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Cheltenham Town suffered one of the most humiliating results in their history, losing 2-1 at home to non-league Alvechurch in the first round of the FA Cup.

The hapless Robins trailed 2-0 to the lowest ranked club left in the competition before wing-back Ryan Jackson pulled one back.

But Wade Elliott's side could not find a leveller against their Southern League Premier Division Central opponents, who are four levels and 96 places below the Robins in the pyramid.

Even the returns from injury of strikers Dan Nlundulu and Alfie May as substitutes could not inspire the Robins and more than 1,400 travelling fans were able to celebrate a famous victory for the Worcestershire side, who reached the third round in 1973/74.

Cheltenham play Ipswich Town away in League One next Saturday.

Cheltenham Town (3-4-2-1): Southwood; Long , C Taylor, Freestone; Jackson, Adshead (May 69), Sercombe, Williams (Nlundulu 39); Broom, Olayinka (Brown 76); Lloyd (Norton 46). Subs not used: MacDonald, Bradbury, Bonds, Raglan, Chapman.

Alvechurch (4-3-3): Jezeph; Burton, Teixeira, Willets, Sephton; Abbey, Carter, Edge; Concannon (Williams 74), Waldron, Skeen-Hamilton (Brown 89). Subs not used: Cassidy, Behan, Taylor, Woolley, Hallahan.

Referee: Robert Lewis.

Attendance: 4,446 (1,423 away).

See how the action unfolded in our live blog below

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Wade Elliott's post-match interview

Can be read and watched in full here

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WATCH: Wade Elliott after the 2-1 defeat by Alvechurch

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FULL-TIME

2-1 Alvechurch

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Waldron

Hits the post for the Church in the final seconds

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Six

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Into the 90th minute

Still 2-1 to the Southern League side

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Alvechurch sub

Brown on for Skeen-Hamilton, 89th minute

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May

Has talked himself into a yellow card for dissent, 87th minute

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Jackson

Unable to continue, so Cheltenham remain a man down for the last 10 minutes of this game

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Nlundulu

Shown a yellow card for catching a defender late in the Church box

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Alvechurch break

Brown tussles with an attacker and gets away with it

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Jackson

Injured and forced off, he can't be replaced as all subs have been made, 10 minutes left to play

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Williams for

Concannon, Alvechurch sub, 74th minute

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Taylor

nearly scores, then Norton nearly levels, appeals it was over the line before Jezeph scooped it out, but referee goes not give the goal, 72nd minute

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Sub

Cheltenham sub: May for Adshead (69)

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Olayinka

Plays in Norton, cross to Broom, over the bar

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Skeen-Hamilton

Nearly makes it 3-1, shoots over the bar after running at the defence

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Long's cross

Cleared to Olayinka, who thumps it over the bar, 65th minute

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Yellow card

For Sercombe for a challenge on Skeen-Hamilton

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Hour played

2-1 to Alvechurch

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Cheltenham pull one back

Jackson with a well-controlled volley, tie still alive for Cheltenham in the 54th minute

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Alvechurch

Lead 2-0, farcical goal from a Cheltenham point of view: shot hit the post, Taylor miskicked towards his own net, think Waldron or Concannon may have touched it in

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Sercombe cross

Freestone header, caught by Jezeph

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Cheltenham corner

48th minute

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Back in play

Norton and Nlundulu up front with Olayinka and Sercome as 8s, Adshead sitting and Broom playing LWB after Williams' early exit due to injury

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Change at the break

Cheltenham sub: Norton for Lloyd (half-time)

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Attendance

4,446 (1,423 away)

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Danny Waldron's goal for Alvechurch

Danny Waldron puts Alvechurch in front at Cheltenham Town (Image: PA Images)
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HALF-TIME

Cheltenham trail Alvechurch 1-0 and they are booed off by sections of the crowd

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Taken short

Behind for another corner