Where Crawley Town's FA Cup win over Leeds United ranks in this season's biggest upsets

The 2020-21 FA Cup comes to a climax with the final between Chelsea and Leicester City this Saturday, and BetVictor has calculated the ten biggest upsets this time around as part of its study into the FA Cup’s Giant Killers.
By Matt Pole
Published 14th May 2021, 14:19 BST
Crawley Town celebrate during their famous FA Cup win over Leeds United. Picture by Jamie Evans/UK Sports Images LtdCrawley Town celebrate during their famous FA Cup win over Leeds United. Picture by Jamie Evans/UK Sports Images Ltd
Crawley Town celebrate during their famous FA Cup win over Leeds United. Picture by Jamie Evans/UK Sports Images Ltd

Crawley Town recorded one of the biggest results in their history when they beat Premier League outfit Leeds United 3-0 at The People's Pension Stadium in the third round back in January.

But, despite the result being one of the more memorable upset of this year's competition, it is only the seventh biggest upset in terms of league position.

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Sixty-two places separated the Reds and the Whites, but this paled in comparison to the achievements of National League North outfit Chorley.

The Magpies managed to record three wins that are recorded amongst the top ten FA Cup upsets of the year.

The Lancashire team beat local neighbours and 2012-13 FA Cup winners Wigan Athletic in the first round, at a time when a difference of 70 places existed between the two.

Following that, the difference between Chorley and League One side Peterborough United, 91 league places, was the largest out of any FA Cup tie making it the biggest FA Cup upset of the year.