie Park, where Runcorn Town progressed with a 3-1 win on penalties over Charnock Richard, with Adam Reid saving three penalties.

Ian Templeman