Torquay United 5-6 Crawley Town: Crawley through after 11-goal thriller

Crawley fought back from 5-3 down in extra time to beat National League leaders Torquay in a titanic first round tie.

Former Manchester City youngster Aaron Nemane and Ben Whitfield put the Gulls in control at half-time before Tom Nichols' penalty and Max Watters equalised deep into the 18 minutes of stoppage time indicated.

Josh Umerah bundled the hosts ahead once more, but incredibly Josh Doherty squared a pass for Jordan Tunnicliffe to tap into an open net and send the tie into extra time in the 21st minute of stoppage time.

Two Asa Hall penalties looked to have won it once more for Torquay, but Nichols scored a quickfire double to complete his hat-trick before Ashley Nadesan crowned a spectacular tie.

There was positive news for Crawley in that stand-in goalkeeper Tom McGill, who was taken to hospital after a lengthy stoppage, was released on Sunday evening with heavy concussion.

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The teams' only previous FA Cup meeting was an unlikely fourth round tie which Town edged before losing to Manchester United in 2011.

But the Devon side went into this match on the back of six straight wins and will wonder how they did not make it seven as they let a winning position slip three times.

The second half was held up for 16 minutes after McGill, on loan from Brighton, was knocked unconscious when diving at the feet of Connor Lemonheigh-Evans, and the interruption would ultimately prove decisive with the visitors twice equalising in time added on.

The Gulls looked to be heading into the second round for the first time since 2011 when Hall gave them a 5-3 lead in the second period of extra time.

But after finding the net twice in five minutes to level, Nichols then threaded a pass through for Nadesan to smash in a winner and put Crawley through to round two for only the second time in seven seasons.