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On this day in 1971, Third Division club Bournemouth thrashed Southern League side Margate 11-0 in the first round of the FA Cup with nine of the goals coming from Ted MacDougall.

MacDougall scored five of his nine goals of the game in the first half which prompted Margate manager to jokingly request his Bournemouth counterpart to substitute MacDougall for the second half. Cherries boss John Bond, evidently a man with an excellent sense of humour, kept MacDougall in the game and the striker went on to add four more to his tally.

His nine goals is still an FA cup record for most number of goals scored by a player in one game.