FA CUP FACTFILE: Fab five are hunting for more cup glory

By Phil Annets @FACUPFACTFILE

SUNDAY DECEMBER 3
CHESTERFIELD V LEYTON ORIENT
National League pacesetters, Chesterfield, are looking to reach the FA Cup third round as a Non-League club for the third successive season, a feat achieved by just four clubs since the current structure was put in place 98 years ago.
This is the fourth time the two clubs have been drawn together in the FA Cup, with Leyton Orient ahead by two wins to one in past meetings that spanned exactly 100 years. Chesterfield won their first meeting in 1905/06, Leyton Orient winning both 20 years later and in 2005/06 seaso...

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